Team Physician Roles Can Pose an Ethical Challenge

Thomas Fleeter, MD, MBA, FAAOS

Team physicians for professional sports teams often face a perceived conflict due to what can appear to be competing loyalties to the team and to the patient, the professional athlete.

Why Workers’ Compensation Expertise Still Matters for Orthopaedic Surgeons

J. Mark Melhorn, MD, FAAOS

The current workers’ compensation system is a medically driven legal compromise, commonly described as the “grand bargain,” between employers and laborers.