Experts separate Tommy John surgery fact and fiction
(November 28, 2011) -- Can a pitcher tear his ulnar collateral ligament on one pitch? Is it true that Tommy John surgery to replace the ligament can make you a better pitcher? Two experts on Tommy John surgery — Dr. Luke Oh and Dr. Thomas Gill — talked about myths and realities of the procedure in separate interviews with The Eagle-Tribune. [more]

Recovering pitcher's advice: If you feel pain, get it checked
(November 28, 2011) -- Chris Carmain's fastball reached 94 mph despite sometimes searing pain in his elbow. Then last summer, he felt a pop in his arm after throwing a pitch. "I threw another pitch and it felt like someone had shot me in the elbow," he said. "Just excruciating pain." [more]

Soares' season finished after undergoing ankle surgery
(Oct. 6, 2011) -- New England defender A.J. Soares will miss the final three games of his rookie season after undergoing surgery to clear up a lingering left ankle complaint, the Revolution announced on Thursday. [more]

Dr. Oh named as Elbow Consultant
Dr. Luke Oh recently was named as the Elbow Consultant for the Boston College baseball team. [visit Dr. Oh's profile]

For every Messi and Muller, there is a Ronaldo and Owen - how football's youth movement is jeopardising the next generation of stars
(June 29, 2011) -- A Goal.com study has found that youngsters sustain serious injuries far more frequently than expected. [more]

Tournament summers endanger players & youngsters are at increased risk of injury
(June 28, 2011) -- Dr. Thomas Gill, Massachusetts General Hospital Chief of Sports Medicine Service, tells Goal.com about the risks associated with promoting young players at an early age. [more]

Ronaldo, Owen, Deisler & more - five players to have their careers blighted due to injury in their youth
(June 28, 2011) -- Goal.com takes a look at some of the stars who have seen their progress stall later in their careers and ponder what might have been had they been a little more lucky. [more]

Team doctor just as competitive as players
(March 27, 2011) -- The man stuck his head inside the office door, inquiring whether the doctor was in. His arrival was unplanned — a drop-by visit to the fourth-floor suite of Red Sox medical director Thomas J. Gill at the Massachusetts General Hospital Sports Performance Center. [more]

They're playing medicine ball
(March 27, 2011) -- The Red Sox placed 19 players on the disabled list last season, with multiple stints for Mike Cameron, Jacoby Ellsbury, and Dustin Pedroia. [more]

Brady's Surgery Called Successful
(Jan. 19, 2011) -- New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady had successful surgery to repair a stress fracture in his foot Thursday in Boston, SportsCenter 5's Mike Lynch reported. [more]

Experimental Therapy For Sore Heels Has Skeptics
(NPR, Oct. 18, 2010) -- Dressed in street clothes, Tara Cassidy Driscoll lies face-down on an examining table at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Orthopedic surgeon George Theodore is about to blast her foot with powerful shock waves generated by sound. [more]

MGH hosts President of Latvia
(Oct. 8, 2010) -- Hundreds of clinical and research fellows train at the MGH each year and go on to achieve great things in their careers. One former fellow, who trained in the MGH Department of Orthopaedic Surgery in the early 1990s, is the current President of the Republic of Latvia Valdis Zatlers. [more]

Racing for the cure
(Oct. 8, 2010) -- Nearly 6,000 runners and walkers participated in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure in Boston on Sept. 25. In addition to the many MGHers who participated, staff from the MGH Department of Orthopaedic Surgery's Sports Medicine Service served as medical volunteers at the race. [more]

From 'Avatar' Playbook, Athletes Use 3-D Imaging
(Oct. 2, 2010) -- HIn the endless quest for athletic advantage, a handful of major league baseball teams are engaged in an elaborate, largely clandestine race to master an advanced imaging technology that some baseball officials think could influence the way athletes of all ages train, perform and recover from injuries. [more]

Dustin Pedroia Undergoes Season-Ending Surgery on Left Foot
(Sept. 4, 2010) -- Dustin Pedroia's tone on Thursday indicated that he was fully prepared to undergo season-ending surgery on Friday. His instincts turned out to be correct, as a screw was inserted into his left foot, ending his 2010 season but giving him the opportunity to show up for spring training in full health. [more]

Sports medicine experience
(Aug. 6, 2010) -- Only weeks after the dedication of the Dinesh G. Patel, MD, Arthroscopy Learning Laboratory, the lab's resources are already being put to good use. The MGH Sports Medicine Service recently hosted a career workshop in the lab for a group of students participating in the MGH Center for Community Health Improvement's (CCHI) High School Program and who also are working at the MGH with the CCHI Summer Jobs Program. [more]

MGH honors pioneer in arthroscopic surgery
(July 2, 2010) -- Dinesh G. Patel, MD, chief of MGH Arthroscopic Surgery, is widely recognized as a world pioneer in the field of arthroscopic surgery -- a minimally invasive procedure that uses an endoscope and specially designed surgical instruments to examine and treat damage to a joint. [more]

Differences between skiing and snowboarding injuries
(Boston Globe, Feb. 1, 2010) -- Q: Do skiing and snowboarding lead to different injuries? A: Dr. Thomas Gill, Chief of the Sports Medicine Service at Massachusetts General Hospital, says that when he sees people who have hurt themselves skiing or snowboarding, “the biggest difference in injuries is based on sheer physics." [more]

He keeps the players playing
(Boston Globe, May 11, 2009) -- Dr. Thomas Gill may be a Boston transplant, but the Chief of Sports Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital understands New England's sports-obsessed psyche. [more]

MGH Center is a pioneer in knee repair
(Boston Globe, Feb. 4, 2008) -- It was the lone cooperative effort between the New England Patriots and New York Jets this season ... as Patriots team physician Thomas Gill and Jets team physician Ken Montgomery recently experimented with a new technique for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. [more]

Drs. Gill and Zarins named among Boston’s top doctors for 2007
(Boston Magazine, Nov. 2007) -- After talking to local healthcare experts to single out the specialties seeing the greatest demand, we rounded up a list of M.D.s who stand out to their peers as the best in their fields. [more]

'The Plan' right for the man: Regimen, caution helped Papelbon beat his shoulder woes - and foes (Boston Herald, Nov. 4, 2007) -- Without “The Plan” there wouldn’t have likely been any dancing, air guitar playing or late-night talk show appearances. Jonathan Papelbon stuck to “The Plan” and because of it he is now the face of dominant, world championship-winning relief pitchers everywhere. “We changed his program,” Red Sox assistant trainer Mike Reinold said last week... [more]

Dream Team: Clinic in stadium's shadow will bring teaching hospital care to suburbs -- and pose new challenge for community medical centers
(Boston Globe, May 20, 2007) -- The same doctors who treat Tom Brady, Tedy Bruschi, and other New England Patriots players will soon be available to examine the knee your kid sprained at soccer practice. Dr. Bertram Zarins and Dr. Thomas J. Gill, MGH orthopaedic surgeons who serve as Patriots team doctors, will be among the marquee physicians who will work next year at a new sports medicine center and outpatient surgical clinic in Foxborough, part of the Patriot Place commercial complex the Kraft family is building around Gillette Stadium. [more]

MGH Sports Medicine Center: Ready, set, go
(Mar. 2, 2007) -- To commemorate its recent move to a new, state-of-the-art space on the fourth floor of 175 Cambridge St., the MGH Sports Medicine Center hosted an open house Feb.1 for MGHers, clinicians and guests to view the new facility. [more]

New MGH Sports Medicine Center Opens
(Dec. 8, 2006) -- On Oct. 30, the hospital and the Department of Orthopaedics launched the new MGH Sports Medicine Center on the fourth floor of 175 Cambridge St. The center will provide expert medical evaluation, treatment and rehabilitation of sports-related and musculoskeletal injuries for professional, amateur and recreational athletes and patients... [more]

Drs. Gill and Zarins named among Boston’s top doctors for 2006
(Boston Magazine, Feb. 2006) -- Physician shortages. Scary flus. Bad behavior. ER mishaps. We feel your pain. Which is why we're bringing you our most comprehensive wellness guide yet—the best specialists to turn to when your health takes a turn. [more]

MGH physician named medical director of Red Sox
(Feb. 18, 2005) -- The World Series Champion Boston Red Sox team announced Feb. 16 that Thomas J. Gill, MD, of MGH Orthopaedics, has been named medical director for the team. In addition to his direct medical care of the players, he will coordinate the team's medical operations, which includes hiring team physicians and... [more]

MGH physicians join Patriots in quest for Super Bowl win
(Feb. 4, 2005) -- Bertram Zarins, MD, of MGH Orthopaedics and chief of the MGH Sports Medicine Service, and Thomas Gill, MD, also of MGH Orthopaedics and the Sports Medicine Service, are on their way to Florida to join the New England Patriots as they challenge the Philadelphia Eagles in the Super Bowl. [more]

Dr. Theodore named top Boston foot/ankle specialist
(Boston Magazine, Feb. 2005) -- Who did Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling consult when he injured a tendon in his ankle during the American League Division Series? [more]

Presidential candidate extends thanks to MGH
(May 14, 2004) -- When Sen. John Kerry came to the MGH March 31 to have surgery performed on his shoulder, the entire country took interest in the status of the presidential hopeful's health. After the successful surgery and his same-day discharge, the senator sent a letter to Peter L. Slavin, MD, president of the MGH, to show his gratitude for the superb care he received and his quick recovery. [more]

Kerry resting after shoulder surgery
(CNN, Mar. 31, 2004) -- Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry was reported awake and lucid after undergoing surgery Wednesday to repair tears in a tendon and muscle in his right shoulder. The surgeon who performed the 45-minute procedure at Massachusetts General Hospital, Dr. Bertram Zarins, said... [more]

Kerry to undergo shoulder surgery
(USA TODAY, Mar. 31, 2004) -- Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry was having outpatient surgery Wednesday to repair a minor shoulder injury, and was expected to be off the campaign trail for the rest of the week. Kerry tore part of his right rotator cuff in January, when he... [more]

Doctors head for Super Bowl
(Jan. 30, 2004) -- They may not wear helmets or shoulder pads, but Bertram Zarins, MD, and Thomas Gill, MD, of MGH Orthopaedics, are an integral part of the New England Patriots team. Zarins, who has been the Patriots head physician since 1982, and Gill, who has been the team's associate physician for six years... [more]

MGH Sports Medicine Service teams up with Women's World Cup Soccer
(Sep. 25, 2003) -- Thomas Gill, MD, of the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Sports Medicine Service, gets the nod as medical director for the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup soccer tournament at Gillette Stadium this weekend. [more]

South Pole surgery link-up
(BBC News, July 18, 2002) -- A meteorologist spending the winter in Antarctica underwent knee surgery guided by doctors thousands of miles away in the US ... The two hour operation was carried out by South Pole physician Dr Timothy Pollard with the help of orthopaedic surgeon Bertram Zarins ... via a telemedicine link-up to Massachusetts General Hospital. [more]

'Telemedicine' operation performed at South Pole
(USA TODAY, July 17, 2002) -- On July 5, doctors in Massachusetts helped a physician at the Amundsen Scott South Pole Station surgically repair the damaged knee of a meteorologist spending the winter in Antarctica, the National Science Foundation, which runs the U.S. Antarctic Program, announced Wednesday. Using a "telemedicine" connection orthopaedic surgeon Bertram Zarins... [more]

Savoring the victory: MGH physicians join Patriots at Super Bowl
(Mar. 1, 2002) -- They don stethoscopes instead of shoulder pads, craft surgical strategy rather than designing play-by-plays and are more at home at the bedside than in a huddle. Nevertheless, four MGH physicians – Bertram Zarins, MD, of MGH
Orthopaedics and chief of the MGH Sports Medicine Service ... and Thomas Gill, MD ... both of MGH Orthopaedics and the Sports Medicine Service... [more]

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