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06 contents ON THE COVER /////// JANUARY 2016 16 18 FE ATURES ST. CATHERINE OF SIENA MEDICAL CENTER: ADVANCED VASCULAR AND ENDOVASCULAR SERVICES IN A COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENT 06 W hile state-of-the-art technologies and innovative treatments are often found in large university settings, physicians at St. Catherine of Siena deliver leading-edge care in a patient-centered environment. BETTER TOGETHER: PARTNERING WITH CLINICIANS ON CLINICAL INTEGRATION 24 Physicians and other practitioners should be heavily involved in hospita ls' and hea lth systems' discussions regarding clinica l integration or consolidation if those eorts are to succeed, experts say. SPECIAL CLINICAL SECTION: ORTHOPEDICS LANDMARK STUDY ALTERS CENTURY-OLD BELIEF ABOUT BONE FRACTURE HEALING 18 The recent discovery by Vanderbilt University scientists that fibrin is not vita l for the hea ling of bone fractures could open new avenues for treatment and research. REDIRECTING THE DEBATE ABOUT CONCUSSIONS AMONG SOCCER PLAYERS 20 A new study indicating that player-to-player contact — rather than heading the ba ll — causes a majority of concussions among high school soccer players may a lter advice physicians give parents and players about avoiding injury. SPORTS MEDICINE UPDATE 21 A roundup of news about sports medicine DEPARTMENTS PHYSICIAN RECRUITMENT 11 LEGAL EASE 12 PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT 13 PEOPLE IN THE NEWS 14 BUSINESS OF MEDICINE 16 PRACTICE MANAGEMENT 26 CME CREDITS 28 LOCAL NEWS 29 Cover photo: Morad Awadallah, MD, Medical Director of Endovascular Surgery at St. Catherine of Siena Medical Center, and Rashid Khan, MD, Medical Director of the Department of General Surgery at St. Catherine of Siena Medical Center

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