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Dr. Steven Weinfeld: “Orlando Magic Will Have to Confront Risk in the 2014 NBA Draft”

  • Orlando Sentinel
  • (June 24, 2014)

On Friday, the 7-foot, 250-pound center underwent surgery to repair a stress fracture in his right foot's navicular bone. The healing process is expected to keep him out of basketball activities for up to six months, but the real concern is whether the injury will recur. “The navicular bone and its joints are responsible for the side-to-side motion of the foot,” said Steven B. Weinfeld, MD, Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Chief of Foot and Ankle Service at The Mount Sinai Hospital. Learn more