VP Spouse Jill Biden ‘recovering well’ after surgery for shoulder pain

By Dr Mark Boguski on July 14, 2009 in Diagnosis, Politics

Jill Biden, 58, wife of vice president Joe Biden, underwent orthopedic surgery on July 13 at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia to relieve shoulder pain. According to her spokesperson, Courtney O’Connell, the procedure went “smoothly” and Mrs. Biden was released from the hospital the next day. Shoulder pain is very common and there are many causes and we haven’t yet found any information about what caused Mrs. Biden’s problem. Shoulder pain requiring surgery usually results from some type of injury. Mrs. Biden now has something in common with Sex in the City hunk Gilles Marini who injured his shoulder while Dancing with the Stars.

People Tags: Gilles Marini, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jill Biden

Diagnosis Tags: Injury-Trauma, Shoulder Injury

About Dr Mark Boguski

Mark Boguski, M.D., Ph.D. is on the faculty of Harvard Medical School and is a member of the Society for Participatory Medicine, "a movement in which networked patients shift from being mere passengers to responsible drivers of their health" and in which professional health care providers encourage "empowered patients" and value them as full partners in managing their health and wellness.

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