NEW YORK — Dr. David Altchek, who performed more than 2,000 Tommy John surgeries and was the New York Mets longtime medical director, died Thursday. He was 68.

NEW YORK (AP) — Dr. David Altchek, who performed more than 2,000 Tommy John surgeries and was the New York Mets longtime medical director, died Thursday. He was 68.

Dr. David Altchek, a renowned orthopedic surgeon and longtime New York Mets medical director, has died at 68. Altchek told associates last year he had been diagnosed with a brain ...

Dr. David Altchek performed more than 2,400 Tommy John surgeries during his career and was instrumental in developing the "docking procedure," a breakthrough technique for the surgery.

NEW YORK (AP) — Dr. David Altchek, who performed more than 2,000 Tommy John surgeries and was the New York Mets longtime medical director, died Thursday. He was 68. His death was announced by the ...

Dr. David Altchek, a renowned orthopedic surgeon and longtime New York Mets medical director, has died at 68.

Dr. David Altchek, Mets medical director and Tommy John surgery pioneer, dies at 68 Dr. David Altchek, a renowned orthopedic surgeon and longtime New York Mets medical director, has died at 68 ...