{"id":758417,"date":"2026-06-25T02:33:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T02:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/758417\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T02:33:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T02:33:36","slug":"mlb-has-no-concerns-about-dr-neal-elattrache-treating-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/758417\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB has \u2018no concerns\u2019 about Dr. Neal ElAttrache treating players"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After its interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/06\/11\/sports\/mlb-to-question-dodgers-doctor-after-report-he-supported-conor-mcgregor-therapeutic-ped-use\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dr. Neal ElAttrache last week<\/a>, Major League Baseball said it does \u201cnot have any concerns\u201d about the Los Angeles-based orthopedic surgeon\u2019s treatment of its players.<\/p>\n<p>The league spoke to ElAttrache following a New York Times report that he supported the therapeutic use of performance-enhancing drugs for UFC fighter Conor McGregor during his recovery from a severe leg fracture. ElAttrache oversaw the surgery to repair the leg McGregor broke in a 2021 fight, according to The Times.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39783141\" width=\"531\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-12-at-83313-AM-1.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Neal ElAttrache in a white lab coat and tie.\" class=\"wp-image-39783141\" style=\"width:532px;height:auto;aspect-ratio:0.90039063;display:block\"  \/>Dr. Neal ElAttrache was cleared by MLB on Tuesday.  DR NEAL ELATTRACHE<\/p>\n<p>The head physician of the Dodgers and Rams, ElAttrache denied any wrongdoing. ElAttrache didn\u2019t prescribe McGregor the drugs in question. What he did was write a letter \u201csupporting McGregor\u2019s application for a special exemption that would have allowed him to use performance-enhancing drugs without facing a penalty,\u201d according to The Times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are acting as if \u2018banned drugs\u2019 are somehow \u2018illegal drugs\u2019 or that they have no legitimate therapeutic use and only have performance enhancement use,\u201d ElAttrache told The Times. \u201cThere are many \u2018banned drugs\u2019 on the list which are necessary to medically treat various conditions which occur in people. That is why a therapeutic use exemption application exists.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A renowned surgeon who has introduced groundbreaking surgical techniques that have significantly reduced recovery times, ElAttrache has operated on everyone from Kobe Bryant to Tom Brady to Shohei Ohtani. ElAttrache recently removed loose bodies from the elbow of Dodgers pitcher Blake Snell using a NanoNeedle Scope 2.0, a new medical device that is smaller than a traditional arthroscope. Snell started throwing just 2 \u00bd weeks after the procedure.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.37449664;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39783143\" width=\"811\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-1190766069_cab6e4.jpg\" alt=\"A football player in uniform sits on the back of a cart next to a team physician.\" class=\"wp-image-39783143\"  \/>ElAttrache has served many SoCal professional sports teams including the Rams and the Dodgers.  Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>MLB\u2019s statement read: \u201cMLB took our responsibility to conduct due diligence in this matter seriously. We interviewed Dr. Neal ElAttrache last week, covering multiple topics, and he answered our questions thoroughly. Based on our interview, the review of relevant records, Dr. ElAttrache\u2019s long history of support for and cooperation with the Joint Drug Program and the fact that no Therapeutic Use Exemption requests of this nature have been submitted by Dr. ElAttrache or anyone else, we do not have any concerns regarding Dr. ElAttrache\u2019s treatment of MLB players, or his adherence to the Joint Drug Programs and related rules. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7388591\/2026\/06\/23\/mlb-clears-dodgers-dr-neal-elattrache-of-wrongdoing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">We consider this matter closed<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After its interview with Dr. Neal ElAttrache last week, Major League Baseball said it does \u201cnot have any&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":758418,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,485,4736,1187,591,85],"class_list":["post-758417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-california","tag-conor-mcgregor","tag-los-angeles-dodgers","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=758417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758417\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/758418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=758417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=758417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=758417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}