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Contributing
Authors
JayC.Albright,MD
Children’sHospitalColoradoAssistantProfessorofOrthopedicSurgeryUniversityofColoradoDenver
Aurora,Colorado
AllenF.Anderson,MD
OrthopedicSurgeon
TennesseeOrthopaedicAllianceNashville,Tennessee
ChristianN.Anderson,MD
OrthopedicSurgeon
TennesseeOrthopaedicAllianceNashville,Tennessee
MorganA.Anderson,MD
InternalMedicineResident
NewYorkUniversity
NewYork,NewYork
SarahM.Baker,PT,DPT
PhysicalTherapist
HospitalforSpecialSurgeryNewYork,NewYork
DaviettaC.Butty,BS
SportsMedicineResearchFellowMidwestOrthopaedicsatRushUniversityMedicalCenterChicago,
Illinois
HenryG.Chambers,MD
ProfessorofClinicalOrthopedicSurgeryUniversityofCalifornia,SanDiegoRadyChildren’sHospital
SanDiego,California
TheresaA.Chiaia,PT,DPT
SectionManager
SportsRehabilitationandPerformanceCenterDepartmentofRehabilitationHospitalforSpecialSurgery
NewYork,NewYork
EllieCi-EnChoi,MBBS
DepartmentofOrthopaedicSurgeryNationalUniversityHospitalSingapore
ElizabethCody,MD
Resident,OrthopaedicSurgeryDepartmentofOrthopedicSurgeryHospitalforSpecialSurgeryNew
York,NewYork
BrianJ.Cole,MD,MBAProfessor
DepartmentofOrthopaedics
MidwestOrthopaedicsatRushUniversityMedicalCenterChicago,Illinois
FrankA.Cordasco,MD,MS
Co-MedicalDirector
LeonRootMotionAnalysisLaboratoryAttendingOrthopedicSurgeonSportsMedicineandShoulder
ServiceHospitalforSpecialSurgeryProfessorofOrthopaedicSurgeryWeillCornellMedicalCollege
NewYork,NewYork
PollydeMille,RN,RCEP,CSCS
ClinicalSupervisor,SportsPerformanceDepartmentofRehabilitationHospitalforSpecialSurgeryNew
York,NewYork
EmilyR.Dodwell,MD,MPH,FRCSC
AssistantProfessor,OrthopaedicSurgeryWeillCornellMedicalCollegeAssistantAttendingPediatric
OrthopedicSurgeonHospitalforSpecialSurgeryNewYork,NewYork
ShevaunM.Doyle,MD
AssociateProfessorofClinicalOrthopaedicSurgeryWeillCornellMedicalCollegeAssociateAttending
OrthopedicSurgeonHospitalforSpecialSurgeryNewYork,NewYork
EricW.Edmonds,MD
DirectorofOrthopedicResearchCo-Director,360SportsMedicinePediatricOrthopedic&Scoliosis
CenterRadyChildren’sHospital
AssistantClinicalProfessorDepartmentofOrthopaedicSurgeryUniversityofCaliforniaSanDiegoSan
Diego,California
PeterD.Fabricant,MD,MPH
PediatricOrthopaedicSurgeryFellowChildren’sHospitalofPhiladelphiaPhiladelphia,Pennsylvania
DonaldE.FowlerIII,MD
OrthopaedicSurgeon
OrthoAtlanta
Austel,Georgia
TheodoreJ.Ganley,MD
DirectorofSportsMedicineTheChildren’sHospitalofPhiladelphiaAssociateProfessorofOrthopaedic
SurgeryPerelmanSchoolofMedicineattheUniversityofPennsylvaniaPhiladelphia,Pennsylvania
ItaiGans,MD
Resident
DepartmentofOrthopaedicSurgeryJohnsHopkinsHospital
Baltimore,Maryland
MatthewR.Garner,MD
Resident
DepartmentofOrthopedics
HospitalforSpecialSurgeryNewYork,NewYork
ElizabethB.Gausden,MD
Resident,OrthopaedicSurgeryDepartmentofOrthopedicSurgeryHospitalforSpecialSurgeryNew
York,NewYork
ChristineM.Goodbody,MD
BenjaminFoxResearchFellowDepartmentofOrthopaedics
TheChildren’sHospitalofPhiladelphiaPerelmanSchoolofMedicineattheUniversityofPennsylvania
Philadelphia,Pennsylvania
BrianGrawe,MD
FellowSportsMedicine
HospitalforSpecialSurgeryNewYork,NewYork
JessicaGraziano,PT,DPT,CSCS
PhysicalTherapist
SportsRehabilitationandPerformanceCenterHospitalforSpecialSurgeryNewYork,NewYork
DanielW.Green,MD,MS,FAAP,FACS
AttendingOrthopedicSurgeonPediatricOrthopedicSurgeryServiceHospitalforSpecialSurgery
ProfessorofClinicalOrthopaedicSurgeryWeillCornellMedicalCollegeNewYork,NewYork
JoA.Hannafin,MD,PhD
ProfessorofOrthopaedicSurgeryWeillCornellMedicalCollegeOrthopedicDirector
Women’sSportsMedicineCenterHospitalforSpecialSurgeryDirectorofOrthopedicResearchHospital
forSpecialSurgeryNewYork,NewYork
JonathanD.Haskel,BS
MedicalStudent
RutgersRobertWoodJohnsonMedicalSchoolNewBrunswick,NewJersey
WilliamHennrikus,MD
ProfessorandAssociateDeanPennStateCollegeofMedicineHershey,Pennsylvania
BentonE.Heyworth,MD
ClinicalInstructor
HarvardMedicalSchool
AttendingOrthopedicSurgeonDivisionofSportsMedicineDepartmentofOrthopedicSurgeryBoston
Children’sHospital
Boston,Massachusetts
SarahHobart,MD