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NATIONAL ACL INJURY COALITION

Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) and the Aspen Institute have partnered to form the first national coalition to reduce ACL injuries. The National ACL Injury Coalition envisions a sports ecosystem in which high school participants learn to move better and face fewer threats to serious injury, so they can remain active for life.

• Nation’s First ACL Injury Coalition for High School Sports Participants Aims to Reduce Debilitating Knee Problems

• Preventing Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Injuries in High School Sports Participants: An Executive Summary of the Inaugural Meeting of the National ACL Injury Coalition

• New National ACL Injury Coalition Aims to Make High School Sports Safer

Founding members:

• Players Health | Tyrre Burks, Founder and CEO

• Datalys Center for Sports Injury Research & Prevention | Christy Collins, President

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) | Kelly Cornett, MS, Health Scientist

• US Youth Soccer (USYS) | Skip Gilbert, CEO

• Hospital For Special Surgery (HSS) | Jo A. Hannafin, MD, PhD, Sports Medicine

• New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association | Colleen Maguire, Executive Director

• Cedars-Sinai Kerlan-Jobe Institute | Bert R. Mandelbaum, MD, Sports Medicine

• Emory University | Gregory D. Myer, PhD, FACSM, Sports Performance and Research Center

• California Interscholastic Federation | Ron Nocetti, Executive Director

• Major League Soccer | Holly Silvers-Granelli, PhD, MPT, Director of Research

Executive Committee members:

• Hospital for Special Surgery
  Andrew Pearle, MD, Chief, Sports Medicine
  Jess Lefkowitz, Assistant Vice President, Global Sports Marketing and Athlete Health
  James Russomano, MS, CSCS, Athlete Health

• The Aspen Institute
  Tom Farrey, Executive Director, Sports & Society Program
  Vincent Minjares, Ph.D, Program Manager, Sports & Society Program