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The Division of Sports Medicine at Children's Hospital Boston provides comprehensive assessment, treatment and follow-up care to children, adolescents and young adults with sports-related orthopedic injuries.

A highly-skilled team of orthopedic surgeons work with physical therapy staff to develop long-term treatment and activity plans. In addition, the Division has developed innovative pre-participation evaluation programs and injury prevention strategies.

In the News
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Children's Dr. Mininder Kocher looks into a troubling trend in an article featured on CNN.com: Injuries once seen primarily in adult athletes are becoming distressingly common in youth athletes -- not just in high school, but in Little League and Pee Wee Football. Read More.
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Soccer Girl The Female Athlete:
4th Annual Marino Lecture
Sunday, Sep 28, 2008;
7:45 to 3:30 p.m.
Enders Auditorium,
Children's Hospital Boston,
320 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA

Program and registration information....

In the Spotlight
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The May/June edition of Training & Conditioning magazine discusses changing work settings and features Children's Athletic Trainer Brian M. FitzGerald, BSN, ATC, LAT. Read more.
Expert Staff
Dr. Micheli with patient The program's director, Lyle J. Micheli, M.D. is one of the world's leading authorities on sports care and is renowned for his pioneering work in the field of pediatric and adolescent sports medicine.

He has also treated several world-renowned dancers and professional athletes, and is the author of hundreds of published clinical studies and scholarly review articles and books.

Dr. Micheli leads an expert staff of orthopedic surgeons that perform more than 2000 surgeries each year.

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Image Children's and local organizations apply full-court press to help prevent cardiac arrest in teens

Boston Public Schools students and athletes are receiving a gift from the heart that could help save lives on and off the athletic field.

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