Sports Medicine Service

Our Harvard Medical School-affiliated sports medicine specialists provide treatment & rehabilitation for recreational and professional athletes, preventing and repairing injuries in active patients of all ages and skill levels.

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Sports Medicine at Mass General Brigham

Mass General Brigham Sports Medicine leads the nation in sports medicine research, technology and innovation. This is the place where doctors listen to both your body and your dreams. Whether you’re a collegiate athlete, a weekend warrior, or just committed to living an active lifestyle, our experts will help you safely and quickly return to the sports and activities you love.

The Mass General Brigham Sports Medicine team cares for the whole athlete and addresses any injury. We are the sports specialists that elite athletes from the New England Patriots to Division 1 college players depend on. We offer a full range of services tailored to your needs, including sports conditioning and injury prevention, advanced surgical and non-surgical treatment options, and injury rehabilitation.

Massachusetts General Hospital clinicians collaborate with sports medicine specialists across the Mass General Brigham network at other world-class centers like Brigham and Women's, Newton-Wellesley Hospital and the Spaulding Rehabilitation Network in order to provide the most advanced, customized medical treatment plans available for your sports injury. We help you optimize your recovery and achieve your goals. Our clinical team, which includes surgeons, physiatrists, nurses and rehabilitation therapists, has over 160 years of combined experience in the research and practice of sports medicine.

Visit Sports Medicine at Mass General Brigham or call us to learn more: 617-726-0500

Helping All Athletes Excel

The Sports Medicine Service at Mass General is a multidisciplinary team made up of doctors from diverse experiential backgrounds. Our team treats novice and professional athletes competing in every major sport, including:

Archery
Ballet
Ballroom Dancing
Baseball
Basketball
Circus Arts / Acrobatics
Climbing
Cross Country
Cross-country Skiing
Diving
Downhill Skiing
Field Hockey
Football

Golf
Gymnastics
Ice Hockey
Kickball
Lacrosse
Marathons
Martial Arts
Parkour
Rowing/Crew
Rugby
Running
Sailing

SCUBA Diving / Skin Diving
Soccer
Softball
Surfing
Swimming
Tennis
Track & Field Activities
Triathalons
Volleyball
Waterskiing
Windsurfing
Yoga

Some of the best scholastic, collegiate and professional sports teams and organizations in the world entrust their athletic care to our sports medicine team.

Arm, Elbow & Hand

We specialize in caring for the entire arm, from the fingertips to the shoulder.

Foot & Ankle

Run farther and kick harder with care from our below-the-knee specialists.

Hip & Groin

Mass General sports specialists can treat any midsection sprain, strain or dislocation.

Knee

Our team treats all athletic knee conditions, including ACL, meniscus & patella injuries.

Shoulder

From dislocations to tears, our shoulder specialists have seen and treated it all.

Head, Neck & Back

Our sports medicine specialists can tackle your back problems and clear you for play.

Sports Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Program

Mass General's dedicated physical therapy team is an integral part of the sports medicine services we offer. These board-certified clinicians work closely with our physicians and patient-athletes to return them to the sports they love quickly and safely.

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Our Team

We offer a full range of both surgical and non-surgical treatments for sports injuries, and our team of specialists includes some of the most prominent practitioners of minimally invasive surgery and complex joint reconstruction in the U.S. Many of our specialists are athletes themselves and will work with you to develop a treatment plan that is fast, effective and highly adaptable. At Mass General, you are an integral part of your own medical care team.

Augustus "Gus" D. Mazzocca, MD
- Medical Director, Mass General Brigham Sports Medicine
- Chief, Sports Medicine Service
- Member of the Faculty, Harvard Medical School
Peter Asnis, MD
- Mass General Brigham Director of Professional Sports
- Head Team Physician: Boston Bruins; Head Team Orthopaedic Surgeon: Boston Red Sox; Team Physician: New England Patriots
- Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Ashwin Babu, MD
- Sports Medicine Physiatrist
- Team Physician: New England Revolution, USA Paralympic Soccer; Consultant: New England Patriots, Boston Bruins, Harvard University, Curry College, Suffolk University
- Associate Program Director: Spaulding/Harvard Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency Training Program
Eric Berkson, MD
- Sports Medicine Orthopaedic Surgeon
- Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School
- Team Physician, Boston Red Sox
Haylee Borgstrom, MD
- Sports Medicine Physiatrist
- Instructor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School
Gian Corrado, MD
- Director, Emergency Sports Medicine
- Head Team Physician, Northeastern University
- Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Thomas Holovacs, MD
- Shoulder Surgeon & Sports Medicine Orthopaedic Surgeon
- Instructor in Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Steve Makovitch, DO
- Instructor, Harvard Medical School, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Scott Martin, MD
- Director, Joint Preservation Service
- Director, Sports Medicine Fellowship Program
- Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Kelly McInnis, DO
- Sports Medicine Physiatrist
- Team Physician: Boston Red Sox, New England Patriots; Consultant: Boston Ballet, Boston Bruins, New England Revolution
- Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School
Robert Nascimento, MD
- Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Chief of Sports Medicine & Shoulder Surgery
- Head Team Physician & Medical Director, Boston College; Team Physician: New England Patriots, Boston Renegades, Wellesley College
- Instructor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Evan O'Donnell, MD
- Sports Medicine Orthopaedic Surgeon
- Assistant Team Physician: New England Patriots; Harvard College
- Instructor in Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Mark Price, MD, PhD
- Sports Medicine Orthopaedic Surgeon
- Head Team Physician and Medical Director: New England Patriots; Team Physician: Boston Red Sox
- Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Lars Richardson, MD
- Sports Medicine Orthopaedic Surgeon
- Team Physician: New England Patriots, Boston Bruins; Harvard College, Wheelock College, Wentworth College
- Instructor in Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Miho Tanaka, MD
- Director, Women's Sports Medicine Program
- Team Physician: Boston Red Sox, Boston Ballet, Boston Glory
- Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School
George Theodore, MD
- Foot, Ankle & Knee Orthopaedic Surgeon
- Team Physician: Boston Red Sox; Consultant: New England Patriots, Boston Bruins, New England Revolution
- Instructor in Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Jon J.P. Warner, MD
- Co-Chief, Shoulder Service
- Shoulder Orthopaedic Surgeon
- Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Gregory Waryasz, MD
- Director, Foot & Ankle Sports Medicine
- Foot & Ankle Orthopaedic Surgeon
- Instructor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Bert Zarins, MD
- Chief Emeritus, Sports Medicine Service
- Augustus Thorndike Clinical Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School
- Sports Medicine Orthopaedic Surgeon

Advanced Practitioners

Sean Andrew, PA
- Physician Assistant with Dr. Scott Martin
Corey Claffey, NP
- Nurse Practitioner with Dr. Mark Price
Michele Flannery, PA
- Physician Assistant with Dr. Gian Corrado
Sean Hazzard, PA, MBA
- Physician Assistant with Dr. Peter Asnis
Lindsay Hennessey, NP
- Nurse Practitioner with Dr. Robert Nascimento
Megan Lampron, PA
- Physician Assistant with Dr. Eric Berkson
Kayla McKinnon, PA
- Physician Assistant with Dr. George Theodore
Rebecca O'Donnell, PA
- Physician Assistant with Dr. Gus Mazzocca
Julie Ruane, NP, MBA, ATC
- Nurse Practitioner with Dr. Lars Richardson

Sports Medicine Research and Development at Mass General

Scott Martin, MD, sports medicine orthopaedic surgeon and director of the Joint Preservation Service and the Sports Medicine Fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital, discusses his research into the labrum and the chondrolabral junction of the shoulder.

Miho Tanaka, MD, orthopedic surgeon and director of the Women's Sports Medicine Program in the Department of Orthopaedics at Massachusetts General Hospital, discusses some of her research on knee injuries.

Jon Warner, MD, chief of Shoulder Service, Massachusetts General Hospital and co-director of the Harvard Shoulder and Elbow Fellowship, discusses his research on the value of care delivery how new virtual planning tools eliminate the need for trial and error in the OR,

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Mass General serves as the gold standard for global medical research as the largest hospital-based research program to receive NIH support, with more than one billion dollars in research operations funding. Approximately 1,200 clinical trials are taking place at Mass General at any given time. Mass General attracts the world’s leading sports medicine clinicians and researchers, who are constantly testing and improving practices, procedures and technology with the shared goal of improving patient outcomes.

Below are a few examples of sports medicine research currently underway at Mass General:

Mass General’s Women’s Sports Medicine Program leads the advancement of women’s sports and exercise medicine through multidisciplinary expert clinical care, research and education. As women continually break barriers in their careers in sports, the Women’s Sports Medicine Program at Mass General is designed to support the growing medical needs of this unique population.
Mass General’s Foot & Ankle Research and Innovation Lab (FARIL) is a state-of-the-art lab committed to a comprehensive understanding of foot and ankle health. FARIL develops novel approaches to foot & ankle education, technology and innovation and is dedicated to delivering the best care to patients of all athletic abilities.
Mass General’s Advances in Motion is an edited aggregation of summaries and links to the latest of our team’s academic medical research as published by the world’s leading peer-reviewed journals. Explore the latest findings in Sports Medicine on Advances in Motion.

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Sports Medicine Virtual Visits

Mass General Brigham's Sports Medicine Program now offers urgent access virtual visits. Call 617-643-3333 if you’re experiencing a sports injury.