MininderSKocherMDMPH

Orthopaedic Surgery • Boston, MA

Orthopedic Sports Medicine, Pediatric Orthopedics, Shoulder Surgery

Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School; Associate Director, Division of Sports Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital

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Office
300 Longwood Ave
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Boston, MA 02115
Phone+1 617-355-8423

Fax+1 617-730-0459

Education & Training

Harvard Business SchoolPLD, Program in Leadership Development, 2016 - 2017
Harvard School of Public HealthMPH, Clinical Epidmiology, 1999 - 2001
Steadman Philippon Research InstituteFellowship, Orthopaedic Sports Medicine, 1999 - 2000
Boston Children’s HospitalFellowship, Pediatric Orthopaedics, 1998 - 1999
Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolResidency, Orthopaedic Surgery, 1994 - 1998
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterResidency, Surgery, 1993 - 1994
Duke University School of MedicineClass of 1993
Dartmouth CollegeAB, Biology, Phi Beta Kappa, 1985 - 1989

Certifications & Licensure

CO State Medical License 1999 - 2025
MA State Medical License 1993 - 2025
NH State Medical License 2023 - 2025
ME State Medical License 2020 - 2021
RI State Medical License 2020 - 2020
FL State Medical License 2014 - 2019
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Orthopaedic Surgery
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Orthopaedic Sports Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2008-2017
Best of Boston, Boston Magazine Castle Connolly, 2008-2017
Most Compassionate Doctor American Registry
Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com
Top MD Consumers Checkbook
Whos Who in Medicine and Healthcare Marquis Whos Who
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Clinical Trials

Pediatric ACL: Understanding Treatment Options Start of enrollment: 2016 Sep 01
Active, not recruiting

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

The Lack of Reporting Social Determinants of Health in Pediatric Orthopaedic Randomized Controlled Trials.
Michael Megafu, Omar Guerrero, Avanish Yendluri, Michelle Uwefoh, Xinning Li
Journal of Pediatric Orthopedics. 2025-01-01
Pediatric Snowboarding-Related Concussions and Musculoskeletal Injuries Decreased From 2012 to 2022.
Kyle K Obana, Avanish Yendluri, Mininder S Kocher, Theodore J Ganley, David P Trofa
Arthroscopy, Sports Medicine, and Rehabilitation. 2024-12-01
Which Osteochondritis Dissecans Lesions Will Heal Nonoperatively? An Application of Machine Learning to the ROCK Prospective Cohort.
Thomas Johnstone, Joseph Espiritu, Marc Tompkins, Matthew D Milewski, Carl Nissen
Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine. 2024-12-01

Press Mentions

Mininder Kocher, M.D., M.P.H. New President of POSNAJuly 19th, 2021
Eponyms in Pediatric Sports Medicine: A Historical ReviewJanuary 14th, 2021
Eliza’s Story: Refocusing Her Athletic Identity After Multiple ACL TearsSeptember 12th, 2018
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External Links

Boston Children's Hospital - Orthopedic Centerhttp://www.childrenshospital.org/ortho
Boston Children's Hospital - Sports Medicine Divisionhttp://www.childrenshospital.org/sports