CURRICULUM VITAE

Holly Jacinda Silvers-Granelli, PhD, PT, MPT

hollysilverspt@gmail.com Office: 310.591.8016

2716 Ocean Park Blvd. Suite 1065 Cell: 310.871.2823

Santa Monica, California, 90405

Professional School

2013-2017 Doctorate of Philosophy: Applied Physiology and Biomechanics (PhD)

University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware

1997-1999 Master of Physical Therapy (MPT)

Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, California
Preliminary Education

1991-1995 Bachelor of Arts, Rutgers College, Rutgers University

New Brunswick, New Jersey
Major: Biological Sciences (Molecular Genetics)
Minor: Communications
Honors: Cum Laude, Golden Key National Honor Society

Private Orthopaedic Practice

2011 – Present Owner – Velocity Physical Therapy, Inc. – Outpatient Orthopaedic Sports
Physical Therapy and Performance Center
Los Angeles, California

2010 – Present Chair, Major League Soccer’s Medical Assessment Research Committee
(M-MARC)
New York, New York

2005 – 2015 Director of Rehabilitation, Physical Therapist

LA Galaxy – Major League Soccer
Carson, California

2005 – 2014 Director of Rehabilitation, Physical Therapist

CD Chivas USA – Major League Soccer
Carson, California

2003 – 2015 Director of Research

Santa Monica Sports Medicine Foundation
FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence, Santa Monica, California

2000 – 2011 Physical Therapist – Outpatient orthopaedic private practice

Physical Therapy Alternative, Santa Monica, CA

2000 – 2003 Project Coordinator

Santa Monica Sports Medicine Foundation, Santa Monica, California
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Other Positions

1997 - 1998 Major League Soccer, NY/NJ Metrostars, Physical Therapy Aide
1999 - Present United States Men’s National Soccer Team, Medical Team, Physical Therapist
2000 - Present Women's Professional Volleyball Association, Volunteer Physical Therapist
2000 - Present U.S. Indoor Soccer Magazine, Contributing author
2000 - 2003 Avon 3-Day Breast Cancer Walk, Volunteer Physical Therapist
2002 - Present U.S. Soccer ACL Prevention Task Force
2002 - Present U.S. Soccer Women’s National Team, Medical Team, Local Organizing
Committee, Physical Therapist
2004 - Present U.S. Soccer Women’s National Team, Consultant
2004 - Present International Rugby Board Medical Team – International Seven’s Tournament
2005 FC Barcelona – ACL Prevention Medical Consultant
2005 - 2014 CD Chivas USA, Major League Soccer- Head Physical Therapist
2005 - Present Amgen Tour of California – Rehabilitation Services
2006 - Present FIFA F-MARC – Consultant Physical Therapist
2008 - Present Los Angeles Galaxy, MLS Soccer – Physical Therapist
2010 - Present Nike 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament (AEG) – Physical Therapist
2010 - Present Advisory Board Member for Play Soccer, Inc., Princeton, NJ (501(c)3)
2011 - Present MLS M-MARC – Chair of the Medical Assessment Research Committee
2012 - Present Major League Baseball – Hamstring prevention research Committee
2021 - Present National Football League – Musculoskeletal Task Force Committee
2021 - Present FIFA Women’s Development Programme – Football Health Committee

Society Memberships

1997 – Present American Physical Therapy Association (APTA)

1997 – Present Orthopaedic Section, American Physical Therapy Association
2000 – Present Sports Section, American Physical Therapy Association
2002 – Present Research Special Interest Group, APTA, Member
2005 – Present American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM), Affiliate Member
2005 – Present International Cartilage Research Society (ICRS) – Member
2005 – Present Women’s Health Section, Physical Therapy Association
2008 – Present ICCUS Society – Physical Therapy Inductee
2013 – Present International Society for Hip Arthroscopy (ISHA)

Society Positions Held

2006 – 2009 Research Special Interest Group – Nominating Committee

2007 – Present International Cartilage Research Society – Rehabilitation Committee
2008 – Present Spokesperson for APTA Taskforce on ACL Injury Prevention

Honors

2021 2021 Best Original Article Award in the Journal of ISAKOS

“2018 International Olympic Committee consensus statement on
prevention, diagnosis and management of paediatric anterior cruciate
ligament (ACL) injuries”, Journal of ISAKOS, March, 2021
2009 2009 NCAA Research Excellence Award – AOSSM (Keystone, CO)
“A Randomized Controlled Trial to Prevent Noncontact Anterior
Cruciate Ligament Injury in Female Collegiate Soccer Players”
AJSM, August, 2008
1999 Excellence in Scientific Research Award, Western University of
Health Sciences
1995 Golden Key National Honor Society, Rutgers University
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Peer Reviewed Publications

1. Forsythe B, Knapik DM, Crawford MD, Diaz CC, Hardin D, Gallucci J, Silvers-Granelli HJ, Mandelbaum
BR, Lemak L, Putukian M, Giza E. Incidence of Injury for Professional Soccer Players in the United States:
A 6-Year Prospective Study of Major League Soccer. Orthop J Sports Med. 2022 Mar
24;10(3):23259671211055136. doi: 10.1177/23259671211055136. PMID: 35360881; PMCID:
PMC8961375.
2. Silvers-Granelli H. Why Female Athletes Injure Their ACL's More Frequently? What can we do to mitigate
their risk? Int J Sports Phys Ther. 2021 Aug 1;16(4):971-977. doi: 10.26603/001c.25467. PMID: 34386276;
PMCID: PMC8329328.
3. Dix C, Arundale A, Silvers-Granelli H, Marmon A, Zarzycki R, Snyder-Mackler L. Biomechanical Changes
During a 90o Cut in Collegiate Female Soccer Players With Participation in the 11+. IJSPT.
2021;16(3):671-680. doi:10.26603/001c.22146
4. Arundale AJH, Silvers-Granelli HJ, Myklebust G. ACL Injury Prevention: Where Have We Come From
and Where Are We Going? J Orthop Res. 2021 Apr 29. doi: 10.1002/jor.25058. PMID: 33913532.
5. Dix C, Arundale A, Silvers-Granelli H, Marmon A, Zarzycki R, Snyder-Mackler L. Biomechanical
measures during two sport-specific tasks differentiate between soccer players who go on to anterior
cruciate ligament injury and those who do not: a prospective cohort analysis. Int J Sports Phys Ther. 2020
Dec;15(6):928-935. doi: 10.26603/ijspt20200928. PMID: 33344009; PMCID: PMC7727437.
6. Silvers-Granelli HJ, Cohen M, Espregueira-Mendes J, et al. Hamstring muscle injury in the athlete: state
of the art. Journal of ISAKOS: Joint Disorders & Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Published Online First: 12
November 2020. doi: 10.1136/jisakos-2017-000145
7. Furman T, Silvers-Granelli H. Return to Play After an Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury: Prioritizing
Neurological and Psychological Factors of the Decision-Making Algorithm. Am J Orthop (Belle Mead NJ).
2018 Dec;47(12). doi: 10.12788/ajo.2018.0108. PMID: 30650173
8. Arundale AJH, Bizzini M, Giordano A, Hewett TE, Logerstedt DS, Mandelbaum B, Scalzitti DA, Silvers-
Granelli H, Snyder-Mackler L. Exercise-Based Knee and Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury Prevention. J
Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2018 Sep;48(9):A1-A42. doi: 10.2519/jospt.2018.0303. PMID: 30170521
9. Arundale, A. Silvers-Granelli, H. Changes in biomechanical knee injury risk factors across two collegiate
soccer seasons using the 11+ prevention program. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science In
Sports. 2018. 10.1111/sms.13278
10. Ardern CL, Ekås GR, Grindem H, Moksnes H, Anderson A, Chotel F, Cohen M, Forssblad M, Ganley TJ,
Feller JA, Karlsson J, Kocher MS, LaPrade RF, McNamee M, Mandelbaum B, Micheli L, Mohtadi NGH,
Reider B, Roe JP, Seil R, Siebold R, Silvers-Granelli HJ, Soligard T, Witvrouw E, Engebretsen L.
Prevention, diagnosis and management of paediatric ACL injuries. Br J Sports Med. 2018
Oct;52(20):1297-1298. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2018-099493. Epub 2018 May 17. No abstract available.
PMID: 29773588
11. Ardern CL, Ekås G, Grindem H, Moksnes H, Anderson AF, Chotel F, Cohen M, Forssblad M, Ganley TJ,
Feller JA, Karlsson J, Kocher MS, LaPrade RF, McNamee M, Mandelbaum B, Micheli L, Mohtadi NGH,
Reider B, Roe JP, Seil R, Siebold R, Silvers-Granelli HJ, Soligard T, Witvrouw E, Engebretsen L. 2018
International Olympic Committee Consensus Statement on Prevention, Diagnosis, and Management of
Pediatric Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries. International Olympic Committee Pediatric ACL Injury
Consensus Group, Orthop J Sports Med. 2018 Mar 21;6(3):2325967118759953.
12. Silvers-Granelli HJ, Bizzini M, Arundale A, Mandelbaum BR, Snyder-Mackler L Higher compliance to a
neuromuscular injury prevention program improves overall injury rate in male football players. Knee Surg
Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2018 Mar 19. doi: 10.1007/s00167-018-4895-5. [Epub ahead of print] PMID:
29556709
13. Johnston JT, Mandelbaum BR, Schub D, Rodeo SA, Matava MJ, Silvers-Granelli HJ, Cole BJ, ElAttrache
NS, McAdams TR, Brophy RH. Video Analysis of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tears in Professional
American Football Athletes. Am J Sports Med. 2018 Mar;46(4):862-868. doi:
10.1177/0363546518756328. Epub 2018 Feb 21. PMID: 29466019
14. Arundale AJH, Silvers-Granelli HJ, Snyder-Mackler L. Career Length and Injury Incidence After Anterior
Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in Major League Soccer Players. Orthop J Sports Med. 2018 Jan
24;6(1):2325967117750825. doi: 10.1177/2325967117750825. eCollection 2018 Jan. PMID: 29399588
15. Logerstedt DS, Scalzitti DA, Bennell KL, Hinman RS, Silvers-Granelli H, Ebert J, Hambly K, Carey JL,
Snyder-Mackler L, Axe MJ, McDonough CM. Knee Pain and Mobility Impairments: Meniscal and Articular
Cartilage Lesions Revision 2018. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2018 Feb;48(2):A1-A50. doi:
10.2519/jospt.2018.0301. PMID:29385940
16. Silvers-Granelli HJ, Bizzini M, Arundale A, Mandelbaum BR, Snyder-Mackler L.Does the FIFA 11+ Injury
Prevention Program Reduce the Incidence of ACL Injury in Male Soccer Players? Clin Orthop Relat Res.
2017 Apr 7. doi: 10.1007/s11999-017-5342-5
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17. Weir A, Brukner P, Delahunt E, Ekstrand J, Lovell G, Meyers W, Muschawek U, Silvers H, Thoborg K,
Tyler T, Holmich P. Doha agreement meeting on terminology and definitions in groin pain in athletes. Br J
Sports Med 2015;49:768–774. doi:10.1136/bjsports-2015-094869
18. Silvers-Granelli H, Mandelbaum B2, Adeniji O3, Insler S3, Bizzini M4, Pohlig R5, Junge A4, Snyder-
Mackler L6, Dvorak J4. Efficacy of the FIFA 11+ Injury Prevention Program in the Collegiate Male Soccer
Player. Am J Sports Med. 2015 Nov;43(11):2628-37. doi: 10.1177/0363546515602009. Epub 2015 Sep
16.
19. Brophy, RH. Stepan, J., Silvers, HJ., & Mandelbaum, BR. Defending Puts the Anterior Cruciate Ligament
at Risk During Soccer A Gender-Based Analysis. Sports Health: A Multidisciplinary Approach. 2015;
7(3):244-9.
20. Arundale, A., Silvers, HJ, Logerstedt, D., Rojas, A., Snyder-Mackler, L. An interval kicking progression for
return to soccer following lower extremity injury. Intl. J Sports PT. 2015; 10(1):14.
21. Silvers H, Mandelbaum B, Bizzini M, Dvorak J. The efficacy of the fifa 11+ program in the collegiate male
soccer player (USA). British journal of sports medicine 04/2014; 48(7):662.
22. Silvers HJ. Viscosupplementation during rehabilitation. Sports Health. 2014 Sep;6(5):422-6. doi:
10.1177/1941738114539911.
23. Bizzini M, Silvers HJ. Return to competitive football after major knee surgery: more questions than
answers? J Sports Sci. 2014;32(13):1209-16. doi: 10.1080/02640414.2014.909603.
24. Mansfield, CJ, Beaumont, J, Tamay L, Silvers, H. Popliteus strain with concurrent deltoid ligament sprain
in an Elite soccer athlete: a case report. IJPST, 2013;8(4), 452
25. Mithoefer, K., Hambly, K., Logerstedt, D., Ricci, M., Silvers, H., & Della Villa, S. Current concepts for
rehabilitation and return to sport after knee articular cartilage repair in the athlete. The Journal of
orthopaedic and sports physical therapy, 2012;42(3), 254.
26. Gerhardt, M. B., Romero, A., Silvers, HJ., Harris, DJ., Watanabe, D., & Mandelbaum, BR. The prevalence
of radiographic hip abnormalities in elite soccer players. The American Journal of Sports
Medicine, 2012;40(3), 584-588.
27. Hambly, K., Silvers, H. J., & Steinwachs, M. Rehabilitation after articular cartilage repair of the knee in the
football (soccer) player. Cartilage, 2012;3(1 suppl), 50S-56S.
28. Silvers, HJ & Mandelbaum, BR. ACL Prevention in the Athlete. Sport Ortho Trauma. 2011;27:18–26.
29. Silvers, H. J. (2011). Injury prevention in the soccer athlete.SportEX Medicine, (47).
30. Sampson, S; Reed, M; Silvers, H; Meng, M; Mandelbaum, B. Injection of Platelet-Rich Plasma in
Patients with Primary and Secondary Knee Osteoarthritis: A Pilot Study. Am J Physical Medicine &
Rehabilitation: December 2010;89(12);961-969.
31. Brophy, RH, Silvers, HJ, Gonzales T, Mandelbaum, BR. Gender influences: the role of leg dominance in
ACL injury among soccer players Br J Sports Med. 2010 Aug;44(10):694-7.
32. Tyler T, Silvers H, Gerhardt M, et al. Groin Injuries in Sport. Sports Health: A Multidisciplinary Approach.
2010; 2(3) 231-236
33. Brophy RH, Silvers HJ, Mandelbaum BR. Anterior cruciate ligament injuries: etiology and prevention.
Sports Med Arthrosc. 2010 Mar;18(1):2-11.
34. Mithoefer K, Hambly K, Della Villa S, Silvers H, Mandelbaum BR. Return to sports participation after
articular cartilage repair in the knee: scientific evidence. Am J Sports Med. 2009;37 Suppl 1:167S-76S.
35. Silvers, HJ. Play at Your Own Risk: Sport, the Injury Epidemic, and ACL Injury Prevention in Female
Athletes. Journal of Intercollegiate Sport. 2009, Jun:2(1).
36. Alentorn-Geli E, Myer GD, Silvers HJ, et.al. Prevention of non-contact anterior cruciate ligament injuries
in soccer players. Part 2: A review of prevention programs aimed to modify risk factors and to reduce injury
rates. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2009 Jun 9
37. Alentorn-Geli E, Myer GD, Silvers HJ, et. al. Prevention of non-contact anterior cruciate ligament injuries
in soccer players. Part 1: Mechanisms of injury and underlying risk factors. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol
Arthrosc. 2009 Jul;17(7):705-29
38. Soligard T, Myklebust G, Steffen K, Holme I, Silvers HJ, et. al. Comprehensive warm-up programme to
prevent injuries in young female footballers: cluster randomised controlled trial, British Medical Journal,
January, 2009.
39. Gilchrist J, Mandelbaum BR, Melancon H, Ryan GW, Silvers HJ et al. A randomized controlled trial to
prevent noncontact anterior cruciate ligament injury in female collegiate soccer players. AJSM. 2008
Aug;36(8):1476-83.
40. Silvers HJ, Mandelbaum BR. Prevention of anterior cruciate ligament injury in the female athlete. Br J
Sports Med. 2007 Aug;41 Suppl 1:i52-9.
41. Griffin LY, Albohm MJ, Silvers HS, et al. Understanding and Preventing Noncontact Anterior Cruciate
Ligament Injuries: A Review of the Hunt Valley II Meeting, January 2005. AJSM. 2006 Sep;34(9):1512-32.
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42. Silvers HJ, Giza ER, Mandelbaum BR. Anterior Cruciate ligament tear prevention in the female athlete.
Curr Sports Med Rep. 2005 Dec;4(6):341-3.
43. Mandelbaum B, Silvers, HJ. Effectiveness of a Neuromuscular and Proprioceptive Training Program in
Preventing the Incidence of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries in Female Athletes. AJSM. 2005 July;33(7)
44. Giza E, Silvers HJ, Mandelbaum B. Anterior cruciate ligament tear prevention in the female athlete. Curr
Sports Med Rep. 2005 Jun;4(3):109-11.
45. Silvers HJ. Preseason conditioning to prevent soccer injuries in young women. Clin J sport Med. 2001
July; 11(3):206.

Book Chapters
1. Hambly K, Ebert J, Silvers-Granelli HJ. Editor in Chief: Brittberg M and Slynarski K. (2021). Lower
Extremity Joint Preservation. Knee Joint Preservation Rehabilitation. Springer International. DOI:
10.1007/978-3-030-57382-9 Page 101-112.
2. Silvers-Granelli HJ. Brophy RH, Mandelbaum BR. Editor in Chief: Frank Noyes and Sue Barber-Westin
(2018). ACL injuries in the female Athlete. ACL Injury Prevention in Soccer: The Santa Monica
Experience. Pages 427-443
3. Silvers-Granelli HJ & Mandelbaum BR. Editor in Chief: Jon Karlson (2018). Injury Prevention in the
Footballer. The Santa Monica Experience. Elselvier. (pp. 907-918). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg.
4. Silvers HJ & Mandelbaum BR. Editor in Chief: Noyes, F. R., & Barber-Westin, S. (2013). ACL injuries
in the female athlete: causes, impacts, and conditioning programs. Springer Science & Business Media.
5. Silvers HJ, Editor in Chief: Maxey & Magnusson. Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation. Mosby
Elsevier. Rehabilitation for the Postsurgical Orthopedic Patient, 3rd Edition, Jan 2013, Mosby ISBN:
9780323077477.
6. Silvers HJ. Editor in Chief: Gray, P. A., Pratt, E., Maxey, L., Matta, J. M., Fow, J. E., Amiran, M. S., ... &
Cole, S. L. (2013). PART 4 LOWER EXTREMITY. Rehabilitation for the Postsurgical Orthopedic Patient3:
Rehabilitation for the Postsurgical Orthopedic Patient, 361.
7. Silvers HJ. Editor in Chief: Brittberg, M & Gersoff, W. Articular Cartilage Surgical Techniques.
Rehabilitation after articular cartilage implantation. Elsevier. Rehabilitation for the Postsurgical
Orthopedic Patient, 3rd Edition
8. Silvers HJ. Editor in Chief: DeLee J, Drez, D & Miller, M. Orthopaedic Sports Medicine: Principles and
Practice. Principle of Injury Prevention: ACL Tear Prevention in the Female Athlete. Saunders. 2010.
9. Silvers HJ. Editor in Chief: Prodromos, C. The Anterior Cruciate Ligament: reconstruction and basic
science. Publisher: Elsevier: February 2007
10. Silvers HJ. Editor in Chief: Hewett, T. Components of ACL Injury Prevention Programs.
Understanding and Preventing Noncontact ACL Injuries, American Orthopaedic Society for Sports
Medicine, Human Kinetics, Chapter 4, 2007
11. Mandelbaum B. Silvers H. International Football and Sports Medicine: Caring for the Athlete
Worldwide. ACL Prevention in the Female Athlete, 2005. Chapter 30.
12. Mandelbaum B, Mora S, Silvers H. International Football and Sports Medicine: Caring for the Athlete
Worldwide: Articular Cartilage Injury in the Soccer Athlete, 2005. Chapter 32.

Non Peer Review Publications

1. Silvers HJ. Preventing Knee Injuries. Oprah Magazine. December, 2009.
2. Silvers HJ. ACL Injury Prevalence in the Female Athlete & Successful Prevention Plans. Home Study
Course – Rehabilitation Concerns for the Female Athlete. Sports Physical Therapy Section. October,
2005.
3. Silvers HJ. What is an ACL Injury and can you prevent one from happening? Oxygen Magazine.
Robert Kennedy’s Women’s Fitness. November, 2003.
4. Silvers HJ. Muscle Injuries in Soccer. Goal Indoor, US Indoor Soccer Magazine, October, 2002.
5. Silvers HJ. ACL Injuries in Soccer Athletes. Goal Indoor, US Indoor Soccer Magazine. September,
2002.

Web Articles
1. Silvers HJ. Preventing ACL Injuries. August. 2006. Editor - Karen Hambly,
http://www.kneeguru.co.uk/insights/doku.php/cruciate/cr01.
2. Silvers HJ, Mandelbaum BR. Are ACL Tears Preventable in the Female Athlete? Medscape
Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine, Aug 2002. http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/439586.
3. Mandelbaum BR, Silvers HJ. Half of all Injuries affect muscles and tendons. FIFA Magazine. October
02, 2001. http://www.fifa.com/en/development/medical/index/0,1233,30772,00.html?articleid=30772
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Presentations given- guest speaker (Chronological Order):
• ACL Injuries in Youth Athletics: New Jersey Youth Soccer Association, Hackensack, NJ, 2001
• Coast Soccer League, ACL Injury Prevention. Yorba Linda, CA, 2001
• Northern California Physical Therapy Association, Turlock, CA, 2001
• National Soccer Coaches Association, Are ACL’s Preventable? Philadelphia, PA, 2001
• Coaches Meeting. Amateur Athletic Foundation, Los Angeles, CA 2001
• APTA - Combined Sections Meeting, Boston, MA, 2002
• Maryland Youth Soccer Association, Towson State University, MD, 2002
• Virginia Youth Soccer Association, ACL Injury Prevention. Richmond, VA, 2002
• ACL Injury Prevention. APTA - Combined Sections Meeting, Tampa, FL, 2003
• Texas Youth Soccer Association, San Antonio, TX, 2003
• The efficacy of a neuromuscular training program to reduce the incidence of ACL Injury. AOSSM
Specialty Day Presentation, New Orleans, LA, 2003
• Preventing ACL Injuries in the Professional Female Athlete. Women in Coaching Summit, United
States Soccer Federation. San Diego, CA, 2003
• Prevention of Soccer Related Injuries (Dr. Andrew Levy), Summit, NJ – June, 2003
• ACL Injuries in the Athlete - Team Heal – Dr. Clarence Shields. Kerlan-Jobe Othopaedic, Los
Angeles, CA, 2003
• United States Soccer Federation - U-14 and U-17 Camps; Boston, MA, 2003
• Core Conditioning for Injury Prevention. Amateur Athletic Foundation, Los Angeles, CA, 2003
• Kaiser Lakewood Physical and Occupational Therapy Update, Injuries in the Youth Athlete,
Lakewood, CA 2003
• ACL Injury Prevention - Sports Physical Therapy Association, Team Concept Meeting, Las Vegas,
NV, December, 2003
• ACL Prevention in the Female Soccer Athlete, Encinitas Soccer Club, Encinitas, California, June,
2004
• Iowa State Physical Therapy Association, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 2004
• New York Youth Soccer Association, Westchester, NY, 2004
• New Jersey Physical Therapy Association, Montclair, NJ, 2004
• ACL Prevention in the Female Athlete - New Mexico Orthopaedic, Albuquerque, NM, May, 2004
• Women In Sport, Centinela Hospital, Los Angeles, CA May, 2004
• American College of Sports Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, June, 2004
• Soccer Industry Medical Symposium 2005 – Implementation of a Groin Injury Prevention Program,
Los Angeles, CA January, 2005
• Illinois Youth Soccer Association, ACL Prevention Lecture and Clinic, March, 2005.
• ACL: and articular cartilage injuries in youth soccer players. Maryland Youth Soccer Association, ,
March, 2005.
• ACL Prevention in the Soccer Athlete, Co-chair for Injury Prevention Module. Oslo Injury Prevention
Congress, Oslo, Norway, June, 2005.
• NIKE Soccer Women’s Health Symposium – Patellofemoral dysfunction in Female Athletes,
Beaverton, Oregon, October, 2005.
• Articular Cartilage Rehabilitation -- Sports Physical Therapy Association, Team Concept Meeting, Las
Vegas, NV, December, 2005
• Options for Post – operative ACI Rehabilitation – Co-chair for rehabilitation module – International
Cartilage Research Society (ICRS) Annual Meeting, San Diego, January, 2006
• ACL Prevention in Female Athletes – Combined Sections Meeting, Women’s Section, APTA,
January, 2006
• Soccer Industry Medical Symposium 2006 – Groin Injuries in the Professional Male Athlete, Los
Angeles, California, January, 2006
• ACL Prevention for Youth Athletes, Children’s Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, March, 2006
• ACL Prevention in Soccer – Society of Sports Therapists: Annual General Meeting, London,
England, June, 2006
• Articular Cartilage Repair and Rehabilitation – Tower Physical Therapy Turlock, California,
September, 2006
• ACL Injuries: Prevention and Rehabilitation - Loyola University Medical Center, (Dr. Pietro Tonino),
Chicago, Illinois, October, 2006
• Soccer Summit: Head Injuries in Soccer and ACL Injury Prevention, Alle-Kiskie Medical Center (Dr.
Michael Rytel), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, November, 2006
• Advanced Team Physician Course: ACL Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation, Groin Injuries in the
Professional Male Athlete, Orlando, Florida, December, 2006
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• Women’s Forum Orthopaedic Group: Annual Meeting. ACL Injury Prevention in Women’s Basketball
Players, San Diego, California, January, 2007.
• ACL and Groin Injury Prevention. Kaiser Permanente Fellowship Lecture. Los Angeles, California.
February. 2007.
• Articular Cartilage Surgeries: Debridement to ACI – How do we rehabilitate them? The Center
Foundation, Bend. Oregon. March 2007.
• From Pain to Performance. ACL Injury and Groin Injury Prevention in the Professional Athlete. UK
Football Association. British Sports Physiotherapy Annual Meeting. London, England, May, 2007.
• ACSM 2007 Annual Meeting: AOSSM Exchange Address. Evidence for ACL Injury Prevention:
Where are we now? New Orleans, Louisiana, May, 2007.
• ACL Injury Prevention and Articular Cartilage Implications. Portland Providence Hospital, Portland,
Oregon, June, 2007.
• ACL Injury Prevention & Research Study Design. New Hampshire Musculoskeletal Institute,
Manchester, New Hampshire, September, 2007.
• ACL Prevention in the Female Basketball Athlete: Dr. James Bond and Dr. Sheila Algan. Oklahoma
Sports Medicine, Oklahoma City and Norman, OK, October, 2007.
• ACL Injury Prevention – a biomechanical analysis. Israeli Orthopaedic Society Annual Meeting. Tel
Aviv, Israel, December, 2007.
• Groin Injury Rehabilitation and Prevention, Orthopaedic Rehabilitation Association Specialty Day,
AAOS Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, March, 2008.
• ACL Prevention in the Female Athlete. Groin Injury Prevention in the Male Athlete, Washington
University Orthopaedics. Dr. Robert Brophy. St. Louis, MO, March, 2008.
• Groin Injury Prevention in the Professional Male Soccer Player. Injury Prevention Congress, Tromso,
Norway, June, 2008.
• ACL Prevention: How to design and implement a prevention protocol. Injury Prevention Congress,
Tromso, Norway, June, 2008.
• ACL Prevention in the Female Soccer Player – collaboration with Safe Kids. Dr. Marty Eichelberger
& Dr. Bert Mandelbaum. Carson, CA, September, 2008.
• ACL Prevention in Children. Safe Kids Leadership Conference 2008. Washington DC, October,
2008.
• ACL Prevention in the Soccer Athlete: Lecture and Field Demonstration of the PEP Program.
California Youth Soccer Association, Steve Hoffman, Los Angeles, CA, December, 2008.
• NCAA Annual Meeting: Scholarly Colloquium. Discussing the ACL Epidemic. Ron Zernicke, PhD.
Washington, DC. January, 2009.
• Sally Ride Science Festival: Knee Injuries in Athletes – What can we do to reduce the incidence?,
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. March, 2009.
• ACL Injury Prevention in the Soccer Athlete. Minnesota Orthopaedic Meeting – May 8 – 9th, 2009
• ACL Injuries in Female Sports: Sports Medicine Palm Springs Riviera & Spa Orthopaedic Meeting –
May 29, 2009
• ACL Prevention and implementation into Orthopaedic Practice. Dr. Loren Larson. Sequim,
Washington. June 13th, 2009.
• ACL Prevention and Articular Cartilage Lesions in the Athlete. Cork University Hospital, Cork,
Ireland. October, 2009.
• FIFA 11+ Program, FIFA Medical Research Meeting, Dr. Jiri Dvorak. Zurich, Switzerland, October,
2009.
• ACL Prevention and Articular Cartilage Lesion Treatment. Mario Bizzini, PT. Swiss Physiotherapy
Annual Meeting, Bern, Switzerland, December, 2009.
• Articular Cartilage Rehabilitation. 10th Annual Articular Cartilage Repair and Regeneration Fellowship
Conference. Dr. Bert Mandelbaum, January, 2010.
• Lower Extremity Biomechanics – Implication for ACL Injury. Annual Fellowship Course. Dr. Tracy
Zaslow, April, 2010.
• Articular Cartilage Injuries in the Footballer. Graham Smith, Pain to Performance, London, UK. May,
2010.
• ACL Injuries in the Footballer. Droitwich Knee Clinic, Droitwich Spa, England, May, 2010.
• Articular Cartilage Repair and Rehabilitation: Current Concepts. ICCUS Group. Austin, Texas. May,
2010.
• ACL Prevention in the Athlete. Tomball Regional Medical Center – Grand Rounds. Dr. Hanson. July,
2010.
• FIFA Futuro III Training Course. Utilizing the FIFA 11+ Program to train the professional soccer
athlete. Casa Grande, Arizona. October, 2011.
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• FIFA F-MARC Training Session. Costa Rica Football Association. Santa Paula University. San
Jose, Costa Rica, November, 2010.
• ACL Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation. Iowa Health and Des Moines Orthpaedic Surgery Center.
Des Moines, Iowa. Dan Sweet, PT. February, 2011.
• ACL Injury in the Female Athlete. Isokinetic Congress. Bologna, Italy. Stefano DellaVilla, MD.
March, 2011.
• ACL Injury Prevention in the Male Footballer. The English Football Association Annual Symposium.
Ian Beasley, MD & Gary Lewin, PT – Team Physician, English National Team. London, England.
March, 2011.
• Groin Injury Prevention in the Athlete. International Olympic Committee’s Injury Prevention
Congress. Panel Presentation (Per Holmich & Per Renstrom). April, 2011.
• Groin Injury in the Footballer. Hip and Groin Symposium. Rod Whiteley, PT. Qatar, The Aspetar
Sports Medicine Hospital. September, 2011.
• ACL Prevention in the Male Footballer (Soccer). The Elite Football Medical Conference. Ian Beasely,
MD & Gary Lewin, PT. London, England. October, 2011.
• FAI and groin pain in the Footballer (Soccer). Hip Arthroscopy and Rehabilitation Symposium. Ehud
Rath, MD & Liran Lishivitz, PT. Tel Aviv Souraski Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel. October, 2011.
• ACL and Cartilage Injuries in the Athlete. Dr. Michael Rytel. Greater Pittsburgh Orthopaedic
Associates, Pittsburgh, PA. January, 2012.
• ACL Prevention in the High School Athlete. William Cicchino. Kent School, Cranford, New Jersey,
February, 2012.
• Return to Play Criteria following ACL Injury. Football in Medicine. Isokinetic Course. Chelsea
Stadium, London, England. April, 2012.
• ACL Injury and Prevention. Groin Injury and Prevention. Sanford Medical Symposium. Sioux Falls,
South Dakota, May, 2012.
• ACL Injury and Rehabilitation in the Elite Athlete. Team Concept Conference – Sports Physical
Therapy Section. Las Vegas, Nevada, 2012.
• Return to Sport Criteria: perfecting the rehabilitation process. Wembley Stadium. The English
Football Association. London, England. April, 2013
• FAI in the Athlete. St. George’s Park: The Spire Health Centre, Burton-on-Trent, England. April,
2013.
• Articular Cartilage lesion post-operative management in the elite athlete. ICRS Annual Meeting,
Izmir, Turkey, September, 2013.
• ACL and articular cartilage injuries. Christchurch, New Zealand, November, 2013
• Are ACL injuries preventable in the elite athlete? Dr. Tony Edwards. New Zealand Orthopaedic
Society. Wellington, New Zealand, November, 2013
• Acute Hamstring Injuries in Minor League Baseball Players. MLB Winter Meeting. Orlando, Florida.
December, 2013.
• ACL Injuries in the female athlete. Combined Sections Meeting: APTA. Podium presentation. Las
Vegas, Nevada. January, 2014.
• ACL Prevention in the competitive athlete. Combined Sections Meeting: APTA. Podium
presentation. Las Vegas, Nevada. January, 2014.
• Hamstring Injuries in the elite soccer athlete. MLS Annual Medical Meeting. Podium presentation.
Fort Lauderdale, Florida. January, 2014.
• ACL injuries in the elite female athlete. Football in Medicine Congress. Podium presentation Milan,
Italy. March, 2014.
• The efficacy of the FIFA 11+ program in the male footballer (soccer). Podium presentation.
International Olympic Committee – Injury Prevention Congress. Monte Carlo, Monaco. April, 2014.
• The efficacy of the FIFA 11+ program in the collegiate male soccer player. AOSSM. Podium
presentation. Seattle, Washington. July, 2014.
• Injuries in the Youth Athlete. Podium Presentation. Mom’s Team. Harvard University. Boston, MA.
September, 2014.
• Can soccer injuries be prevented? NSCAA Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. January, 2015.
• Hamstring injuries in professional soccer players. MLS Annual Medical Meeting. Fort Lauderdale,
Florida. January, 2015.
• Cartilage injuries in the athlete. 8th Annual St. Louis Soccer Symposium. Keynote speaker. Dr.
Robert Brophy. St. Louis, MO. March, 2015
• Hip and groin injury in the aging soccer player. 8th Annual St. Louis Soccer Symposium. Keynote
speaker. Dr. Robert Brophy. St. Louis, MO. March, 2015
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• Recalcitrant Hip and Groin injuries in the professional footballer. Football in Medicine Congress.
Stefano Della Villa. London, England. April, 2015.
• Biomechanical analysis of cartilage lesions in athletes. ICRS Annual Meeting. Chicago, Illinois.
May, 2015.
• ACL Prevention in the Athlete, SPTS AOSSM Pre-conference course. Orlando, Florida. July 2015.
• Are ACL injuries Preventable? IC106 AOSSM 2015 Annual Meeting (Mandelbaum, Brophy, Silvers,
Ahmad, Kocher). Orlando, Florida. July, 2015.
• US Club Soccer/Player’s First Innagural Event. Kevin Payne. Nike Headquarters, Portland, Oregon.
Are injuries preventable in soccer? August, 2015.
• Youth sports specialization – are we creating an overuse injury paradigm? Football in Medicine.
London, England. April, 2016.
• Secondary ACL injury prevention. Football in Medicine. London, England. April, 2016.
• Dynamic Stability in Sport. Team Concept Conference. Las Vegas, Nevada, December 2016.
• Socratic Debate: PEP vs. FIFA 11+. Team Concept Conference. Mario Bizzini, PT, PhD. Las
Vegas, Nevada, December, 2016.
• ACL injury and athletic management. World Track and Field Medical Symposium. Portland, Oregon,
March, 2016
• Evolution of ACL injury prevention: From its nascency to the 11+. Current Concepts in Sports
Medicine. Dr. Christopher Larson. Current Concepts in Sports Medicine. Edina, Minnesota. May,
2018.
• The Hamstring Dilemma: Is our approach the problem? Keisha L. Erikson Keynote Address. Current
Concepts in Sports Medicine. Dr. Christopher Larson. Current Concepts in Sports Medicine. Edina,
Minnesota. May, 2018.
• ACL injury prevention in the soccer athlete. Head Shoulders Knees and Toes: An evidence-based
approach to sports Medicine. University of Michigan. Dr. Michael Freehill. May, 2018.
• ACL Injuries; Are the preventable? SportsKongress Symposium, Copenhagen, Denmark. Dr.
Kristian Thorborg, February, 2019.
• ACL injury: Mechanism of injury and biomechanics workshop. SportsKongress Symposium,
Scandinanvian Sports Medicine Congress, Copenhagen, Denmark. Dr. Kristian Thorborg, February,
2019.
• Hamstring injury in the baseball and soccer athlete. Major League Baseball Symposium, May, 2020.
Stan Conte, PT.
• ACL injury prevention and Return to Play – where are we now?, Emory Sports Medicine Medical
Symposium, Atlanta, Georgia. May, 2020. Neeru Jayanthi, MD
• Hamstring Injury in the Elite Athlete: Multidisciplinary approach to return to elite sport. Western
Podiatric Symposium. June, 2020. Howard Liebeskind, DPM.
• Hamstring and ACL Injury prevention in the Athlete, Grand Rounds with Kevin Wilk. Kevin Wilk,
DPT. August, 2020.
• Biomechanical changes associated with NM Training: Can we reduce ACL injury? Mario Bizzini,
Swiss Physical Therapy Association, November, 2020.
• ACL Injuries in the Female Footballer. FC Barcelona. Dr. Gil Rodas. FC Barca Innovation Lab.
November, 2021.
• The Female ACL injury Conundrum. Can we prevent them? Dr. Mario Bizzini, Swiss Physical
Therapy Association. Zurich, Switzerland, November, 2021.
• The 11+: 15 years in counting. How do we improve injury mitigation? IOC injury Prevention
Congress. Monte Carlo, Monaco. November, 2021.
• Primary and Secondary ACL Injury. 37th Annual Iowa Sports Medicine Symposium. Dr. Michael
Shaffer. December, 2021.
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Editorial and Reviewer Positions
• 2005 – Present Manuscript Reviewer Scandinavian Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine
• 2004 – Present Manuscript Reviewer British Journal of Sports Medicine
• 2007 – Present Manuscript Reviewer European Journal of Sports Science
• 2008 – Present Manuscript Reviewer International Journal of Sports Medicine
• 2008 – Present Editorial Board British Journal of Sports Medicine
• 2009 – Present Manuscript Reviewer Sports Medicine, Wolters Kluwer Health
• 2010 – Present Manuscript Reviewer American Journal of Sports Medicine
• 2010 – Present Manuscript Reviewer Open Access Journal of Sports Medicine
• 2011 – Present Manuscript Reviewer Cartilage Journal, Scholar One Manuscripts
• 2011 – Present Manuscript Reviewer Sports Health, Sage Journal
• 2013 – Present Manuscript Reviewer Knee
• 2014 – Present Editorial Board International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy
• 2014 – Present Manuscript Reviewer Journal of Sports Science
• 2015 – Present Manuscript Reviewer Physical Therapy in Sport
• 2015 – Present Manuscript Reviewer Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in
Sports
• 2015 – Present Manuscript Reviewer Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Ongoing Research Support

1. Silvers, HJ (PI)
FIFA F-Marc Medical Grant. To determine the efficacy of the FIFA 11+ Program in Preventing the
incidence of severe and time loss injuries in Male Soccer players between the ages of 18 – 23 participating
in the Division I and Division II 2012, Fall Season and 2014-2016 Biomechanical Intervention Study..
Role: Primary Investigator

2. Powers, C (PI)
National Institute of Health (NIH Grant R-01)
Biomechanical and Neuromuscular Aspects of Non-contact ACL Injuries: The influence of gender and
training in 10 – 14 year old club soccer players. Comparing biomechanical and neuromuscular measures of
performance in 10-14 year old club soccer players and quantify performance changes following participation
in a training program that has been shown to be successful in reducing the incidence of ACL injuries. Role:
Co-investigator

3. Mandelbaum, BR & Silvers, HJ (PI)

International Cartilage Research Society
Randomized controlled clinical trial determining the most effective means of rehabilitation following an
articular cartilage repair
Role: Co-PI

4. Mandelbaum, BR (PI)
Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles
Head injuries in soccer: epidemiology and the development prevention mechanisms
Defining the mechanism of injury and the severity of cerebral forces resulting in head injury (concussion)
incurred while competing in youth soccer matches (ages 12 to 18).
Role: Co-investigator

5. Silvers, HJ (co-PI) & Hambly, Karen (co-PI)

International Cartilage Research Society – Socrates Database for Cartilage Research
Rehabilitation for post-operative Articular Cartilage Lesions
Developing a strategic and thorough database for post operative ACI techniques.
Role: Co-investigator

6. Margot Putukian, MD (PI)

Addressing COVID-19 breakthrough cases in Major League Soccer
Study analyzing variant and genomic analysis of fully vaccinated players participating in Major League
Soccer
Role: Co-investigator
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Completed Research Support

1. Mandelbaum, B (PI)
Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles
ACL Prevention Strategies in the Female Athlete and Soccer: Implementation for a Neuromuscular
Training Program to Determine Its’ efficacy on the incidence of ACL Injury
This study is a nonrandomized study looking at the use of an alternative warm-up program to decrease the
incidence of ACL Injuries in female soccer athletes between the ages of 14 to 18.
Role: Co-investigator

2. Mandelbaum, B (PI)
Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles
Effectiveness of a neuromuscular and proprioceptive training program in preventing the incidence of ACL
injuries in female athletes: two-year follow up
Continuation of study begun in 2000 looking at the use of an intervention program to decrease the number
of ACL tears in female soccer athletes between the ages of 14 to 18.
Role: Co-investigator

3. Gilchrist, J (PI)
Centers for Disease Control, NCAA, FIFA
Evaluating the acceptability of an alternative warm-up program to reduce ligamentous knee injuries among
highly competitive female collegiate soccer players, and assessing the feasibility of implementing the
program to evaluate its effectiveness.
Assessing the validity and reliability of implementing an ACL prevention program.
Role: Co-investigator