135: Dr. Mininder Kocher & Dr. Lauren Redler: Guardians of the Growth Plate: Physeal-sparing Knee Surgery (LIVE at AOSSM 2025)

The Sports Docs Podcast

Today’s episode is going to focus on ligament reconstruction in skeletally immature patients – including various growth plate sparing ACL reconstruction techniques, MPFL reconstruction considerations and clinical outcomes.

We are joined today by two outstanding guests!

Dr. Mininder Kocher is a professor of orthopedic surgery at Harvard Medical School, Chief of Sports Medicine and Director of the Sports Medicine Fellowship at Boston Children's Hospital. He is the former President of PRISM and POSNA, and serves on the board of directors for AAOS and AOSSM.

Dr. Lauren Redler is an assistant professor of orthopedic surgery at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and is actively involved in medical student, resident and fellow education at Columbia Ortho. She has published extensively on surgical treatment of ACL tears and patellar instability in pediatric patients, and is presenting her research on outcomes of MPFL reconstruction in skeletally immature patients at AOSSM this year!

So, without further ado, let’s get to the Exhibit Hall!