The Board of US Lacrosse established the Sports Science & Safety Committee to function as an advisory group to the leadership and to the various committees of US Lacrosse, as well as to serve as a source of lacrosse sport safety education for the entire lacrosse community.

The US Lacrosse Sports Science and Safety Committee was formed in 1999. The committee was formed to take a closer look at injury prevention and sports medicine issues involved with the game of lacrosse. The committee meets three times a year in Baltimore at the US Lacrosse headquarters plus selected committee members conduct informative presentations at the annual US Lacrosse National Convention in January. The committee also composes Position Statements on where the committee stands on important lacrosse safety issues. 

The goal of this committee is to utilize the existing sports medicine literature, and to grow the body of lacrosse safety knowledge in order to objectively advise US Lacrosse and the lacrosse community on factors that may enhance the safety and quality of experience in the sport of lacrosse at all levels. 

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Committee Members

Dr. Margot Putukian, MD, FACSM (Chair)
Internal Medicine
Princeton (N.J.) University

Jon Almquist, ATC
Certified Athletic Trainer
NATA and Fairfax County (Va.) Public Schools

Jackie Berning, Ph.D, RD
Nutrition
Univ. of Colo. at Colorado Springs

Trey Crisco, Ph.D.
Bio-Mechanical Engineering
Brown Med. School/Rhode Island Hospital

Randy Dick, Ph.D.
Health and Safety Sport Consultants, LLC (Ind.)

Ruben Echemendia, Ph.D
Neuropsychology 
Nat'l Academy of Neuropsychology (Pa.)

Richard D. Ginsburg, Ph.D
Sport Psychology 
MGH Sport Psychology (Mass.)

Dr. Richard Hinton, MD, MPH
Orthopedics
Greater Chesapeake (Md.) Orthopedic

Andy Lincoln, Sc.D, MS 
Health Policy/Public Health
MedStar (Md.) Research Institute

Jeffrey S. Mandak, MD, FACC
Cardiology
Moffitt, Pease, Lim Cardiology Assoc. (Pa.)

Douglas McKeag, MD. MS, FACSM
Family Medicine
IU Center for Sports Medicine (Ind.)

Laura Darby McNally, ATC
Certified Athletic Trainer
NATA and Middlesex (Mass.) School

George O'Neill, ATC 
Certified Athletic Trainer
NATA and Princeton (N.J.) Unversity

Paige D'A Perriello, MD, FAAP
Pediatrics
Pediatric Associates of Charlottesville (Va.)

Amiel Bethel, MD, FACS 
Neurology
Baltimore Washington Spine and Neuroscience

Dr. Michael Messina, DDS, FASD
Dentistry
Sunset Hills (Va.) Dental Group

Committee Liaisons

David Klossner, Ph.D
NCAA
Committee of Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports (Ind.)

Michael Koester, ATC
NFHS
Sports Medicine Advisory Committee (Ore.)

Lissa Fickert (Ohio)
Women's Rules
Former Chair, USL Women's Rules Committee

Lori Windolf Crispo (N.J.)
Insurance & Risk Mgmt 
VP, Bollinger Insurance

Valerie Walchak (Pa.)
Insurance & Risk Mgmt 
Chair, USL Insurance & Risk Management Committee

US Lacrosse Staff Liaisons

Bruce Griffin -- Director of Health & Sport Safety
Ann Kitt Carpenetti -- Managing Director, Game Administration
Steve Stenersen -- President & CEO 

Strategic Allies

ImPACT Applications, Inc.
Cardiac Science Corporation