Lyle J. Micheli, M.D., is one of the world's leading experts in sports medicine. He is a clinical professor of orthopaedic surgery at Harvard Medical School and the O'Donnell Family Professor of Orthopaedic Sports Medicine at Children's Hospital Boston. Dr. Micheli cofounded the world's first pediatric sports medicine clinic, the Division of Sports Medicine, at the Children's Hospital Boston in 1974, and he remains its director to this day. Dr. Micheli oversees the clinic's mission to treat child and adolescent patients with injuries of an orthopaedic nature and to sponsor research into the mechanisms of sports injuries, the techniques of rehabilitation and treatment, and the physiology of exercise and conditioning. In addition to directing the Division (which also specializes in dance medicine), Dr. Micheli has been the attending physician for the Boston Ballet since 1977.

Associations such as the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, the Chinese Association of Sports Medicine, the National Center for Sports Safety, and the International Olympic Committee have invited Dr. Micheli to speak and teach courses. In 2010, he became the Secretary General of the International Federation of Sports Medicine, having long been associated with that venerable organization, which predates even the International Olympic Committee Medical Association. Thanks to this association, Dr. Micheli has become even better known as a lecturer around the world.

Closer to home, Dr. Micheli is also a former president of the American College of Sports Medicine, former chairman of Massachusetts Governor's Council on Fitness and Sports, and a founder of the National Youth Sports Safety Foundation. He maintains a very active clinical practice at Boston Children's Hospital. Dr. Micheli personally sees between 170 and 200 patients every week. In addition, he performs an average of 1,100 surgical operations annually.

An able athlete himself, in the 1960s, Dr. Micheli represented Harvard College as an undergraduate in football, rugby, lacrosse, and boxing, while still finding the time to graduate cum laude. Dr. Micheli remains active in the rugby community and has served as medical director of the United States's national governing body for the sport.

Dr. Micheli is the author of an extensive number of scholarly articles. He has written five books for a general audience including The Sports Medicine Bible (1995) and The Sports Medicine Bible for Young Athletes (2001). He has also written or edited numerous academic texts. He is married to Anne and has two daughters who maintain an active interest in sports and dance. He resides in Brookline, Massachusetts, close enough to Children's Hospital Boston to bicycle to work when the New England weather is clear—and often when it isn't.

Among Dr. Micheli's many professional activities, awards, and achievements to date are the following:

• Medical Team, Boston Marathon, Finish Line Director
• Attending Physician, Boston Ballet
• Team Physician, U.S. Figure Skating Association
• Chair, Medical and Risk Management Committee, U.S.A. Rugby
• Honorary Member, National Athletic Trainers Association
• Fitness Practitioner Advisory Board, Aerobics and Fitness Association of America
• Advisory Council, Massachusetts Special Olympics
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• Serves on the Editorial/Advisory Boards for more than 20 journals
• Leader, Citizen Ambassador Program Sports Medicine Delegation to East Germany and the Soviet Union
• Citation Award, American College of Sports Medicine
• Medal of Honor, Boston Ballet
• President's Award, Massachusetts Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance
• William G. Anderson Award, American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance
• Gold Star State Council Member of the Year, National Association of Governor's Councils on Physical Fitness and Sports
• Inaugural Inductee to Athletic Trainers Massachusetts Hall of Fame
• St. Bede Academy, Peru, Illinois, Athletic Hall of Fame Inductee
• American Academy of Pediatrics Thomas E. Schaffer Award recipient (for lifetime contributions to the field of Sports Medicine)
• Given more than 100 lectures or speaking engagements since 2000
• Published nearly 150 refereed journal articles
• Published more than 100 non-refereed articles