Lisa R. Callahan, MD
Lisa R. Callahan, MD
Lisa R. Callahan, MD, joined Hospital for Special Surgery's Sports Medicine Department in 1994. She is a Co-Director of the Women's Sports Medicine Center, specializing in the care of active and athletic women.
Dr. Callahan is board certified in primary care/sports medicine and is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College. Currently, she serves as Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President of Player Care at Madison Square Garden Sports, where she oversees the care of the Knicks (NBA), Rangers (NHL), Westchester Knicks (NBA D-League) and the Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL). She was recently elected to a second term as President of the NBA Team Physicians Association, after previously serving as Secretary/Treasurer (2013-2015) and Vice President (2015-2017). In spring of 2014, she was awarded the honor of NBA Team Physician of the Year. She was also named a team physician for the 2014-16 USA Basketball Men’s National Team and was with both the men's and women's gold-medal winning teams in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. Dr. Callahan has served as a Team Physician for USA Basketball since 2014.
Dr. Callahan’s extensive experience has also included serving as a team physician for the WUSA New York Power, NFL New York Giants, Stanford and San Jose State Universities, and as medical coordinator and event physician for triathlons, biathlons, 1994 and 1999 World Cup Soccer, 1999 Avon Running Global Championships, 1995 World Rowing Championships, 1993 Olympic Gymnastics Exhibition, 1993 International Sumo Tournament and the NCAA Golf Championships.
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Languages
English
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Industry Relationships
One of the goals of HSS is to advance the science of orthopedic surgery, rheumatology, and related disciplines for the benefit of patients. Physicians at HSS may collaborate with outside companies for education, research and medical advances. HSS supports this collaboration in order to foster medical breakthroughs; however HSS also believes that these collaborations must be disclosed.
As part of the disclosure process, this website lists physician collaborations with outside companies. The disclosures are provided by information provided by the physician and other sources and are updated regularly. Further information may be available on individual company websites.
Below are the healthcare industry relationships reported by Dr. Callahan as of November 21, 2019.
- General Electric Healthcare - Scientific Advisory Board
- Up-to-Date, Inc. (Wolters Kluwer Health) - Author
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Patients should feel free to ask their HSS physicians questions about these relationships.
Residency
Stanford University School of Medicine, US
Fellowship
Stanford University School of Medicine, US
Certification
Diplomat, American Board of Family Practice
Certificate of Added Qualification, Sports Medicine
State Licensure
New York
Selected Publications
De Souza MJ, Williams NI, Nattiv A, Callahan LR, et al. Misunderstanding the Female Athlete Triad: Refuting the IOC Consensus Statement on Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S). Br J Sports Med. 2014 Oct;48(20):1461-5. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2014-093958.
Callahan LR. Overview of running injuries of the lower extremity. Up To Date. April 2013
McCarthy MM, Voos JE, Nguyen JT, Callahan L, Hannafin JA. Injury Profile in elite Female Basketball Athletes at the WNBA Combine. Am J Sports Med. 2013 Mar;41(3):645-51. doi: 10.1177/0363546512474223. Epub 2013 Feb 1.
DeFilippis EM, Callahan L. Atypical presentation of appendicitis in an adolescent cheerleader. Clin J Sport Med. 2013 Nov;23(6):494-5. doi: 10.1097/JSM.0b013e318295e445.
Drakos MC, Domb B, Starkey C, Callahan L, Allen A. Injury in the National Basketball Association: A 17 Year Overview. Sports Health, 2010 Jul;2(4):284-90.
For more publications, please see the PubMed listing.
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