Dr. Melissa Christino is an Orthopedic Surgeon at Boston Children’s Hospital and is an Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at Harvard Medical School. She specializes in pediatric and young adult sports medicine, and is the Director for Sports and Mental Skills Research for the Division of Sports Medicine at Boston Children’s.

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Dr. Christino has a long history of involvement with athletics, and was a Division 1 athlete and assistant coach for the Harvard University Women’s Lacrosse team. She completed medical school at New York Medical College, Orthopedic Surgery Residency and an Orthopedic Trauma Fellowship at Brown University, and her specialty training in Orthopedic Sports Medicine & Arthroscopy at Boston Children’s Hospital.

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Dr. Christino is passionate about providing medical care to athletes from the youth to professional levels, and is active with clinical research and involvement with national organizations and multi-center research study groups. She has particular research interests in ACL reconstruction and ACL revision surgery in young patients, as well as the psychological aspects of injury, recovery, and returning to sports after surgery.