During a typical NBA campaign, Dr. Kristofer Jones, the Lakers Head Team Physician and Director of Orthopaedic Surgery, would be focusing on knees, shoulders and elbows.
But when the COVID-19 pandemic caused the suspension of the league in March, Dr. Jones and a team of UCLA Health physicians got to work to help provide the Lakers with as much assistance as possible in managing the situation.
As an All-Conference running back at the University of Chicago prior to his medical training at the University of Pennsylvania and residency at the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in New York City, Dr.