Division of Sports Medicine

Ackerman sees athletes of all ages with musculoskeletal issues, general medical issues and especially endocrine problems, such as female athlete triad and diabetes. Her research involves the study of female athletes and various treatments and links to female athlete triad.

She is an instructor in medicine at Harvard Medical School, a former national team rower and a current team physician for the U.S. National Rowing Team and Community Rowing, Inc.  She is also an affiliated team physician for various high schools and colleges in Boston, The Boston Ballet and the Boston Marathon.

Ackerman is a graduate of Cornell University, John Hopkins School of Medicine and the Harvard School of Public Health. She completed a residency in internal medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania; a sports medicine fellowship at Boston Children's Hospital; an endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism fellowship at Brigham and Women's Hospital and a neuroendocrine research fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Murray specializes in the care of knee injuries in athletes, and her research focuses on the stimulation of healing of tissues inside joints, particularly the ACL and meniscus of the knee. Her work has been funded by grants from the National Institutes of Health and the National Football League.

She is an associate professor in orthopedic surgery at Harvard Medical School, a member of the Executive Committee of the international ACL study group and author of more than 60 publications regarding research on knee injuries.

Murray received her undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Delaware, her master's degree in materials science and engineering from Stanford University and her medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania. She completed a residency in orthopedic surgery at Harvard Medical School and fellowships in pediatric orthopedics and sports medicine at Boston Children's Hospital.