Rebuilding the Knee: An Update on Osteochondral Allograft Transplantation Featured Guest: Brian Cole, MD, MBA Featured Article: Cole BJ, Mufti Y, Sachs J, Franzia C, Bi AS, Chahla J, Chubinskaya S, Frank RM, Gilat R, Yanke AB. An Update on Osteochondral Allograft Transplantation. Sports Med Arthrosc Rev. 2025 Dec 1;33(4):155-163. doi: 10.1097/JSA.0000000000000437. To kick off the Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review—or SMAR—podcast, host, Mikalyn DeFoor, MD, Associate Editor for Podcasts, welcomes Brian Cole, MD, MBA, sports medicine orthopaedic surgeon at Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush in Chicago and Professor of Orthopaedics, Anatomy & Cell Biology at Rush University Medical Center. This can’t miss episode discusses recent advancements including patient selection, defect characteristics, graft matching, storage, orthobiologic augmentation and intraoperative preparation. Dr. Cole—a name that needs little introduction—is one of the leading international voices in cartilage restoration and knee preservation. Dr. Cole has authored over 1,000 scientific publications and is globally recognized for his work in cartilage restoration, orthobiologics, and minimally-invasive surgery. His research focuses on advancing joint preservation in young, active patients—bridging translational science with technical innovation — and his leadership roles are just as extensive, including past President of the Arthroscopy Association of North America. This article is part of a special series on the Use of Allografts in Sports Medicine – Part II, published in the December 2025 issue of SMAR, led by guest editors Theofylaktos Kyriakidis MD, MSc, PhD and René Verdonk, MD, PhD.
