Vishal Saxena, MD, Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, spoke with the Athletic about the knee injury sustained by Philadelphia 76ers star Ben Simmons. Dr. Saxena did not treat Simmons.
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