Dr. Kutcher founded the Sports Neurology Section of the American Academy of Neurology (AAN), serving as the section’s first chair, and established and co-directed the AAN’s annual Sports Concussion Conference. He founded and directed the University of Michigan NeuroSport Program where he established the first academic fellowship in Sports Neurology in 2012. In 2016, he founded the Kutcher Clinic for Sports Neurology, a destination program for clinical care, education, and research with locations in Utah and Michigan.
Dr. Kutcher was a member and co-author of the International Consensus Conference on Concussion in Sport in Zurich (2012) and Berlin (2016.) He has helped develop concussion policies and procedures across all levels of sport, including several professional leagues, college athletic conferences, university athletic departments, high school associations and youth sports.
Dr. Kutcher is a Team Physician for US Ski and Snowboard and served as a team physician for the United States Olympic Team at the 2014 (Sochi), 2018 (PyeongChang) and 2022 (Beijing) Winter Games. Dr. Kutcher has served as the Director of the NBA concussion program since 2013. He is also an advisor to the National Football League (NFL) Players’ Association, the National Hockey League (NHL) Players’ Association, and the Major League Soccer (MLS) Players’ Association.
Dr. Kutcher frequently speaks, both nationally and internationally, on sports concussion and athlete brain health, and has been directly involved in the development of educational materials for coaches, athletes and parents. He co-authored a book titled Back In The Game: Why Concussion Doesn’t Have To End Your Athletic Career that provides a real-world discussion of what science and medicine know, and what coaches and parents need to understand about concussion.