Woman in warrior yoga pose alongside a translucent anatomical diagram of a human knee joint, representing the intersection of human movement and joint health
A 501(c)(3) Nonprofit

reshaping how humans move.

Funding research and education to prevent joint injuries and arthritis — without drugs or implants. Because the way we understand human mobility today may look archaic in twenty years.

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$125K+ Founding Contributions
2024 IRS 501(c)(3) Recognized
Our Mission

We exist to advance human health through research and education that prevents joint injuries and arthritis — without drugs, injections, or implants.

Surgery, pharmaceuticals, and medical devices are often necessary. But they are rarely the first, best, or only answer — and for millions of people without easy access to specialists, they aren't an option at all.

Kinisi Movement funds the research and thinking that the pharmaceutical and medical device industries won't fund: the questions about how humans move, work, play, and age that don't have a product at the end of them.

Our work is made accessible and balanced across all demographics and subsets of the human population.

Our Story

Why are we humans so fragile?

I'm Faisal Mirza, MD, an orthopedic surgeon, and I've spent my career answering that question — first from my own ACL tear, and then in practice, one patient at a time. A torn meniscus in a teenage athlete. A worn-out knee in a grandmother who just wants to play with her grandkids. A shoulder that gave out on a factory worker who still has a decade of work ahead of him.

I operate on these patients. I prescribe their medications. I inject their joints. And I keep asking myself whether we've been approaching this the right way.

What if our understanding of human motion has fundamental flaws? What if our concept of "good function" is incomplete? What if the next generation didn't have to accept the same pathways of care we grew up with?

Kinisi Movement is my answer. A 501(c)(3) nonprofit funding the research, education, and grants that move us toward a future where joint health doesn't depend on pharmaceuticals, implants, or surgical intervention.

— Faisal Mirza, MD
Founder & CEO, Kinisi Movement Inc.
What We Fund

Three pillars. One mission.

Your contribution directly supports the work that rebuilds how we understand human movement — the research, resources, and infrastructure that won't come from industry-funded channels.

01

Research Grants

We fund innovations exploring non-drug, non-implant approaches to preventing joint injuries and slowing joint degeneration — the kind of research the pharmaceutical and medical device industries won't fund because there's no product to sell.

02

Educational Resources

We develop educational materials that help people understand how their own movement patterns affect their long-term joint health — made freely available to patients, providers, and communities.

03

Operational Foundation

We maintain the infrastructure that allows a small, independent nonprofit to function with integrity — from governance to compliance to the administrative backbone every research organization needs.

Our Progress

Building, with help from a founding community.

Kinisi Movement was founded in 2024 and received IRS 501(c)(3) recognition in July of that year. We've since received $125,000 in founding contributions from a private foundation and individual donors — enough to establish our infrastructure, governance, and begin building toward our first research grants.

We're now raising an additional $225,000 to bring total support to $350,000 — a meaningful step toward our mission.

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Campaign Progress — Live
Together with $125,000 in founding contributions, we're building toward $350,000 in total support.
Leadership

A small, independent team.

Kinisi Movement is governed by a small board of directors committed to transparent stewardship and a mission-first approach to philanthropy.

Dr. Faisal Mirza, orthopedic surgeon and founder of Kinisi Movement
Faisal Mirza, MD, FRCSC
Founder, President & CEO

Dr. Faisal Mirza is a Knee & Shoulder Surgeon and Clinical Associate Professor at UCSF. Previously, he served as faculty at Stanford University's Department of Orthopaedics, as Medical Officer and Principal Investigator at the FDA, and as Global Bone Health Medical Director at Amgen. He has lectured internationally on innovation in orthopedics, device outcomes, and regulatory science. Faisal is also an artist whose work has been exhibited nationally, and spends his free time with his two kids hiking, cycling, and playing tennis.

Dr. Rosie Sendher, Hand and Orthopedic Trauma Surgeon and Chief Financial Officer of Kinisi Movement
Rosie Sendher, MD, FRCSC
Secretary & Chief Financial Officer

Dr. Rosie Sendher is a Hand and Orthopedic Trauma Surgeon practicing in the San Francisco Bay Area. She trained in orthopedic surgery at Queen's University with fellowships at Stanford and Queen's in hand, upper extremity, and trauma surgery, and holds a Master of Health Care and Epidemiology from the University of British Columbia. Rosie is published in peer-reviewed journals and is the creator and host of Medical Matrix, a podcast on medicine and technology. She is a team physician for the US Open and World Surf League.

Avtar Singh Sendher
Director

Member of the board of directors, contributing to the strategic direction and governance of Kinisi Movement.