Education

1994 North American Traveling Fellow - The American Orthopaedic Association John J. Fahey, MD, Memorial North American Traveling Fellowship Tour (1994)

Orthopaedic Surgery Residency - Tulane University School of Medicine and Affiliated Hospitals. New Orleans, Louisiana. (1988 - 1993)

Chief Resident, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tulane University School of Medicine Sub-Specialty Rotations: (1993)

Sports Medicine, Hughston Sports Medicine Hospital, Columbus, Georgia. (July - December 1992)

Rehabilitation, Rancho Los Amigos Medical Center, Downey, California. (October - December 1991)

Adult Reconstructive/Total Joint Replacement, Rush Presbyterian Saint Luke’s Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois. (July - September 1991)

Pediatric Orthopaedics, Shriner's Hospital for Crippled Children, Tampa, Florida. (January - June 1991)

Mid-America Orthopaedic Association Traveling Resident - Total Joint Replacement Service, Rush Presbyterian Saint Lukes Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois. Supervisors - Jorge Galante, M.D. and Aaron Rosenberg, M.D.(July - September, 1991)

Post-graduate Orthopaedic Research Fellowship - Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tulane University School of Medicine and the New Orleans Veterans Administration Hospital. Supervisor - Stephen D. Cook, Ph.D. (1988 - 1989)

Musculoskeletal Transplant Fellow - Resident Coordinator (1988 - 1989) and Surgeon, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana anad the Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation, Little Silver, New Jersey. (1988 - 1992)

Internship - Transitional

Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana. Training at Charity Hospital of Louisiana at New Orleans, the Veterans Administration Hospital at New Orleans and Tulane University Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana. (1987 - 1988)

Medical School - Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana. (1983 - 1987)

Degree: M.D.

  Extracurricular Activities:

  Student Executive Committee - Honor Board

  Founder and Chief Editor of Class Newspaper

  Staff Writer - Tulane Medical School Yearbook

College - Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana

(1978 - 1982)

Degree: B.A.

  Scholastic Honors:

  Cum Laude

  Graduated with distinctive honors in Biology

  Alpha Epsilon Delta

  Beta Beta Beta

  Extracurricular Activities:

  College of Arts and Sciences Honor Board

  Peer Tutoring: Chemistry, Physics, Biology

  Intramural Athletics: Basketball, Football,

  Softball, Volleyball, and Track

  Undergraduate Research Experience:

  Department of Biology at Tulane

  University (1980 - 1982). Area of concentration - Limnology. Supervisor - Gerald E. Gunning,                 Ph.D.

High School - G. W. Hewlett High School, Hewlett, N.Y. (1974 -1978)

  Extracurricular Activities:

  Three-year Track Letterman