Education:

Undergraduate
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Degree: B.A. Chemistry, Class of 1986 Dean's List

Medical School
University of Tennessee at Memphis
Memphis, Tennessee
Degree: Doctor of Medicine, Class of 1990
Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society
Exchange student from UT-Memphis to Kirosaki University, Japan
First student to represent UT-Memphis
Phi-Chi Medical Fraternity

Residency, Orthopaedic Surgery
Indiana University Medical Center
Indianapolis, Indiana
1990 - 1995

Orthopaedic Fellowships
Orthopaedic Hand Fellowship
University of Arkansas
Little Rock, Arkansas
1998 - 1999

Chief, Orthopaedic Trauma Division
University of South Alabama
Level I Trauma Center
1996 - 1998

Orthopaedic Trauma Fellowship
Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington
Seattle, Washington
1995 - 1996

Certification/Membership:

• Diploma, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 1998
• Diploma, National Board of Medical Examiners, 1991
• Candidate Member, American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons

Presentations:

27th Annual Operating room Nurses Seminar: "Trauma Alert-Incoming Casualties"

"Mobility Concerns: Pelvic and Acetabular Fractures" Adams Mark Hotel, Mobile, Alabama August 29, 1998

A.O./ASIF Operating Room Personnel Course

"Bone Healing and Fracture Introduction" "Post-operative Hints and Hardware Removal" Birmingham, Alabama February, 1998

U.S.A. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Grand Rounds

"Pre-operative Planning: September 1996, July 1997
"Orthopaedic Consulting" -- July, 1997
"Unreamed Tibial Nails: A retrospective Review" (Original Research) -- November, 1996
"Percutaneous Pelvic Fixation" -- April, 1997

Second Annual Gulf Coast Trauma Symposium

"Adult Distal Humerus Fractures", Perdido Beach, Alabama -- August, 1997

Forty Sixth Annual Alabama Orthopaedic Society Meeting

"Percutaneous Pelvic Fixation", Point Clear, Alabama -- May, 1997

U.S.A. Physician's Assistant Class Lectures

"Open Fractures" -- May, 1997 "Compartment Syndrome" -- May, 1997

Harborview Medical Center Alumni Trauma Symposium

"Unreamed Tibial Nails: A retrospective Review (Original Research) Seattle, Washington July, 1996

Garcean-Wray Lecture Series

"Unreamed Tibial Nails: A Prospective Study" Indianapolis, Indiana November, 1994

Indiana University Orthopedic Surgery Grand Rounds

"Deep Venus Thromboembolism" -- 1991
"Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis" -- 1992
"Anatomy and Surgical Approaches to the Cervical Spine" -- 1993 "Thoracolumbar Spine Fractures" -- 1993
"Open Fracture Management" -- 1993
"Pulmonary Complications in the Orthopaedic Patient: ARDS/FES" -- 1994 "Anatomy of the Hand" -- 1994
"Compartment Syndrome" -- 1994