Orthopaedic Surgery Faculty

SCHOOL: University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA
-Primary Degree Awarded: MD
-Year Completed: 1981
GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS:
UCLA Medical Center for the Health Sciences
-Specialty/Field: Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedics
-Date From: 7/1/1982 To: 6/30/1983
LAC Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
-Specialty/Field: Orthopaedic Surgery
-Date From: 1982-1987
Concise Summary of Role in Program:
Chairman Emeritus, Chief, Orthopaedic Trauma Service

SCHOOL: Tulane School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
-Primary degrees awarded: MD, MPH (epidemiology)
-Year completed: 2002
GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS:
Stanford-St. Mary’s Hospitals
-Spine Surgery Fellowship
-Date 2007-2008
Kaiser Oakland Medical Center
-Spine Deformity Fellowship
-Date 2008-2009
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA
-Specialty: Orthopedic Surgery 2002-2007
Concise Summary of Role in Program:
Interim Chair; Attending Spine Surgeon, Resident Education in Anatomy and Basic Science

SCHOOL: John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
-Primary Degree Awarded: MPH
-Year Completed: 2011
Albany Medical College, Albany, NY
-Primary Degree Awarded: MD
-Year Completed: 2009
GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS:
-Fellowship: Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery. Children’s Hospital, Los Angeles, CA. August 2016-July 2017.
-Internship and Residency: Orthopaedic Surgery. Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA. July 2011-June 2016.
Concise Summary of Role in Program:
Program Director: Designing format and content of didactic teaching program. Oversight of all aspects of Orthopaedic residency training.
Chief, Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery
Clinical specialties: Trauma, Scoliosis and Spinal Deformity, Neuromuscular Disorders

SCHOOL: Brown University/ Alpert School of Medicine
-Primary Degree Awarded: MD
-Year Completed: 1998
GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS:
Tufts University Combined Hand Fellowship 2003-2004
New York University- Hospital for Joint Diseases 1998-2003
-Surgical internship, New York University/ Bellevue Hospital, 1999
Concise Summary of Role in Program:
Chief of the Hand Service

SCHOOL: University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY
-Primary Degree Awarded: MD
GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS:
-Orthopaedic residency, Northwestern University, Chicago.
Concise Summary of Role in Program:
Attending, Foot and Ankle Surgeon

SCHOOL: University of Chicago – Pritzker School of Medicine
-Primary Degree Awarded: MD
-Year Completed: 2012
GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS:
Arthroplasty and Value Based Healthcare Fellowship – The University of Texas, Dell Medical School, Austin, TX 2017-2018
Residency – Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA 2012-2017
Concise Summary of Role in Program:
Director, Value-Based Healthcare, Orthopaedic Research Consultant

SCHOOL: University of Arizona College of Medicine,
Phoenix, AZ
-Primary Degree Awarded: MD
-Year Completed: 2009
GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS:
University of Southern California, Orthopaedic Residency
-Year Completed: 2014
University of Texas, Houston, Orthopaedic Trauma Fellowship
-Year Completed: 2015
Concise Summary of Role in Program:
Assistant Chief, Orthopaedic Trauma; Director, Orthopaedic Inpatient Services

SCHOOL: McGill University Faculty of Medicine, Montreal, Quebec
-Primary Degree Awarded: MD
-Year Completed: 1983
GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS:
University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center
-Specialty/Field: Orthopaedic Trauma
-Date From: 9/1/1986 To: 12/1/1986
Katonspital Chur, Switzerland
-Specialty/Field: Orthopaedic Trauma
-Date From: 3/1/1988 To: 5/1/1988
Hospital for Joint Diseases Orthopaedic Institute
-Specialty/Field: Ilizarov Total Joint Reconstruction
-Date From: 7/1/1988 To: 12/1/1988
Hospital for Joint Diseases Orthopaedic Institute 1983-1988
Concise Summary of Role in Program:
Chief of Fracture Reconstruction, Problem Fracture Reconstruction, Small Wire Fixation

SCHOOL: Georgetown University, Washington, DC
-Primary Degree Awarded: MD
-Year Completed: 2000
GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS:
UCLA-Harbor / Balance Orthopaedics Foot & Ankle Fellowship 2005-2006
Pennsylvania State University – Hershey, PA
-Specialty/Field: Orthopaedics
-Date From: 2000-2005
Concise Summary of Role in Program:
Chief, Foot and Ankle Surgery, Orthopaedics

SCHOOL: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY
-Doctor of Medicine
-Year Completed: May 2006
GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS:
The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY
-Residency 2008-2011
State University of New York, Downstate, Brooklyn, NY
-Internship 2006-2008
Concise Summary of Role in Program:
Disorders of the Hand, Upper Extremity Microvascular Surgery

SCHOOL: Keck School of Medicine at USC, Los Angeles, CA
-Primary degree awarded: MD
-Year Completed: 2012
GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS:
Fellowship: R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
Specialty/Field: Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery
Date From: 2017-2018
University of California Los Angeles Orthopaedic Surgery Residency, Los Angeles, CA 2013-2017
Concise Summary of Role in Program:
Attending, Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery

SCHOOL: University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI
-Primary degree awarded: MD
-Year Completed: 2007
GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS:
Fellowship: Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Specialty/Field: Foot & Ankle Surgery
Date From: 2012-2013
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA 2007-2012
Concise Summary of Role in Program:
Attending, Foot and Ankle Surgeon

SCHOOL: Georgetown University Medical School – Washington, DC
-Primary degree awarded: MD
-Year completed: 2001
GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS:
Thomas Jefferson University, Shoulder and Elbow Fellowship 2007-2008
Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL 2002-2006
UC San Francisco
-Internship, Department of Surgery 2001-2002
Concise Summary of Role in Program:
Specializes in the treatment of diseases and injuries of the shoulder and elbow

SCHOOL: Emory School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
-Primary Degree Awarded: MD
-Year Completed: 2012
GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS:
Fellowship – NYU Lagone Medical Center, New York, NY
08/2017-07/2018
Residency – Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA
06/2012-06/2017
Concise Summary of Role in Program:
Director, Orthopaedic Outpatient Services

SCHOOL: Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA
-Primary Degree Awarded: MD
-Year Completed: 2012
GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS:
Kerlan Jobe Institute, Cedars Sinai, Santa Monica, CA
08/2017-07/2018
Residency – Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
07/2012-06/2017
Concise Summary of Role in Program:
Attending, Sports Medicine

SCHOOL: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA,
Los Angeles, CA
-Primary Degree Awarded: MD
-Year Completed: 1985
GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS:
Harvard University
-Specialty/Field: Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedics
-Date From: 8/1/1990 To: 7/31/1991
University of California, Los Angeles
-Specialty/Field: Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedics
-Date From: 8/1/1986 To: 7/31/1987
University of California, Los Angeles
-Residency, Orthopaedics 1985-1990
-Internship 1984-1985
Concise Summary of Role in Program:
Director of Research

SCHOOL: University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA
-Primary Degree Awarded: MD
-Year Completed: 2014
GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS:
Fellowship – Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ
08/2019-07/2020
Residency – Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA
07/2014-06/2019
Concise Summary of Role in Program:
Director, Pelvis and Acetabluar Trauma

SCHOOL: University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
-Primary Degree Awarded: MD
-Year Completed: 1967
GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS:
Internship: Los Angeles County/Harbor General Hospital
-Torrance, California, Rotating
-Date From: 1967-1968
Residency: Los Angeles County/Harbor General Hospital
-General Surgery: 1968-1969
-Orthopaedic Surgery: 1969-1973
Fellowship: Giannestras-Schmerge Fellowship for Orthopaedic Surgery of the Foot
-Date From: 1975-1976
Concise Summary of Role in Program:
Foot and Ankle Surgeon

SCHOOL: University of Texas-Houston
-Primary Degree Awarded: MD
-Year Completed: 2004
GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS:
Sports Medicine Fellowship
-Santa Monica Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Group 2009-2010
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA 2004-2009
Concise Summary of Role in Program:
Sports Medicine

SCHOOL: University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA
-Primary Degree Awarded: MD
-Year Completed: 1988
GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS:
Rancho Los Amigos Medical Center
-Specialty/Field: Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine
-Date From: 8/1/1993 To: 7/31/1994
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA 1988-1993
Concise Summary of Role in Program:
Chief, Spine Surgery
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