Author Archive
- Specializing in Neurosurgery, Spine & Neck care, Lumbar surgery and Spinal deformity
- Undergraduate of Southern University and A&M College (Mechanical Engineering), Masters from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas (Biomedical Engineering) and Medical degree from The Ohio State University
- Member of American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Congress of Neurological Surgeons and the North American Spine Society
- American Board of Neurological Surgery, 2012
- Internship in General Surgery along with a Neurological Surgery Residency at the University of Tennessee-Memphis Health Science Center
- Licensed in Tennessee and Minnesota
- General Orthopedics with specialties in arthritic, traumatic, and sports injuries to the shoulder, elbow and knee; interest in total joint reconstruction, trauma, sports, hand, foot, ankle, and pediatric orthopedics.
- Graduate of the University of St. Thomas (St. Paul, Minnesota), and the Mayo Medical School (Rochester, Minnesota).
- Member of the Arthroscopy Association of North America and the Minnesota Orthopedic Society.
- Board Certified, 2004.
- Fellowship in Sports/Shoulder and Elbow surgery from the Melbourne Shoulder and Elbow Center in Melbourne, Australia.
- Orthopedic Residency at the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine (Rochester, Minnesota).
- Specializing in surgical disorders and injuries of the Cervical, Thoracic and Lumbar Spine.
- Graduate of the University of Oklahoma (Engineering), and the University of Oklahoma Medical School.
- Member of the AAOS, Cervical Spine Research Society, Minnesota Orthopaedic Society, North American Spine Society, the Hennepin County Medical Society and many more.
- Board Certified, 1991-present.
- Internship in general surgery and Orthopedic Surgery Residency at the University of Michigan Affiliated Hospitals.
- Fellowship in spine surgery at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.
- Active Licensure: Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin.
- Specializing in surgical disorders and injuries of the Cervical, Thoracic and Lumbar Spine
- Graduate of St. John’s University (MN) and the University of Minnesota Medical School
- Internship in general surgery and Orthopedic Surgery Residency at the University of Utah
- American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, 1999
- Fellowship in Spine Surgery at the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic in Inglewood, CA