Physician Panel

• General Orthopedics
• Graduate of Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota, and the University of Minnesota Medical School
• Member of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons
• Board Certified, 2010
• Internship and Residency at Loyola University Medical Center, in Illinois

• 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).

• Board Certified, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
• Board Certified, Orthopedic Adult Reconstruction & Trauma Fellowship

Specializing in trauma/fracture care as well as joint replacement of the hip and knee, both primary and revision.

• Fellowship in Adult Reconstruction & Trauma at the Regions Hospital / University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
• Residency in Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
• Surgical Internship, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
• University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN
• University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

• Alaska Orthopaedic Society
• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)
• AO Trauma North American
• International Congress for Joint Reconstruction (ICJR)
• Orthopaedic Trauma Association (OTA)

Licensure: Minnesota and Alaska

• Specializes in the practice of hand, upper extremity and microvascular surgery.
• Graduate of University of Minnesota Medical School.
• Member of the AAOS, American Society for Surgery of the Hand and the American Medical Association.
• Board Certified, 1998.
• Certificate for Added Qualifications in Hand Surgery, 2001.
• Internship in general surgery and Residency in Orthopedic Surgery from the University of Minnesota
• Fellowship in hand, upper extremity, and microvascular surgery at the University of California, Davis

• Specialized in the practice of hand, upper extremities.
• Graduate of the University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
• American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, 1995.
• Certificate for Added Qualifications in Hand Surgery, 2007.
• Member of the AAOS, American Society for Surgery of the Hand and American Medical Association.

• Specializes in physical medicine & rehabilitation. He has extensive experience in providing medical opinions regarding musculoskeletal disorders and chronic neck and low back pain and spinal injections.
• Graduate of Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minnesota and University of Minnesota Medical School. Member of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AAMPR), American Academy of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM), Minnesota Medical Association (MMA), International Spine Injection Society (ISIS) and the Hennepin County Medical Center Society.
• Board Certified, 1986.
• Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency at the Medical College of Virginia

• Specializing in surgical disorders and injuries of the Cervical, Thoracic and Lumbar Spine.
• Graduate of University of Minnesota, and University of Minnesota Medical School.
• Member of the AAOS, Minnesota Orthopaedic Society, North American Spine Society, and the Hennepin County Medical Society.
• Board Certified, 1995.
• Internship in general surgery at Hennepin County Medical Center and Orthopedic Surgery Residency at the University of Minnesota Medical School
• Fellowship in spine surgery at the University of Wisconsin
• Active Licensure: Minnesota, Wisconsin and Montana

• Specializing in surgical disorders and injuries of the Cervical, Thoracic and Lumbar Spine.
• Graduate of Cornell University, Ithaca , NY and Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C.
• Internship at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics
• American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, 2006
• Orthopedic Residency at the University of Wisconsin
• Spine Fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh

• 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

• 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 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

• Specializing in surgical disorders and injuries of the Cervical, Thoracic and Lumbar Spine.
• Board Certified, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
• Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Missouri
• Affiliated with the University of Missouri Health Care-Columbia, MO
• Orthopaedic Spine Surgery Fellowship, University of Wisconsin, Madison
• AO Trauma Fellowship, Surgical Clinic of the Kantonsspital, Chur, Switzerland
• Orthopaedic Surgery Residency at University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI
• Orthopaedic Surgery Residency at University of Southern Florida
• General Surgery Residency, Tampa Orthopaedic Program, Tampa FL
• General Surgery Internship University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI
• University of Michigan Medical School
• Undergraduate: Wayne State University

• Member of American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)
• Member of American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery (ABOS)
• Member of North American Spine Society (NASS)
• Member of Lumbar Spine Research Society (LSRS)

Licensure: Missouri, Ohio and Florida