EDUCATION

1986 Bachelor of Science, Chemistry
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama

1990 Doctor of Medicine
University of Alabama Medical School
Birmingham, Alabama

1990-1991 General Surgery Internship
Baptist Medical Centers
Birmingham, Alabama

1991-1997 Orthopaedic Surgery Residency
University of Alabama Medical Center
Birmingham, Alabama

1997-1998 Fellowship, Spine Surgery
Baylor Affiliated Hospitals
Houston, Texas

RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS

Isolated Arterial Injuries of the Forearm - presented
at ASSH; Phoenix, AZ, 1992, submitted to The Journal of Hand Surgery

The Effect of Rotator Cuff Size on Repair - presented at AAOS; Orlando, FL, 1995, submitted to The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

A Clinical Study of Supracondylar Humerus Fracture - presented at the Alabama Orthopaedic Society Meeting, 1995

Extraskeletal Osteosarcoma of the Foot, published in The Journal of Foot and Ankle, 12/95

Application of the Pelvic “C” Clamp in Pelvic Fractures - presented at the Alabama Orthopaedic Society, 1997

Co-Author - Orthopaedic Emergencies in “Primary Care Orthopaedics”, 1996

Recipient of 1998 National Orthopaedic Fellows
Foundation Award for Study of Three Dimensional
Strain Fields at the Disc Annulis During Discography
Cryptococcal Osteomyelitis of the Spine, A Report of Two Cases and Review, Submitted for Publication