Appointments
Shriners Hospitals for Children-Philadelphia
Chief of Staff 2000 - Present
Medical Director of Spinal Cord Injury Unit 1983 - Present
Assistant Chief of Staff 1988 - 1999
Staff Orthopaedic Surgeon 1983 - 1987

Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia
Staff Orthopaedic Surgeon 1983 - Present

Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery 1997 - Present
Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery 1991 - 1997
Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery 1985 - 1991

Temple University Children's Medical Center, Philadelphia
Staff Orthopaedic Surgeon 2000 - Present

MCP Hahnemann School of Medicine, Philadelphia
Clinical Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery 2001 - Present

Education and Training

Undergraduate School
Pennsylvania State University
State College, Pa.

Graduate/Professional School
Temple University School of Medicine
Philadelphia

Graduate Medical Education
Internship, General Surgery
Temple University Hospital-Philadelphia

Residency, Orthopaedic Surgery
Temple University Hospital-Philadelphia

Fellowship, Pediatric Orthopaedics
Alfred I. duPont Institute-Wilmington, Del.

Postdoctoral Fellowship Experience
ABC Traveling Fellowship, 1989
North American Traveling Fellowship, 1984
Berg-Sloat Traveling Fellowship, 1983

Licensure
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
National Board of Examiners
DEA

Board Certification
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, July 1985
Recertified June 1998 - December 2008
American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: Spinal Cord Injury Medicine, November 1998 - October 2008

Professional Honors and Awards
Top Doc, Philadelphia Magazine, May 2004,2005,2006
A. Estin Comarr Memorial Award for Clinical Service, American Paraplegia Society, 2003

Academic Honors and Awards
Alpha Epsilon Delta (International Premedical Honor Society)
Phi Eta Sigma (Freshman Honor Society)
Alpha Omega Alpha 1977 (Honor Medical Society)
Phi Lambda Upsilon (Honor Chemical Society)