Specialty:

• Plastic and Hand Surgery

Medical Licensure and Board Certification:

• 1983 General Medical Council, U.K.
• 1985 State of Iowa
• 1986 State of Connecticut
• 1990 State of Michigan
• 1991 State of New York
• 1983 ECFMG Exam (Score – 84 Percentile)
• 1989 American Board of Surgery Qualifying Exam (Score – 87 Percentile)
• American Board of Surgery Certifying Exam (Passed)
• 1993 American Board of Plastic Surgery Qualifying Exam (Passed)
• 1994 American Board of Surgery – Added Qualifications in Surgery of the Hand Qualifying Exam (Passed)
• 1994 American Board of Plastic Surgery Certifying Exam (Passed)

Education:

• 1977-1982 M.D., B.S.: St. Thomas’s Hospital Medical School, Lambeth Palace Road, London, SE1 7EH, U.K.

Postgraduate Training and Fellowship Apointments:

• 1982-1983 Junior House Physician, St. Helen Hospital, Surrey, U.K.
• Feb 1983- July 1983 Junior House Surgeon, Derby City Hospital, Derby, U.K.
• Feb1984- June 1984 Senior House Officer in Casualty, Derby Royal Infirmary, Derby, U.K.
• July 1984- June 1988 Resident in General Surgery, Mt. Sinai Hospital Medical Center of Chicago,Chicago, Illinois
• July 1988- June 1989 Chief Resident in General Surgery, University of Health Sciences/Chicago Medical School, North Chicago, Illinois
• July 1990- June 1991 Resident in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
• July 1991-June 1992 Chief Resident in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Wayne State University, Detroit ,Michigan

Special Honors and Distinctions:

• Grants “Using electrical stimulation for in vitro tendon healing in collagen matrices