Specialty:

• Orthopedic Surgery

Medical Licensure:

• California & Pennsylvania

Education:

• 1985 - 1991 MB, BCh., University of Wales, College of Medicine., Cardiff, United Kingdom
• 1987 – 1988 B.Sc in Anatomy, Scholarship from Medical Research Council UK, University of Wales, College of Medicine, Cardiff, United Kingdom

Postgraduate Training and Fellowship Appointments:

• July 1991 - June 1992 Intern (House Officer), University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff, United Kingdom
• Aug 1992 – June 1994 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Orthopedics, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), CA
• Aug 1992 – June 1994 Research Fellow, La Jolla Cancer Research Foundation, La Jolla, CA.
• 1994 - 1999 Residency, Department of Orthopedics, UCSD. San Diego, California
• 1998 – 1999 Chief Resident, Department of Orthopaedics, UCSD
• June - July 1998 Fellowship in Ilizarov Techniques of External Fixation, With Maurizio Catagni MD, Lecco, Italy.
• 1999 – 2000 Fellowship in Orthopaedic Oncology, Drs. Henry Mankin & Mark Gebhardt, Massachusetts General Hospital & Children’s Hospital of Boston, Harvard Medical School.
• June - July 2003 Visiting Research Fellow, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre & Botnar Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, UK.
• May 2005 – Dec 2006 MBA, Columbia University, NY & University of California, Berkeley
• January – August 2007 Fellowship in Spine surgery and Spine Oncology surgery, Dr. Stefano Boriani, Director of Orthopedics, Ospedale Maggiore, Bologna, Italy

Current Faculty Appointments:

• Established a private solo practice: Spine Specialist & Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
• Feb 2008 – Present Attending, Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, Berkeley, CA
• July 2008 – Present Active Clinical Staff, Childrens Hospital of Oakland (CHO), Oakland, CA
• Joined the Children’s Hospital’s Hematology & Oncology team, to manage the musculoskeletal tumors. More recently, I began participating in the management of sickle cell disease and thalassemia patients’ orthopaedic needs, such as avascular necrosis of the hips and shoulders.
• Nov 2008 – Present Lecturer, St. Mary’s Orthopaedic Residency Program, San Francisco, CA.
• July 2008 – Present Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Orthopedics, UC Davis Health System, Sacramento, CA

Previous Faculty Appointments:

• Sept 2003 – Sept 2006 Chief, Orthopaedic Oncology Section, Assistant Professor of Orthopedics, Department of Orthopedics, UC Davis Health System, Sacramento, CA.
• Sept 2000 – May 2003 Assistant Professor of Orthopedics, Dept. of Orthopedics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA.

Awards and Honors:

• 2006 Distinguished Faculty Award, UC Davis Department of Orthopedics
• May – June 1990 Bone and Joint Surgery (UK) Travel Scholarship to study at Stanford University Department of Orthopedics.
• 1987 - 1988 B.Sc. Honors in Anatomy
• 1987 – 1988 Medical Research Council Scholarship (UK): for research on ‘Ligament Attachments in Man’

Membership in Professional and Scientific Societies:

• Member (2004-Present) American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
• Member (2003-Present) Musculoskeletal Tumor Society
• Member (2001-Present) Connective Tissue Oncology Society
• Member (2003-Present) British Orthopaedic Oncology Society
• Member (2003-Present) Western Orthopaedic Association
• Member (2004-Present) Societe Internationale de Chirurgie Orthopedique et de Tramatologie
• Member (2008–Present) Alameda-Contra Costa Medical Association
• Member (2008 – Present) California Medical Association
• Member 2008 – Present) American Medical Association
• Member (2004-present) Paul R. Lipscomb Society, Sacramento, California
• Member (2003-2007) Orthopaedic Research Society
• Member (2003-2006) American Society for Bone and Mineral Research
• Member (2003-2006) International Bone and Mineral Society
• Member (2000-2004) Eastern Orthopedic Society
• Member (2000-2003) Philadelphia Orthopaedic Society
• Member (2004-2006) University of California Davis Medical Center Cancer Center Group, Sacramento, California

Academic Committees at the University of California, Davis:

• 2003 – 2006 Residents Selection Committee
• 2004 – 2005 Electronic Medical Records Committee

Academic Committees at the University of Pennsylvania:

• 2001 – 2002 Practice Committee, Dept. of Orthopedics, University of Pennsylvania Health Systems.
• 2000 – 2001 Member - IT Committee, Dept. of Orthopaedics
• 2001 Jan - July Search Committee for a Surgical Oncologist, School of Veterinary medicine

Editorial Positions:

• 2008 – 2009 Guest Editor, Spine Oncology Section, January 2009, Orthopedic Clinics of North America, Elsevier Publishers, Philadelphia.
• 2005 – 2006 Guest Editor, Orthopedic Oncology Section, January 2006, Orthopedic Clinics of North America, Elsevier Publishers, Philadelphia.
• 2002 - 2003 Member of Board of Reviewers for the University of Pennsylvania Orthopaedic Journal

Teaching and Clinical Responsibilities:

• 2008 – Present Musculoskeletal tumor review – for St. Mary’s orthopaedic residents,
• 2003 – 2008 Course Director: Annual Orthopaedic Pathology Course
• 2003 – 2008 Orthopaedic Oncology for Boards Review – for graduating residents
• 2003 – 2007 Attending Staff: UC Davis Medical Center & Children’s Hospital
• 2000 – 2003 Course Director: Philadelphia Orthopaedic Pathology annual review course
• Jan 2001 – May 2003, Attending staff: The Hospital for the University of Pennsylvania

Community Service:

• 2003 – Present Founder & Executive Director
• Bone Cancer Research Foundation