Phoenix Orthopaedic Consultants
5605 W. Eugie Ave. #111
Glendale, AZ 85304
Phone: (602) 298-8888 | FAX: (602) 938-2504
Web: www.phxortho.com

EDUCATION

• High School: Walnut Hills, Cincinnati, Ohio (a publicly funded college preparatory school) graduated 1968
• College: Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 1968-1972 BA (major-English)
  Alpha Epsilon Delta premedical honor society
• Medical School: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 1972-1976 Doctor of Medicine

POST GRADUATE TRAINING

• Internship: University of Cincinnati Medical Center Hospitals 1976-1977
• Residency: University of Cincinnati Hospitals 1977-1981 Orthopaedic Surgery
• Externship: New England Baptist Hospital, Boston Massachusetts March/April 1980 Joint Replacement and Revision Surgery

BOARD CERTIFICATION

American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery 1984-current

LICENSURE

• National Board of Medical Examiners cert. 173444 (1977)
• Arizona 1981-present, lic. No. 12437
• Ohio 1976-present, lic. No. 35-03-9821 (FLEX exam 8/76)

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

1981-present Orthopaedic Surgeon, private practice. Phoenix Orthopaedic Consultants is a single specialty group practice with offices in Glendale, Arizona. Currently I serve as managing partner and president. Now a division of Orthopaedic Surgeons Network of North America, PLLC

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

• Maricopa County Medical Society
• Arizona Medical Association
• Fellow, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Freiberg Society
• Western Orthopaedic Association
• Arizona Orthopaedic Society
• Fellow, American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons Active Member, American Orthopaedic Association

HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS

Thunderbird Samaritan Hospital
Arrowhead Community Hospital

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

Co-Author-“Results of Joint Replacement in Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis”
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
New Orleans, LA-1982

Co-Author-“Operative Treatment of Clavicular Fractures”
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Atlanta, GA-1980

Published in 1980 in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Co-Author-“Tennis Elbow-Results of the Lateral Release Procedure”
The Ohio State Medical Journal-1979

“Total Knee replacement-Pearls and Pitfalls” presentation 2001

Faculty member “Bio-Skills Workshop” Surgical Decision making & Technological Advances in Hip and Knee Reconstruction
Scottsdale, AZ
October 16-19, 2002

“Ortho Consult”
Arizona State University
College of Nursing 2002

Faculty, case reviews and bioskills workshop “State of the Art in Orthopaedics”
Snowbird Utah, 2004

“Fibrin Sealant in Total Knee Arthroplasty”
Vancouver 2004

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

• Active Member, American Orthopaedic Association
• Board Member, Western Orthopaedic Association 2009-2010
• Board Member, Arthritis Foundation Greater Southwest Chapter 2009-present Board of Councilors, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 2007-2013
• Vice President, Orthopaedic Surgeons Network of Arizona 2004-2009
• President Arizona Orthopaedic Society, 2006-2007
• President, Maricopa County Medical Society 2005-2006
• President Elect, Maricopa County Medical Society 2004-2005
• Vice President Arizona Orthopaedic Society 2003-2004
• Secretary, Maricopa County Medical Society 2003-2004
• Secretary/Treasurer Arizona Orthopaedic Society 2001-2002
• President, Maricopa County Chapter, Arizona Orthopaedic Society 2000-2004 Board of Directors, Orthopaedic Surgeons Network of Arizona 2000-present
• Board of Directors, Maricopa County Medical Society 2000-2003
• Chairman, Credentials Committee, Thunderbird Samaritan Hospital 1999-2002 Chief of Staff, Thunderbird Samaritan Medical Center 1997-1999
• Vice Chief of Staff, Thunderbird Samaritan Medical Center 1995-1996
• Chairman, Department of Surgery, Thunderbird Samaritan Medical Center 1993-4 Vice Chair Department of Surgery, Thunderbird Samaritan Medical Center 1990-2 Member at Large, Executive Committee Thunderbird Samaritan 1989-1991 Member, Executive Committee Thunderbird Samaritan 1989-present
• Member QA/UR Committee, Thunderbird Samaritan Medical Center 1990-1992 Member Surgery Committee, Thunderbird Samaritan 1989-1994
• Instructor Arizona State University, College of Nursing, Family Nurse Practioner Program 2000-2001
• Instructor AZ College of Osteopathic Medicine 2000-200

RECENT CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION ACTIVITY

• American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons, Dallas TX, November 2011
• American Orthopaedic Association, Boston, MA June, 2011
• American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons, Dallas, TX November 2010
• Arizona Orthopaedic Association, Scottsdale, AZ October, 2010
• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, New Orleans, La. 2010

PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS

• Total Joint Arthroplasty
• Hip and Knee
• Adult reconstructive surgery
• Peer Review and Quality Assurance Activities
• Health Care Policy, local and national

PERSONAL INTERESTS

• Skiing
• Fitness activities
• Adventure Travel
• Fly Fishing
• SCUBA
• Wine
• Flying
• Motorcycling
• American History
• Public Speaking