Board Certified by the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery

“To me joint replacement and reconstruction offers two important elements in medicine. It’s challenging and rewarding. You don’t really do a hip or knee replacement until someone is really incapacitated. They are either in severe pain or have limited mobility. When they get to this point the patient is really disabled. They get the new hip or knee and it’s like a new lease on life.”

Curriculum Vitae

Undergraduate Education:

• 1989: B.A. Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois

Medical School:

• 1993: Northwestern University Medical School

Post-Graduate Medical Training:

• 1993-1994: Internship in Internal Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York
• 1994-1998: Residency in Orthopedic Surgery, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois
• 1998-1999: Fellowship in Joint Replacement, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
• Adult Joint Reconstruction, Central DuPage Hospital, Winfield, Illinois

Honors:

• 1998: Dallas B. Phemister Prize for Excellence in Medical Writing
• 1997: Howard Schneider Memorial Award
• Paper Competition Winner, Illinois Orthopedic Society
• 2001: Certification of the American Board of Orthopedic Surgeons