Surgeon Board Certified Orthopedic Expert Witness

Expert Witness No.2530

Education:

1957, Bachelor of Science, Ohio State University

1961, Doctor of Medicine, Hahnemann Medical College

Internship:

1961 – 62, Bay Front Hospital (Formally Mound Park Hospital), St. Petersburg, FL

Residency:

General Surgery, Cornell Division, Bellevue Hospital, 1961 – 63
Orthopaedic Surgery, University Division, Bellevue Hospital, 1963 – 66
(Rotation, Meadowbrook Hospital, NY Downstate Rehabilitation Center) Haverstraw North Shore Hospital

Practice History:

Private Practice - 1966                    

Mound Park Hospital, St. Petersburg Florida (Bay Front)                  
Palms of Pasadena,    St. Anthony’s

Chief Orthopaedics, Amarillo Air Force Base, Texas  1966 – 68
Chief Consultant, Cannon Air Force Base, Clovis, New Mexico

Private Practice, Lubbock, Texas 1968 – 69

Private Practice, Sarasota, Florida 1969 – Present

Licensure:

Florida

Texas (Inactive)

Certification:

Board Certified - Orthopaedics 1968

Military:

Chief, Orthopaedics,  Amarillo Air Force Base, Texas   1966 – 68
Chief Consultant - Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico 1968 – 68

Consultant, Orthopaedics, Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma 1966 – 68

Professional Memberships:

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

Florida Orthopaedic Association

Florida Medical Association

Sarasota County Medical Society

Southern Medical Association

Hospital Affiliation:

Sarasota Memorial Hospital, Sarasota, FL (Active)

Doctors Hospital, Sarasota Hospital (Active)

Doctors Same Day Surgical, Sarasota, FL (Active)

Cape Surgical Center, Sarasota, FL (Active)

Venice Hospital, Venice FL (Courtesy)

Elected Positions:

Sarasota County Hospital Board, 1972 – 76

Hospital Positions: 

Chief, Orthopaedics, Sarasota Memorial Hospital - 1982 – 83 and 1994 – 95

Ethics Committee, Doctors Hospital - 1996 – 97 and 2007

Appointed Positions:

Advisory Council, Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota 1991 – 92

Specialized Surgical Training:

1970 – 71, ORIF/Osteosnthesis, Advanced, Davos, Switzerland

1971, Congenital Hip Deformities, Florence, Italy

1972 – 1973 & 1985, Total Hip Replacement, Dr. Peter Ring, Surrey, England

1972 – 1976 & 1977, Spine Fusion, Techniques, Ralph Cloward, M.D., Oahu, Hawaii

1989, Neuro-stimulation, Max Reddick, M.D., Orlando, Florida

1990, Neuro-stimulation, Giovani Barolett, M.D., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1991, Intrathecal Spine Pump, Robert Penn, M.D., Chicago, Illinois

1993, Spine-Bone Cage, Gary Lowery, M.D, Gainesville, Florida

2001, Thoracic Outlet Syndrome, Richard J. Saunders, M.D., Denver, Colorado

2002, Intrathecal Spine Pump, Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota 

Medical – Legal Training:

Medical Expert Legal Course (Certified), Orlando, FL, 2006 

Legal Experience:

Depositions

Court Testimony

Video Appearances

Independent Medical Evaluations

Papers/Projects

Available upon request