Boca Raton Community Hospital, Boca Raton, FL Delray Community Hospital, Delray Beach, FL Pinecrest (Rehabilitation Hospital, Delray Beach, FL West Boca Medical Center, Boca Raton, FL
Private Practice
06/07 - Present Spine Care Institute
02/06 - 06/07 Co-founder, Spine & Pain Institute of Santa Fe
1998-2006 Spine Care Institute
1983-1998 Florida Back Institute
1965-1983 North Miami, FL
Education
1955 Bachelor of Science University of Alabama Birmingham, AL Major: Biology and Chemistry
1960 Doctor of Medicine University of Alabama Birmingham, AL
1960 - 1961 Intern in Surgery The University of Miami School of Medicine Jackson Memorial Hospital
1961 - 1962 Resident in Neurosurgery (neurology rotation) The University of Miami School of Medicine Jackson Memorial Hospital Miami, FL
1962 - 1965 Resident in Neurological Surgery University of Alabama Medical Center University Hospital and Hillman Clinic Birmingham, AL
Board Certification
November 13, 1989 American Board of Neurological Surgery
Spine Societies
International Intra-Discal Therapy Society
Society for Sack Pain Research,
United Kingdom
American Academy of Pain Management
American College on Spine Surgery
International Spine Intervention Society (ISIS)
North American Spine Society (NABS)
The International Society for the Study of Lumber Spine
Military Service
1960 - 1980 Captain, United States Army Reserve
Honors
University of Alabama Outstanding Medical Alumnus Award, 1980
Licensure
Florida New Mexico
Professional Societies
Bahamas Medical Council Certificate for Consultation Nassau, Bahamas
North American Spine Society
American Back Society
American Medical Association
Florida Physicians Association
Florida Neurosurgery Society
Congress of Neurological Surgeons
American Association of Neurological Surgeons
Southern Neurological Society
Palm Beech County Medical Society
International Intradiscal Therapy Society, Inc.
Joint Section on Neuroma/Critical Care of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons
Member Spinal Cord Injury Committee
Society for Back Pain Research, England
American Academy of Pain Management
Society for Clinical Trials
American College of Spine Surgery
The International Oxidative Medicine Association
American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine
American Anti-Aging Foundation
The International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology
International Spine Intervention Society (ISIS)
American College of Spine Surgery
Research
Clinical Investigator for Automated Percutaneous Discectomy
Clinical Investigator for Medtronic Morphine Pump
Clinical Investigator for Spinal Fixation Study Group, University of Maryland
Clinical Investigator for Laserscope: Lasers in Spinal Surgery
Clinical Investigator for
American Medical Electronic Devices
Patent for Percutaneous Laser Discectomy Method and Approach (5,084,043)