Knee Replacement Surgery Medical Expert Witness

Expert Witness No.2578

Education

Bachelor of Arts Degree, University of California
Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, 1970-1974

Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara School of
Medicine, Guadalajara, Mexico, 1974-1978

Medical Degree, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, 1978-1980

Internship:  General Surgery
University of California Irvine Medical Center, Irvine, California, 1980-1981

Residency:  Orthopaedic Surgery
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and Affiliated
Hospitals, Los Angeles, California, 1981-1985

Certification

American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, 1987

Re-Certification American Board of Orthopaedic
Surgery, January 1998

Re-Certification American Board of Orthopaedic
Surgery, January 2008

Qualified Medical Examiner (QME) Appointed by the State of California

National Board of Medical Examiners, 1981

Clinical

Rancho Los Amigos Hospital – Spinal Cord Injury
And Stroke Rehabilitation, 1982-1983

Orthopaedic Hospital – Mexicali, Mexico Children’s
Orthopaedic Clinic, 1983-1984

UCLA Medical Center – Total Joint Service, 1984

Orthopaedic Surgery in Huntington Beach, Westminster, Fountain Valley, Newport Beach, and Los Alamitos, California, 1985-Present

Publications

Available upon request.

Professional Organizations

American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
American Medical Association
California Medical Association
Orange County Medical Association
California Orthopaedic Association
CIF Southern Section Athletic Safety Commission, 1985-1995
Team Physician – Bolsa Grande High School, 1985-1995

Teaching

Clinical Instructor
Department of Physical Therapy
California State University
Long Beach College of Health and Human Services

Fire Department, City of Huntington Beach

Languages Spoken

English and Spanish