Neurological Surgeon Expert Witness

Prior Hospital Affiliations

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)

Editor

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Publications

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Meetings/Seminars

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Founding Organizations

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