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Orthopedic Surgery Hip Knee Leg Lengthening Expert Witness

EXPERT NUMBER: 180. STATE: CA. REGION: Pacific, Southwestern, Western. COUNTRY: US.

Provides Opinion & Testimony In:

Orthopaedic Surgery Hip Knee Leg Lengthening, Shoulder, Tibial Deformities, Circular Fixation, Femur Extraction

Education:

Medical School
Tel Aviv University, Sackler Medical School, Tel Aviv, Israel, M.D., July 1984

Internship
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, August 1988 — September 1989, Rotating Internship

Residencies
University o Western Ontario London, Ontario,
Canada, October 1989 — October 1993, Orthopaedic Surgery Faculty of Sunnybrook Health

Fellowship
Centre University of Toronto, Division of Orthopaedics: June 1986 — June 1988, Research Fellow
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Adult Reconstruction and Orthopaedic Trauma, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery: September 1983 — August 1994

Licensure
California (Certificate C-51436) West Virginia (Certificate — 21346)
Ontario — Canada (Certificate 57933) Israel (Certificate 1981)
California X-ray Supervisor and Operator: RHC 169406

Certification
American Board of Orthpaedic Surgery
Certified — July 21, 2011

Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, FRCSC September 1993

Israel: Orthopaedic Surgery Certification 2001- AAOS — Registered Disaster Responder, 2012 —

Professional Background:

Medical Director , MD, a Professional Corporation, Private clinical practice, San Francisco Bay Area: May 2009— current

Chief of Orthopaedic Surgery, San Joaquin General Hospital Regional Trauma Center
French Camp, California, USA, August 2013 — December 2014

Assistant Professor in Orthopedics, Full-time faculty, Orthopaedic Trauma, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California,
August 1, 2006 — May 2009

Associate Clinical Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, West Virginia University: July 2004 — August 2006

Visiting Associate, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, 2007 —2009

Other Employment or activity

  • Private Practice, Thornhill, Ontario, Canada: August 1996 — December 2003
  • Staff Consultant (Attending), Department of Surgery, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton Health Science Corporation, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada: August 1994 — August 1996
  • Fellowship: University of Toronto, St. Michael’s Hospital, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery: September 1993 — August 1994
  • Residency, The University of Western Ontario London, Ontario, Canada:
  • September 1989 — September 1993, Orthopaedic Surgery Faculty of Medicine
  • Research Associate, department of Orthopaedics, Loyola University, Maywood, Illinois, June 1988 — September 1988
  • Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada: June 1986 — June 1988 Research Fellow
  • The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, Visiting Fellow with Dr. R. B. Salter: March 1986 — June 1986
  • Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Rambam Medical Centre, Haifa, Israel, House Officer, (Part of IDF service): March 1985 — March 1986
  • Medical Officer, Israeli Defense Forces, Israel: March 1982 — March 1986

Society Memberships:

National:

  • American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeon, 1991— Present, Member
  • American College of Surgeons: 2008 — Present, Member
  • Association for the Study and Application of the Methods of Ilizarov (ASAMI North America), 1987 — present, Member
  • California Orthopedic Association , 2006 — Present Member

International:

  • SICOT, 2002 — present
  • ASAMI NA 1989— present

Canada:

  • The Canadian Orthopaedic Association, 1992 — present
  • The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, 1990 — present
  • Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Fellow, 1994 – present

Hospital Admissions/Consultantancies:

  • California Pacific Medical Center, Attending, 07, 2009 — present
    San Joaquin General Hospital, French Camp, California, 08, 2013- present
  • Novato Community Hospital, 07, 2013 — present,
    Campus Surgical Center, Daly City, California, 07, 2011-present
  • Mills-Peninsula Medical Center, Attending, San Mateo, California, 05, 2009 — present
    San Mateo Medical Center, San Mateo, California: 01, 2009-09, 2010
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Full-time faculty, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, 2006-2009
  • Staff Consultant (Attending), Vice Chair, Department of Surgery, Fairmont, General Hospital, Fairmont, West Virginia, December, 2003 — July, 2006
  • Associate Professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, July 2004 — August 2006

Research Activities:

Areas of Research Interest:

  • Use of Metal Glass Alloys in Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Distraction Osteogenesis/Arthroplasty
  • External Fixation

INVENTIONS:

  • Mandibular bone transport /1engthening device.
  • High Corrosion Resistant Zr-Ti Based Metallic Glasses— Issued August 16. 2011
  • Orthopedic Fixation Systems and Methods, US Patent Pending, Filed Nov 2011
  • Orthopedic Joint Hinge; US Patent Pending, Filed Nov 2011

COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS AND APPOINTMENTS:

  • Chief, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, San Joaquin General Hospital, French camp, California, August 2013 – 2015
  • City of San Francisco, San Francisco — Haifa Sister City Committee, Member, 2013-
  • California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, California: Member – Emergency Management Committee, 2010 — present
  • Chairman of the Board, Friends of IDF, Northern California SICOT
  • Member — Foundation Board, 2010 — present Member — Trauma Committee, 2008 — present
  • Chairman of Sub-Committee on Natural Disasters and Mass Casualties, 2010 — present
  • Examiner for SICOT International Examination: 2014-

AWARDS

  • First Place Award: 19’h Clinical seminar in Orthopaedic Surgery, J.C. Kennedy Day, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, 1991.
  • Doppler Ultrasound Versus Venogram for Dlagnosis Of DVT in THA Patients
  • Second Place Award: 21st Clinical Seminar in Orthopaedic Surgery, J.C. Kennedy Day, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, 1993.
  • Proprioception in ACL Deficient Knees

VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES

  • American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Haiti Earthquake Relief (in association with the University of Miami)
  • Miami Field Hospital and USNS Comfort, January 2010
  • Trauma and orthopaedic surgeon, medical team, Haiti Earthquake Relief
  • Maccabiah Games, Medical team, San Francisco, 2009,
  • Fleet Week, San Francisco, CA, October 2013,
  • Fleet Week, San Francisco, 2014
  • Nepal Earthquake, Medical Relief Team, IDF Field Hospital, 2015 EXTRACORICULAR:
  • US Boxing Association, Ring Physician, 2015 – Israeli National Boxing Champion: 1980-1981 Belorussian Junior Boxing Champion: 1972 West Virginia Team Tennis Champion: 2005
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