Additional Training

1. Complications and Revisions of Total Hip and Total Knee Replacements, St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital 30th Annual Orthopaedic Symposium, April 22-23, 1994, Houston, Texas.
2. Arbeitsgemeinschaft fur Osteosynthesfragen (AO) Basic Course, August 4-7, 1994, New York.
3. American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society Review Course, October 22-23, 1994, Houston, Texas.
4. Percutaneous Evaluation and Treatment of Spinal Pathology, St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital 31st Annual Orthopaedic Symposium, April 28-29, 1995, Houston, Texas.
5. Ilizarov Essential Concepts and Methodology Course, September 8-10, 1995, St. Louis Missouri.
6. Pediatric Orthopaedics: Current Perspectives, October 13-15, 1995, North Carolina.
7. Update in Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, The Edward T. Smith Lectureship, The University of Texas-Houston Medical School, November 3-4, 1995.
8. Treatment of Hip and Knee Arthritis in the Young Adult, St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital 32nd Annual Orthopaedic Symposium, April 26-27, 1996, Houston Texas.
9. Zimmer Resident Program, August 15-18th , 1996 Chicago, Illinois.
10. Orthopaedic Elective; May/June, 1997, Universita' degli studi di Verona, Instituto Di Clinica Ortopedica e Traumatogica, Italy: Prof. Pietro Bartolozzi, M.D., and Rizzoli Institute of Orthopaedics, Bologna, Italy: Prof. Pier G. Marchetti, M.D.
11. XX Congresso Nazionale G.I.S. Societa' Italiana Di Patologia Vertebrale. Il Trattamento Chirugico Precoce Della Scoliosi Idiopatica e Congenita; Rivalutazione Dell'Esame Clinico e Radiographico Nei Traumi Vertebrali. Rapallo, Italy. June 6-8, 1997.
12. International Congress of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Torino, Italy. June 19-21, 1997.
13. 4th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques, July 10-12, 1997, sponsored by Scoliosis Research Society.
14. 32nd Annual Meeting of Scoliosis Research Society, St. Louis, Missouri, September 1997.
15. Cervical Spine Research Society, December 1997, Rancho Mirage, California.
16. North American Spine Society, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998.
17. OLC course: Advanced Techniques in Spine Surgery, November 1998.
18. Cervical Spine Research Society, December 3-5th, 1998.
19. Scoliosis Research Society, September 21-25, 1999.
20. NASS, Chicago, October 1999.
21. CSRS, Seattle, December 1999.
22. SRS, Cairns Australia, October 2000.
23. CSRS, Charleston, North Carolina, November-December, 2000.
24. SRS, Cleveland, Ohio, September 2001.
25. CSRS, Monterey, California, November-December. 2001.
26. AAOS, Dallas, Texas, February 2002.
27. Spine Summit Meeting, Colorado, March 2002.
28. 13th Symposium: The Spine Study Group. April 18-21, 2002, Palm Beach, Florida.
29. American Spinal Injury Association, Vancouver, Canada, May 2-5, 2002.
30. SRS, Seattle, Washington, September 2002.
31. CSRS, Miami, Florida, December 2002.
32. AAOS, New Orleans, Louisiana, February 2003.
33. SRS Tutorial: Johns Hopkins, Adult Scoliosis/John Kostuik, March 3-4, 2003.
34. SDEG Fellowship Tutorial, SRS, Tucson, Arizona, May 2003.
35. The Spine Study Group 14th Annual Symposium, Palm Beach, FL, 2003.
36. SRS, September 2003, Quebec, Canada.
37. Invited Lecturer: Howard H. Steele Conference: Injuries and Dysfunction of the Spinal Cord in Children, Strategies in Spinal Cord Regeneration, December 7-9th, 2003, Shriners Hospital for Children, Orlando, Florida.
38. CSRS, December 2003, Scottsdale, Arizona.
39. SDEG Visiting Fellowship, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, December 14-18, 2003.
40. Spine Study Group, Palm Beach, Florida, 2004.
41. SRS, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2004.
42. I Congreso Internacional de Cirugia de Columna Vertebral, Leon, Mexico-Invited Lecturer, September 29-October 1, 2004.
43. Contemporary Topics in Pediatric Spinal Cord Injury, Shriners Hospital for Children-Invited Lecturer, October 11-12, 2004.
44. CSRS, Boston, Massachusetts, 2004.
45. Charite Total Disk Replacement Certification, December 2004.
46. Spine Study Group, Palm Beach, Florida, June 2005.
47. Scoliosis Research Society, Miami, Florida, September 2005.
48. Cervical Spine Research Society, San Diego, California, December 2005.
49. Masters Deformity Summit, Depuy, Miami, Florida, April 2006.
50. One week visitation, Professor Harms, Karlsbad, Germany, May 2006.
51. European Cervical Spine Society, Berlin Germany, May 2006.
52. Depuy Spine, Minimally Invasive Course, Invited Faculty, NYC, NY, June 2006.
53. AO Spine Europe, Invited Faculty, Majorca Spain, Sept., 2006.
54. Shriners Hospital for Children-Depuy Spine Tutorial.  Advanced Spine Techniques.  Oct. 12, 2006.  Participant and invited faculty.
55. Pre-course-Spinal Cord Regeneration, 4th Howard H. Steel Conf. on Pediatric Spinal Cord Injury, Orlando, FL Nov., 2006.
56. American Academy of Surgeons, San Diego, CA, Feb., 2007.
57. European Biospine II Congress, Leipzig, Germany, Sept., 2007.
58. The Spine Study Group 18th Annual Symposium, Palm Beach, FL, May, 2007.
59. The Spine Study Group 19th Annual Symposium, Palm Beach, FL, May, 2008.
60. The Scoliosis Research Society 15th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques, Hong Kong, China, July 2008.
61. 61. Scoliosis Research Society and AAOS Course: Current Trends and Treatment Methods in Pediatric and Adult Spinal Deformity, Dallas, TX, May 2008.
62. Int'l Congress, Scoliosis/Growing Spine, Montreal, 2008.
63. North American Spine Society, Toronto, Canada, 2008.
64. Scoliosis Research Society 43rd Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, Sept. 2008.
65. Cervical Spine Research Society 37th Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, Dec. 2009.
66. 17th IMAST International Meeting, Toronto, Canada, July 2010.
67. 45th Annual IMAST Meeting, Kyoto, Japan, September 2010.
68. Cervical Spine Research Society 38th Annual Meeting, Charlotte, North Carolina, December 2010.