Recognized Leadership in Spinal Surgery and Research
2010 – Invited Moderator, Cervical Spine Research Society, Charlotte, NC
2010 – Invited Presenter, Cervical Spine Research Society, Charlotte, NC
2009 – Appointed Member, Cervical Spine Research Society, Scientific Program Committee, 3-year term
2009 – Invited Moderator, Cervical Spine Research Society, Salt Lake City, UT
2008 – Invited Speaker, Spine Study Group 19th Annual Symposium, Palm Beach, FL
2008 – Invited Presenter, Int’l Congress, Scoliosis / Growing Spine, Montreal, Germany
2008 – Invited Presenter, North American Spine Society, Toronto, Canada
2008 – Invited Presenter, Scoliosis Research Society, Salt Lake City, UT
2007 – Invited Faculty, Spine Study Group 18th Annual Symposium, Palm Beach, FL
2007 – Invited Speaker, European BIOSPINE II, Leipzig, Germany
2007 – Invited Faculty, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, San Diego, CA
2007 – Top Physician: Spine Surgery. Guide to America’s Top Physicians. Consumers’ Research Council of America, Washington, DC
2006 – European Cervical Spine Research Society: Invited Guest Speaker, Berlin.
2006 – Invited Faculty, Depuy Spine Minimally Invasive Course, NYC
2006 – Invited Faculty, Shriners Hospital / Depuy Spine Advanced Spine Techniques
2006 – AO SPINE Europe: Invited Guest Speaker, Majorca, Spain
2006 – Co-chair, Steel Conference Precourse, SCI, Orlando, FL
2006 – Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital, Invited Guest Speaker, Paris
2005 – Fellow, American Academy of Surgery: FACS
2005 – Cervical Spine Research Society, Nominated for Best Paper Award
2005 – Top Physician: Spine Surgery. Guide to America’s Top Physicians.
Consumers’ Research Council of America. Washington DC
2005 – Grant Recipient: Shriners Hospital For Children: >$150,000 for SCI Research
2005 – Elected to Full, Active Member, Scoliosis Research Society
2003 – Invited Lecturer, Shriners Hospitals for Children 3rd Howard H. Steel Conference on Pediatric Spinal Cord Injury, Orlando, FL
2003 – Invited Speaker, Spine Study Group 14th Annual Symposium, Palm Beach, FL
2003 – Russell Hibbs Basic Science Award, Scoliosis Research Society, Quebec, Canada
Human Marrow Stromal Cell Transplants In a Collagen Matrix Support Axonal Regeneration of Descending Pathways Across Complete Spinal Cord Transections
2003 – Grant Recipient: Shriners Hospital for Children: $25,000 for SCI Research
2003 – SDEG Fellow, Scoliosis Research Society – Spinal Deformity Education Group Award
2003 – Elected Active Member, Cervical Spine Research Society
2003 – Fellow, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons: FAAOS
2002 – Physician of the Year – Orthopaedic Residency Award for Teaching, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM), Philadelphia, PA
2002 – Golden Stethoscope Award – Most Dedicated Physician, Graduate Hospital, PA
2002 – American Spinal Injury Association Research Award: $1000.00, Vancouver, BC – SCI Research, First Place Paper
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2001 – Russell Hibbs Basic Science Award, Scoliosis Research Society, Cleveland, OH
Axonal Regeneration Using Transplants of Genetically Engineered Fibroblasts in Spinal Cord Injury
2000 – Grant Recipient, Cervical Spine Research Society: $30,000 for SCI research
1998 – Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Paul Harrington Award for Orthopaedic Research: $1000
Histology of Fractured Human Vertebral Bodies: Documentation of Intraosseous Nerves
1994 –Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Paul Harrington Award for Orthopaedic Research: $1000
Age-Related Changes in Vertebral Bone Density and Trabecular Architecture are Influenced by Degenerative Change and Osteoporosis
1994 – Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners
1992 – Georgetown University School of Medicine, cum laude, Rank: 14/200
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1991 – Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society
1991 – Georgetown University School of Medicine Research Award: $1500
Heterogeneity of Benzodiazepine Recognition Site Ligands
1988 – Georgetown University Bachelor of Science, cum laude
Dean’s List and First Honors