Education:

University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Medical School
Graduated May 1993, Top 20%

California State University Fullerton
Post Bachelor Study in Biology and Chemistry, GPA 4.0

Sonoma State University
Rohmert Park, CA
BS in Computer Science May 1985

Casa Grande High School
Petaluma, CA 1980
Top 10 in a class of 250

Work Experience:

East Texas Neurological Institute
Spine Specialists
Tyler, Texas
September 1998 - Present
Physiatrist. Conservative spine care, pain management, electromyography. Spine procedures including lumbar epidural, facet joint, and sacral iliac joint injections, dicography, IDET, medial branch block, and radio frequency lesioning.

University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics
Madison, WI
July 1995 - June 1998
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
PM & R Resident. Extensive outpatient and inpatient clinical experience. Training in spine care, sports medicine, stroke and brain injury, post-polio, developmental disability, pediatric rehabilitation, and acute and chronic spinal cord injury management, Hands-on training in EMG, motor point blocks and botox injections. Diverse inpatient experience including rehabilitation team leader, consultant, and sub-acute rehabilitation management.

Summa, Akron City Hospital and St. Thomas Hospital
Akron, OH
January 1995 - June 1995
Physician Services. Performed admitting and pre-operative physicals.

University Hospitals of Cleveland, OH
July - November 1994
Anesthesia Department
Anesthesia Resident. Performed regional, general, and local anesthesia.

Akron City Hospital
Akron, OH
July 1993 - June 1994
Internal Medicine Intern. Managed medicine patient care for internal medicine, emergency medicine, and critical care.

University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Microbiology Department
June - July 1990
Research Assistant. Molecular biology research on the DNA structure and control of antigenic variation for Borrelia hermsii.

Educational Honors:

Lange Medical Student Award, University of Texas San Antonio, 1993

Medical Licensure and Certification:

• Board Certified American Association of PM & R, May 1999
• Texas State License, 1998
• Wisconsin State License, 1995
• Ohio State License, 1994
• FLEX, December 1993, passed

Professional Organizations:

• East Texas Medical Center Rehabilitation Hospital Medical Committee Member
• American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation