Place of Birth:

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Education:

Undergraduate
University of Oklahoma
B.S. - Zoology (MES), 1973

Medical School
Oklahoma University School of Medicine
M.D., 1977

Internship
General Surgery 1977 - 1978
Medical University Hospital, South Carolina
Neurosurgery

Residency
Neurological Surgery, 1978 - 1983
Medical University Hospital, South Carolina

Military:

ARNGUS
1971 - 1977

Licensure:

State of South Carolina, 1978
State of Texas, 1984

Board Certification:

American Board of Neurological Surgery

Faculty Positions:

• Faculty Member - Medtronic/Sofamor Danek - Fundamental Principles and Techniques in Spinal Surgery
• Faculty Member Kyphon - Kyphoplasty.
  Faculty Member - Congress of Neurological Surgeons (Advances in Treating Vertebral Body Compression Fractures)
• Membership in Medical Societies: Smith County Medical Society
• Texas Medical Association
• American Medical Association
• American Association of Neurological Surgeons
• Congress of Neurological Surgeons
• North American Spine Society
• Rocky Mountain Neurosurgical Society
• Southern Association of Neurological Surgeons
• Council of State Neurosurgical Societies

Professional Activities:

• President - Texas Association of Neurological Surgeons
• Chief of Staff - East Texas Medical Center - Tyler
• Medical Executive Committee - ETMC/Tyler
• Past Chief of Neurosurgical Section - East Texas Medical Center/Tyler
• Past Chief of Neurosurgical/Neurology Section - Mother Frances Hospital
• Investigator, Sofamor/Danek TCD-II Bone Dowell ALIF Study
• Co-Chief Clinical Investigator, Medtronic/Sofamor Danek Study-Novus BMP
• Investigator, Kyphoplasty Registry Study
• Vertebroplasty/Kyphoplasty Kyphon Advisory Board

Hospital Membership Affiliations:

• Texas Spine & Joint Hospital, Tyler, Texas
• East Texas Medical Center Hospital, Tyler, Texas
• Trinity Mother Frances Hospital, Tyler, Texas
• University of Texas Health Science Center, Tyler, Texas
• Olympic Center Rehabilitation Hospital, Tyler, Texas
• HealthSouth Tyler Rehabilitation Hospital, Tyler, Texas

Part of the NeuroCare Network team of physicians.