Undergraduate:
Mount Union College, 1973-1977
Alliance OH
B.S. - Chemistry and Biology    

Medical School:
The Ohio State University College of Medicine, 1977 - 1980
Columbus, OH
CUM LAUDE

Residency:
Akron City Hospital - Akron, OH
1980 - 1985
Program Directors:
Walter A. Hoyt, Jr., M.D.
J. Patrick Flanagan, M.D.

Military:
U.S. Air Force Reserves:
Commissioned into Health Professions Scholarship Program, May 1977

U.S. Air Force Active Duty:
June 29, 1985 - June 28, 1988

• Staff Orthopaedic Surgeon, July 1985 - August 1986
• USAF Hospital Luke (832nd Medical Group) Luke AFB, AZ
• Chief of Orthopaedic Services, September 1986 - June 1988
• 832nd Medical Group (TAC), Luke AFB, AZ Highest Rank Attained: MAJOR
  

Practice:
1988-1992
Tennessee Orthopaedics
1616 West Main Street
Lebanon, TN 37087
Staff: Human Hospital McFarland 1988-1991, Lebanon TN (Hospital Sold in 1991)
Staff: University Medical Center 1988-1992, Lebanon TN

1993-present
Northeast Orthopedics, Inc.
164 Wetherby Lane
Westerville, OH 43081
Staff: Mount Carmel St. Ann's Hospital

Board Certification:
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery.
Part I (Written) July 1986 (99th Percentile)
Part II (Orals) July 1987

State Licensure:
July 23, 1982 to Present
OHIO - National Board of Medical Examiners

July 1988 - December 1992
TENNESSEE - Board of Medical Examiners

Professional Achievements:
Presentation - "Fractures of the Talus in Children" - At American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons meeting
New Orleans, LA - February 1986

Advanced Cardiac Life Support
September 1985, April 1987

Advanced Trauma Life Support
Fort Sam Houston TX
August 1986

Combat Casualty Care Course
Camp Bullis TX
August 1986

Air Force Commendation Medal, 1988

Professional Organizations:    

• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons,  Since Induction in February 1989
• Columbus Orthopaedic Society, Since 1993
• American Medical Association, Since 1995
• Ohio State Medical Association, Since 1995
• Columbus Medical Association, Since 1995
• Ohio Orthopaedic Society, Since 1997