EDUCATION
Education 1990-1994, Ohio University Athens, Ohio
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
1986-1990, Indiana State University Terre Haute, Indiana
Bachelor of Science
Major: Athletic Training/Physical Education
1982-1986, Plymouth High School Plymouth, Indiana
Diploma
PROFESSIONAL
Experience 2000-Present, Specialty Orthopedics, Inc. Plymouth, Indiana
Orthopedic Surgeon
• President and founder, Indiana Center for Adult Reconstruction
2000-Present, Portland Orthopedics, Inc. Sydney, Australia
Consulting Orthopedic Surgeon
• Provide input as to the surgical techniques as well as to train other American surgeons on the Margron total hip system, both by hosting them in Plymouth and traveling around the country to assist other surgeons using the product
• Designing Surgeon of the MCP constrained acetabular system which is currently in testing and should be in the market in 2002
• Co-designer of the Margron shoulder arthroplasty system, currently in early research phase
• Designer of several instruments that have been incorporated in the Margron Hip system
2001–Present, Sulzer Orthopedics, Inc. Austin, Texas
Consulting Orthopedic Surgeon
• Provide input with the corporation as to how they should structure their national residency education program and help in the implementation and application of the same
2001–Present, Orthomatrix, Inc. Collierville, Tennessee
Consulting Orthopedic Surgeon
• Provide input with respect to a new cable system for orthopedic surgery, including hand instrumentation for the same
2000, Florida Orthopedic Institute Tampa, Florida
Fellow, Adult Reconstructive Surgery
• Tampa General Hospital, Florida Joint Replacement Center
1996-1999, St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center Toledo, Ohio
Orthopedic Surgery Resident
• Chief Resident, 1998-1999
1995-1999, Emergency Consultants, Inc Traverse City, MI
Emergency Room Physician
• Wyandott Memorial Hospital, Upper Sandusky, OH (Moonlighting)
1995-1999, EmCare Dallas, TX
Emergency Room Physician
• Henry County Hospital, Napoleon, OH (Moonlighting)
1994-1995, St. Vincent Medical Center Toledo, OH
Intern
1991-1992, Ohio University Athens, OH
Research Assistant
• Exercise Physiology lab
1986, Methodist Hospital Indianapolis, IN
Student Intern
• Department of Sportsmedicine / Athletic Training
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Osteopathic Association
American Osteopathic Academy of Orthopedics
Ohio Osteopathic Association
Indiana Osteopathic Association
American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons
National Athletic Trainers Association
Adult Reconstruction Section, AOAO
CERTIFICATION
Accreditations Board Eligible in Orthopedic Surgery, AOBOS
Certified Athletic Trainer
AWARDS
Awards received Member, Sigma Sigma Phi National Osteopathic Honor Society
Outstanding Clinical Student, Ohio University, Class of 1994
Resident Educator of the Year, Orthopedic Surgery, 1999
Presentations Preoperative Planning for Total Hip Arthroplasty, Zimmer Sales Training Seminar, Warsaw, IN, December, 2000.
Total Hip Arthroplasty, Sulzer Orthopedics Sales Training Seminar, Austin, TX, April, 2001.
Orthopedic Sports Medicine – Ankle Arthroscopy, Indiana Osteopathic Association Annual Meeting, South Bend, IN, May, 2001.
Total Hip Arthroplasty, Portland Orthopedics Sales Training Seminar, Plymouth, IN August 2001.
A New Approach to Total Hip Replacement, Orthopedic Grand Rounds, St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center, Toledo, OH, August 2001.
Non-operative Treatment of Osteoarthritis, American Osteopathic Association Annual Assembly of Clinical Specialists, Palm Desert, CA, October, 2001
Revision Arthroplasty for the 21st Century, Association of periOperative Registered Nurses, Annual Multispecialty Conference, St. Louis, MO, October, 2001.
Use of the Margron Total Hip System, Indianapolis Orthopedic Society Holiday Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, Novmeber 2001.
Allomatrix for Revision Arthroplasty, Brothers Brown and Associates Orthopedic Symposium, Salt Lake City, UT, January 2002.
