Who am I?

I have practiced as Chief of Neurosurgery at a 500 bed teaching hospital in the suburbs of Philadelphia for 20 years. While at that facility, I was responsible for the training of neurosurgical and general surgery residents, and medical students. I was recruited to move to Lawton, Oklahoma in the summer of 2004.

My experience has centered on both cranial and spinal surgery. I have performed more than 2,000 cranial operations and 4,500 spinal surgeries, involving all aspects of these areas. In addition, I have performed more than 3,000 minimally invasive carpal tunnel releases.

Certifications

• American Board of Neurological Surgeons, 1984
• Fellow American College of Surgeons, 1986

Memberships

• American Association of Neurological Surgeons
• Congress of Neurological Surgeons
• Member of Joint Section and Peripheral Nerve Surgery of AANS
• Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
• AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves
• North American Spine Society

Current Positions

• Division of Neurosurgery
  Southwestern Medical Center
  Lawton, Oklahoma
• Instructor, Kyphon International

Education

• High School - Greensburg, PA - 1968
• College - B.A. in Biology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA - 1972
• Medical School - M.D., George Washington University School of Medicine
  Washington, DC - 1976
• Ph.D. Candidate - George Washington University School of Medicine Department of Physiology, 1973 to 1977

Internship

• Abington Memorial Hospital, Abington, PA - 1976-1977

Residency

• Department of Neurological Surgery, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC 1977-1982; included training at:
  • Children's Hospital National Medical Center;
  • Armed Forces Institute of Pathology;
  • Veterans Administration Hospital;
  • The Washington Hospital Center
• George Washington University
  Department Neurosurgery
  Medical Center
  Washington, D.C.
• Veteran's Administration
  Hospital Washington, D.C.

Publications

For a List of My Publications and Presentations click here.