EDUCATIONAL DATA:
June 10, 1997 - Board Certified
American Academy of Osteopathic
Orthopaedic Surgeons

July 1991 to July 1995 - Residency
Orthopaedic Surgery
University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey
Kennedy Memorial Hospitals
Stratford, New Jersey
July 1994 to June 1995 - *Chief Resident

July 1990 to June 1991 - Residency
Anesthesia
University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey
Kennedy Memorial Hospitals
Stratford, New Jersey

July 1989 to June 1990 - Internship
University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey
Kennedy Memorial Hospitals
Stratford, New Jersey

August 1985 to May 1989 - Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Degree: Doctor of Osteopathy

September 1981 to May 1985 - Gettysburg College
Gettysburg Pennsylvania
Degree: BA Biology (back to top)

ACADEMIC HONORS AND AWARDS:
Dean's List - Gettysburg College
Beta Beta Beta Biological Honor Society
Senior Scholar's Seminar - Gettysburg College
William C. Darah Award - Excellence in Biology
George W. Stoner Award - Premedical Excellence (back to top)

HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS:
Union Hospital, Union, New Jersey - Active Staff
Bayonne Medical Center, Bayonne, New Jersey - Active Staff
Overlook Hospital, Summit, New Jersey - Active Staff
Center for Ambulatory Surgery, Mountainside, New Jersey - Active Staff (back to top)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS:
American Osteopathic Association
American College of General Practitioners in Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery
New Jersey Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons
American Osteopathic Academy of Orthopaedics
American College of Osteopathic Surgeons
Phi Gamma Delta
AO Alumni Association
Union County Osteopathic Society
Orthopaedic Surgeons of New Jersey (back to top)

RESIDENCY RESEARCH PAPERS:
1991 - Biological Fracture Fixation and the Limited Contact Dynamic Compression Plate
1992 - Combined High Tibial Osteotomy and Derotational Osteotomy - A Case Report
1993 - Glomus Tumor of the Knee - A Case Report
1994 - Meniscal Allografts (back to top)

ELECTIVE CLINICAL ROTATIONS:
Sports Medicine - Vincent DiStefano, M.D.
Graduate Hospital - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Pediatric Orthopaedics
Alfred I. duPont Institute - Wilmington, Delaware

Foot and Ankle - Keith Wapner, M.D.
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Orthopaedic Trauma
Cooper Hospital University Medical Center, Level 1 Trauma Center - Camden, New Jersey

Sports Medicine - Frederick Balduini, M.D. & Robert Falconiero, D.O.
Graduate Hospital - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

AO Fellowship - Professor Harold Tsherne
Hannover, Germany (back to top)

EDUCATIONAL MEETINGS:
May 1991 - Dr. Robert Booth - Concepts in Total Knee Arthroplasty

Sept. 1991 & Sept 1992 - Dr. Carson Scneck - Postgraduate Functional Anatomy

Oct. 1992 - AO Resident's Basic Course, Seattle, WA

April 1992 & April 1993 - Dr. Richard Lachman - Orthopaedic Pathology, Lecture Series

Feb. 1993 - Dr. Gerald Williams - Anterior Instability of the Shoulder

March 1993 - Dr. Leo Whitesides - Techniques in Total Knee Arthroplasty,
St. Louis, MO

April 1993 - Dr. Arthur Bartelozzi - ACL Reconstruction

April 1993 - Dr. Harry Schwamm - Orthopaedic Pathology, Lecture Series

April 1993 - Dr. Arnold Berman - Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty

May 1993 - Orthopaedic Trauma Association - Regional Trauma Update,
Philadelphia, PA

Dec. 1993 - Management of Complex Fractures, Amelia Island, FL

Feb. 1994 - AAOS - New Orleans, LA

March 1994 - Orthopaedic Spring Seminar - Alfred I. dePont Institute,
Wilmington, DE

Aug. 1994 - 1994 National Orthopaedic Residents Program, Chicago, IL

Dec. 1994 - AO Advanced Course, Davos, Switzerland

Sept. 1995 - Annual Assembly Osteopathic Specialists, New Orleans, LA

Jan. 1996 - Robert Metcalf, M.D., Memorial Arthroscopic Surgery Seminar,
Scottsdale, AZ

Sept. 1997 - National Meeting of Osteopathic Specialists, Atlanta, GA

Jan. 1988 - Robert Metcalf, M.D., Memorial Arthroscopic Surgery Seminar,
Scottsdale, AZ

May 1998 - Annual Mid-Year Meeting - Osteopathic Orthopedic Academy,
Scottsdale, AZ

Jan. 2000 - Robert Metcalf, M.D., Memorial Arthroscopic Surgery Seminar,
Scottsdale, AZ

Sept. 2000 - Annual Clinical Assembly of Osteopathic Specialists,
Boston, MA

July 2001 - Total Hip and Knee Forum - Chicago, IL

Aug. 2001 - M/G Unicompartmental Minimally Invasive Solution
Baltimore, MD

Nov. 2002 - Masters Course in Knee Surgery - Scottsdale, AZ

Sept. 2003 - Annual Assembly of Osteopathic Specialists - Chicago, IL

July 2004 - Total Hip & Knee Forum - Chicago, IL

May 2005 - Annual Mid-Year Meeting, Osteopathic Orthopedic Academy
Washington, D.C.

March 2006 - Management of Complex Fractures - Bethlehem, PA (back to top)

APPOINTMENTS:
Bayonne Medical Center - Medical Executive Committee
- Director of Surgery
- Chief, Division of Orthopedic Surgery (back to top)