EDUCATION:
Undergraduate:
1975 - 1978 University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
Bachelor of Arts, Chemistry
Medical School:
1978 - 1981 University of South Florida, College of Medicine
Tampa, Florida
Doctor of Medicine

POST-GRADUATE TRAINING:
Internship:
July, 1981 - June, 1982
Polyclinic Medical Center,
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
General Surgery
Residency:
July, 1982 - January, 1983
Polyclinic Medical Center
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
General Surgery
February, 1983 - June, 1986
University of South Florida, College of Medicine
Tampa, Florida
Orthopaedic Surgery
Fellowship:
July, 1986 - June, 1987
Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Pediatric Orthopaedics
Special Training:
September, 1988 Kurgan All-Union Center for Restorative Traumatology and Orthopaedics, Kurgan, USSR
Limb Lengthening with Professor Gavril Ilizarov

BOARD CERTIFICATION:
1982 Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners
1987 Flex Examination Part II
1990 American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
1998 Recertification American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
2008 Recertification American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery