Doctor of Medicine 1986-1991
University of MN Medical School, Minneapolis, MN

Bachelor of Arts 1977-1981
Carleton College, Northfield, MN

Fellowship:

Total Joint Reconstruction 1997-1998
Hennepin County Medical Center, Dr. Ramon Gustilo, Minneapolis, MN

Residency:

University of Hawaii Integrated Orthopaedic Residency, Honolulu, HI

• Chief-Orthopaedics, Queen’s Medical Center, Honolulu, HI 1996-1997
• Shriner’s Hospital, Honolulu, HI 1995-1996
• Tripler Army Medical Center
  Rancho Los Amigos, Los Angeles, CA 1994-1995
• Queen’s Medical Center, Honolulu, HI 1993-1994
• Research Fellowship 1992-1993

Internship:

University of Hawaii General Surgery Residency, Honolulu, HI 1991-1992

Private Practice:

8/2001-present 825 S. 8th St., Suite 902, Minneapolis, MN
1/1998-8/2001 1380 Lusitani St., Suite 206, Honolulu, HI

Board Certification:

American Board of Orthopedic Surgery – 2002

• Hennepin County Medical Society
• MN Medical Association
• American Medical Association
• American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons
• American Board of Orthopedic Surgery

Academic Appointments:

University of Minnesota – Orthopedic Clinical Instructor

Hospital Affiliations:

• St. Francis Regional Medical Center, Shakopee, MN
• Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN
• TRIA Orthopaedic Center ASC
• Cambridge Medical Center, Cambridge, MN
• Fairview University Medical Center –Minneapolis, MN  
  (University & Riverside Campus)
• Fairview Southdale Hospital, Edina, MN
• Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, MN
• Methodist Hospital, St. Louis Park, MN
• North Memorial Medical Center, Robbinsdale, MN
• Straub Clinic & Hospital, Honolulu, HI

• Deep vein thrombosis prophylaxis and epidemiology
• Massive osteoarticular allograft reconstructions
• Lumbar interbody fusions
• Risks to amputation from open fractures
• Allograft vs. autograft anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
• Innominate osteotomies for acetabular dyplasia in older patients
• Laser nucleolysis of intervertebral discs
• New method of circlage wiring
• New method of scapho-lunate fusion

• Hawaii Orthopaedic Association Annual Meeting 1993, 1994, 1997
• European Society for Surgery of the Shoulder & Elbow, Aarhus, Denmark 1993
• Karl Franzens Univ. Conference of Neuro. Spine Surgery, Austria 1993
• Pan Pacific Surgical Society Meeting, Hong Kong 1994
• AOA Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, PA 1995