Accomplishments

UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE EDUCATION

Class Rank 1st of 30, Department of Materials Engineering, Virginia Tech 1978-1981
Outstanding Senior in the College of Engineering (1/1244), Class of 1981
Vice President (for life) Class of 1981
Masters Thesis in Materials Engineering, Orthopedic Implant Materials, 1982
Medical Doctorate, OSU Medical School, 1986
Orthopaedic Residency, Pittsburgh Presbyterian Hospitals, 1987-1991
Fellowship, Joint Reconstructive Surgery, Rush Presby Chic., J Galante, 1992

Knee Society Board of Directors, 2003-2009
Knee Society Membership Committee, 2003-2006 (Chair Elect, 2005)
Knee Society Board, Member at Large, 2007-2009
Board of Directors, Mech., Aerospace, and Biomech. Engineering Univ. Tenn., 2006-present
Interim and Acting Chair, Department of Orthopaedics, 1999-2001
Judson D. Wilson Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, 1994-2003
President, University Orthopaedic Physicians, 1996-2001
Interim Governance Board and Co-medical Director, OSU Hospitals East, 2000-2001
Board of Arthritis Foundation Central Ohio 2006 - present

Director, Minimally Invasive Orthopedic Institute, Grant Medical Center (31st Ortho. National Ranking)
Director, Total Joint Replacement Service, OSU Hospitals, 1993-2004
400 total joint arthroplasty cases per year (200+ Muscle Sparing)
Muscle Sparing Traveling Fellowship September, 2008

Served as chairman of 6 courses; moderated 29 sessions at National Orthopaedic Meetings
3 book chapters in premier joint arthroplasty texts (5 others)
12 first author articles in top 3 orthopaedic journals
11 Knee Society presentations at national and interim meetings
33 presentations at national and international society meetings, 65 CME meetings