Experience, Education & History



Education

Undergraduate

New York University School of Medicine
New York, NY
Doctor of Medicine, May 1994


Postgraduate Training

Adult Reconstruction Fellowship
Bringham and Women's Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
August 1999-August 31, 2000

Orthopedic Surgery Residency Program
New York University Medical Center - Hospital for Joint Diseases
New York, NY
July 1995-June 1999

General Surgery Internship
New York University Medical Center/Bellevue Hosptial Center
July 1994-June 1995


Honors and Awards

S.A.I.N.T.S. Founder Award
Stony Brook University, 1990

Outstanding Achievement and Excellence Award
Stony Brook University, 1990

Employment

Current Employment

Central Orthopedic Group
Private Practice Subspecializing in Adult Reconstruction
Plainview, NY
August, 2000-present


Hospital Affiliations

North Shore University Hospital
Plainview, NY

North Shore University Hospital
Syosset, NY

Mercy Hospital
Rockville Centre, NY

St. Joseph's Hospital
Bethpage, NY

Melville Surgery Center
Melville, NY

Mount Sinai - South Nassau
Oceanside, NY


Appointments

Co-Chief of Orthopedic Department
North Shore University Hospital at Plainview
2011-present


President of Medical Staff
North Shore University Hospital at Plainview
2011-2013


Fellow of the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeries
2011-present


NYU-Hospital for Joint Diseases
New York University School of Medicine
Department of Orthopedic
Associate Clinical Professor
November, 2000-2012

Experience

Licensure

Board Certified, American Board of Orthopedic Surgery, 2002
Recertified 2012

New York State Medical License, 1995
(License No. 201778-1)

Fluent in Spanish

Research

Effect of Posterior Cut Angle on Tibial Component Loading.
New York University Medical Center-Hospital for Joint Diseases

Howmedica Kinemax Total Knee Implant Outcome Study
New York University Medical Center-Hospital for Joint Diseases

Intramedullary Humeral Nailing; Follow Up Study
New York University Medical Center- Hospital for Joint Diseases


Presentation

"Patellofemoral Complications with Total Knee Anthroplasty"

"Scapula/Glenoid Fractures" New York University Medical Center-Hospital for Joint Diseases

"Knee Bracing"
New York University Medical Center Department of Orthopaedic Grand Rounds

"Supracondylar Femur Fractures"
New York University Medical Center Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Fracture Conferences