Orthopaedic & Spinal Surgeon at Texas Back Institute
I am a fellowship trained Orthopaedic and Spinal Surgeon who currently works at the Texas Back Institute. I am board certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, and hold specialist certification from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. I completed Medical school and residency at the University of Toronto. I completed Spine surgery and Trauma surgery fellowships at the Toronto Hospital in Canada and at Queen’s Medical Center in Nottingham, England. I held a full-time academic appointment at the University of Toronto and was on the Academic staff of the Toronto Hospital up to my 1997 recruitment to the Cleveland Clinic.
In 2002 I obtained my Masters degree in Business Administration from Cleveland State University. Shortly after I was appointed to the faculty of the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at the rank of Professor of Surgery. In 2007 I transitioned my clinical and administrative duties to Cleveland Clinic Florida where I was appointed Chairman of the Spine Department. In 2010 I was recruited to the Texas back Institute and to the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano to be the director of the scoliosis and spine tumor program as well as the chairman of the Department of Orthopaedics. In 2018 I was elected President of the medical staff at Texas Health Plano Hospital. Also in 2018 I was elected to be the President of Texas Back Institute PA.