Orthopedic Surgery and Sports Medicine Expert Witness | California

Expert Qualifications

This highly qualified and board-certified expert currently serves as Assistant Professor of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery at a major medical university and as Attending Surgeon for a major university medical center and a children's hospital. He received a B.S. from Stanford University and a M.D. from the University of California in San Francisco. Board-certified in Orthopaedic Surgery, he finished two fellowships in Shoulder and Elbow Surgery and Sports Medicine at both Harvard Medical School and the University of Zurich. Elected as a Fellow to both the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the American College of Surgeons, he previously worked in various positions for Kaiser Permanente including Director of Occupational Orthopaedic Surgery Service and Chief of the Regional Shoulder/Elbow Peer Group. He also was Associate Team Orthopaedic Surgeon for the San Jose State University Athletics program. He specializes in the comprehensive treatment of shoulder disorders, including reconstruction, joint replacement, sports injuries, arthroscopy, trauma, and revision surgery.

Bio Snapshot

Location: California

B.S., Stanford University

M.D., University of California-San Francisco

Internship, General Surgery, University of California-San Francisco

Residency, Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California-San Francisco

Research Fellowship, Cartilage Injury/Apoptosis, University of California-San Francisco

Fellowship, Arthroscopic and Reconstructive Shoulder & Elbow Surgery and Sports Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Fellowship, Arthroscopic and Reconstructive Shoulder and Elbow Surgery and Sports Medicine, University of Zurich

Board Certified: Orthopaedic Surgery

Fellow, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

Fellow, American College of Surgeons

Member, Arthroscopy Association of North America

Member, Orthopaedics Overseas

Member, European Society for Surgery of the Shoulder and Elbow

Member, American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons

Former, Attending Staff and Senior Physician, San Jose Medical Center

Former, Chief of North California Regional Shoulder/Elbow Peer Group, Kaiser Permanente

Former, Associate Team Orthopaedic Surgeon, San Jose State University Athletics

Present, Assistant Professor of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, major medical university

Present, Attending Surgeon, major university medical center

Present, Attending Surgeon, children's hospital in California

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