Bachelor of Science in Biology

• 1977-1981
• University of Illinois
• Champaign/Urbana, Illinois

M.D.

• 1981-1985
• University of Illinois College of Medicine
• Chicago, Illinois

Resident in Surgery

• 1985-1986
• Wayne State University School of Medicine
• Alexander J. Walt, M.D., Chief of Section

Resident in Orthopaedic Surgery

• 1986-1990
• Wayne State University School of Medicine
• Robert H. Fitzgerald, Jr., M.D., Chief

Fellowship in Spine Surgery

• 1990-1991
• University of South Florida
• Glenn R. Rechtine, M.D.
• Chester E. Sutterlin, M.D.

• American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

• St. Francis Medical Center
• Methodist Medical Center
• Proctor Hospital
• Pekin Hospital
• Eureka Hospital

• American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society
• American Medical Association
• Illinois Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons
• Fellow, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 2/16/95