ACADEMIC HONORS

  • 2016 “Vermont Physician of the Year” Vermont State Medical Society

  • 2014 “Teacher of the Year” University of Vermont College of Medicine Orthopedic Residency

  • 2013 Presidential Award American Association of Hip & Knee Surgeons

  • 2009 “Teacher Of the Year” University of Vermont College of Medicine Orthopedic Residency Program

  • 2005 Fellow American Orthopedic  Association

  • 1993 Fellow American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons

APPOINTMENTS

  • January 2016 – present Professor, The Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT

  • January 2008 – Dec. 2015 Assoc. Professor, University of Vermont School of Medicine, Burlington, VT

LEADERSHIP IN ORTHOPAEDICS

  • American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)

    • American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), President - 2019
    • American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)- Board Of Directors - 10 Years
    • 2017 - 2018 AAOS 1st Vice-President
    • 2016 - 2017 AAOS 2nd Vice-President
    • 2015 - 2016 AAOS Board of Specialty Societies, Chair

EDUCATION

  • July 1986-June 1990 University of Vermont – Orthopedic Surgical Residency

  • July 1985- June 1986 University of Vermont – General Surgical Internship

  • July 1981- June 1985 UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School – Piscataway, New Jersey

  • September 1986 – June 1980 Middlebury College – Middlebury, Vermont

  • September 1976-June 1980 Deerfield Academy – Deerfield, Massachusetts

DEGREES

  • 1985 UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School – Medicineae Doctoris

  • 1980 Middlebury College – Bachelor of Arts

POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION

  • September 2009 – June 2014 UVM Business School – Business of Medicine Certificate Program

  • November 2008 Crew Resource Management – Patient Safety Training

  • March 2008 Mid-career “visiting physician” sabbatical – Arthroplasty UCSF, Mayo and Rush

  • September 2008 Institute for Health Care Communication – AAOS Patient-Physician Communications
    Faculty development course

  • July 1986 – June 1990 Orthopedic Surgery Residency, Medical Center Hospital
    of Vermont – Burlington, Vermont

  • July 1985 – June 1986 Surgical Internship, Medical Center Hospital of Vermont –
    Burlington, Vermont

EMPLOYMENT

  • November 2016 – present Attending surgeon, Martha’s Vineyard Hospital Oak Bluffs, MA

  • April 2008 – September 2016 Attending surgeon, Univ. of Vermont Orthopedic Health Care Service (Full-time Academic) Burlington, VT

  • December 1993 – March 2008 President Connecticut Valley Orthopedics & Sports Medicine, P.C. 29 Ridgewood Road Springfield, Vermont

  • August 1990 – November 1993 Staff Physician Mountain Orthopedic Associates Windsor, Vermont

CONDITIONS & TREATMENTS

CONDITIONS

  • Injuries of the Knee

  • Injuries of the Hip

  • Injuries of the Shoulder

  • Injuries of the Elbow

  • Injuries of the Hand & Wrist

  • Injuries of the Foot & Ankle

  • Sports-Related Injuries

TREATMENTS

  • Treatments Of Knee Injuries

  • Treatments of Hip Injuries

  • Treatments of Shoulder Injuries

  • Treatments of Elbow Injuries

  • Treatments of Hand & Wrist Injuries

  • Treatment of Foot & Ankle Injuries

  • Treatments for Sports Related Injuries

  • Arthroscopic Surgery of the Knee

  • Arthroscopic Surgery of the Shoulder

  • Biologic Knee Reconstructions

  • Cartilage Transplantation

  • Complex Reconstructive Surgery

  • Hip Replacement Surgery

  • Knee Replacement Surgery

  • Mini Incision Hip Replacement Surgery