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CURRICULUM VITAE

MARK BERNHARDT, M.D.

Business Addresses:

Dickson-Diveley Midwest Orthopaedic Clinic, Inc. Dickson-Diveley Midwest Orthopaedic Clinic, Inc.

Medical Plaza Building I, Suite 610 Kansas City Orthopaedic Institute

4320 Wornall Road 3651 College Boulevard

Kansas City, Missouri 64111 Leawood, Kansas 66211

Telephone: (816)531-5757 Telephone: (913) 319-7514 (voicemail)

EDUCATION:

1989 HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL/BETH ISRAEL HOSPITAL

Boston, Massachusetts

Graduated: June, 1989

Completed the Daniel E. Hogan Spine Surgery Fellowship under Augustus A. White, III, M.D., Dr.

Med. Sci., Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Harvard Medical School and Orthopaedic Surgeon-In-

Chief at Beth Israel Hospital.

Responsible for running Dr. White's clinical practice. Evaluated and treated adults with cervical,

thoracic and lumbar spine problems. Responsible for two major clinical studies. Reviewer of 2nd

edition of Clinical Biomechanics of The Spine by White and Panjabi. Worked closely and collaborated

with Neurosurgeons at Beth Israel. Direct supervision of Spine Resident. Responsible for monthly

Spine Conference. Helped Dr. White supervise spine research in Orthopaedic Biomechanics Lab.

American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Examination:

Part I (written), passed, July, 1988

Part II (oral), passed, July, 1991

Diplomat: Date of certification, July 12, 1991

Re-certification: March, 2000; effective January 1, 2002 through December 31, 2011.

Re-certification: Maintenance of Certification process fulfilled; June 2010; 2010 MOC

Examination passed, April 2010; effective January 1, 2012 through December 31, 2021.

1988 UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE-WICHITA/ST. FRANCIS REGIONAL

MEDICAL CENTER AND AFFILIATED HOSPITALS, Wichita, Kansas.

Graduated: June, 1988

FIFTH-YEAR: 6-month pediatric orthopaedic rotation at Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children - St.

Louis Unit; hand surgery; adult reconstruction, spine, and general orthopaedics. FOURTH-YEAR:

Chief resident at St. Francis Regional Medical Center, HCA Wesley Medical Center, and V.A. Medical

Center; 2-month trauma elective at the Accident Hospital of Lorenz Bohler, Vienna, Austria. SECOND

Mark Bernhardt, M.D.

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& THIRD YEARS: General orthopaedics; orthopaedic trauma; adult and reconstructive orthopaedics;

sports medicine; pediatric orthopaedics; neurosurgery; pathology; anesthesiology; plastic and

reconstructive surgery. INTERNSHIP: Rotating first-year of residency under the auspices of the

Director of Orthopaedic Education with clerkships in orthopaedic surgery, internal medicine, general

surgery, pediatrics, emergency medicine, radiology, and physical medicine and rehabilitation.

National Board of Medical Examiners Examination:

Part III, passed, March, 1984

1983 UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, Kansas City, Kansas.

Graduated: May, 1983

Degree: Doctor of Medicine

National Institutes of Health: January and February, 1982. Completed a clinical research elective in

medical-surgical neurology at NIH's Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland.

National Board of Medical Examiners Examination:

Part II, passed, September, 1982

Part I, passed, June, 1981

1979 UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, Lawrence, Kansas.


Degree: Bachelor of Arts Major: Biology

Grade Point Average: 3.85

Honors/Activities: Phi Beta Kappa Honor Fraternity, 1979; Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, 1978;

President, Beta Beta Chapter of Phi Kappa Sigma Social Fraternity, 1978-79; Who's Who Among

Students in American Fraternities, 1979.

1975 LAWRENCE HIGH SCHOOL, Lawrence, Kansas.


Grade Point Average: 3.93

Class Rank: 9 of 548

Honors/Activities: Kansas Honor Student: Who's Who Among American High School Students, 1975;

Male recipient at L.H.S. of Kansas State High School Activities Association Citizenship Award; Class

5A State Wrestling Champion, 145 lb. weight class, 1975.


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EMPLOYMENT:

January, 1990 to present.

Orthopaedic Surgeon, in the Dickson-Diveley Midwest Orthopaedic Clinic. Clinical Professor (2000-

present); Clinical Associate Professor (1994-2000); Clinical Assistant Professor (1990-1994). Interim

Chairman, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine

(July 2012-present). Director of Orthopaedic Resident Research (1991-1996), UMKC. Shareholder in

the Dickson-Diveley Midwest Orthopaedic Clinic, P.A. Practicing orthopaedics and spine surgery at St.

Luke's Hospital, Children's Mercy Hospital, and Truman Medical Center, Kansas City, Missouri; and

Kansas City Orthopaedic Institute, Leawood, Kansas. Director of Spine Deformity Clinic, Children's

Mercy Hospital (1993-2010). DDMOC Call Scheduler (1997-2006). CME Course Coordinator,

UMKC Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, for Grand Rounds (1991 & 1992) and Clinical-

Radiographic (1991 - 1999) Conferences. Associate Team Physician and Spine Consultant, Kansas

City Royals Professional Baseball Club (1992-2010). Assistant Team Physician, Kansas City Blades

Professional Hockey Team (1990-2001). Associate Team Physician, Kansas City Explorers World

Team Tennis (1993-2003 & 2005-present).

July, 1989 to December, 1989.

Instructor in Orthopaedic Surgery. Harvard Medical School faculty member and Associate in

Orthopaedic Surgery, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.

Director of Spine Service, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Beth Israel Hospital. Responsible for

administering Spine Fellowship, teaching spine fellows, residents, and medical students and running Dr.

Augustus A. White III's spine practice while he was on sabbatical for six months.

July, 1988 to June, 1989.

Spine Surgery Fellow. Clinical Fellow in Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School/Beth Israel

Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. Patient care, surgery, research, and teaching responsibilities in the

study and treatment of adult spine problems in an academic and private practice environment.

July, 1983 to June, 1988.

Orthopaedic Surgery Resident. University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita/St. Francis Regional

Medical Center and Affiliated Hospitals, Wichita, Kansas. Responsible for both in-patient and out-

patient admissions, diagnostic work-ups, patient management, as well as attending and presenting

educational lectures and conferences and teaching fellow residents and medical students.

November, 1981 to August, 1982.

Medical Assistant. Veterans Administration Medical Center, Kansas City, Missouri. Part-time job

while a medical student. Duties included starting intra-venous catheters, phlebotomy, including

arterial blood gas sticks, performing EKG's, placing naso-gastric tubes, and Foley catheters, etc.

August, 1978 to May, 1979.

Chemistry Undergraduate Teaching Assistant. University of Kansas Department of Chemistry,

Lawrence, Kansas. While a senior at K.U. Responsibilities included being a lab instructor for two

sections of chemistry each semester, grading lab work, class homework and exams, tutoring,

attending lectures, proctoring examinations, and presenting short lectures.

May, 1975 to June, 1983.


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Penny's Ready-Mixed Concrete Company, Lawrence, Kansas. Worked part-time at the concrete

company after high school while attending college and medical school.


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RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS:

Bernhardt, Mark, with Hilllary M. Bernhardt: Lessons at the Scrub Sink, a collection of personal medical

educational anecdotes and vignettes, in preparation.

Bernhardt, Mark: “The Problem of Clinical Instability in the Human Spine: A Systematic Approach,”

Chapter 5 in White & Panjabi’s Clinical Biomechanics of the Spine, 3rd Edition, Lippincott

Williams & Wilkins, submitted, revised illustrations in preparation.

Bernhardt, Mark: "Normal Spinal Anatomy: Normal Sagittal Plane Alignment," Chapter 10 in Bridwell

and DeWald's The Textbook of Spinal Surgery, 3rd Edition, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, pp.

93-100, 2011.

Koreckij, Jason, and Mark Bernhardt: “‘Topping Off’ a Fusion with Dynamic Stabilization in the Treatment

of Transition Syndrome in the Lumbar Spine,” Proceedings of the 17th International Meeting on

Advanced Spine Technologies (IMAST), Toronto, Ontario, Canada. and the Proceedings of the 28th

Annual Meeting of the Mid-America Orthopaedic Association, Lost Pines Resort, Austin, Texas,

2010.

Bernhardt, Mark, Augustus A. White III, and Manohar M. Panjabi: "Biomechanical Considerations of

Spinal Stability," Chapter 9 in Rothman-Simeone The Spine, 5th Edition, W.B Saunders,

Philadelphia, pp. 132-156, 2006.

Bernhardt, Mark: “A Call to Action,” St. Luke’s Medical Staff Presidential Address, in Making Rounds, St.

Luke’s Health System publication., Kansas City, Missouri. January, 2006.

Bernhardt, Mark, Willard B. Wong, Manohar M. Panjabi, and Augustus A. White III: “Mechanisms of

Injury in the Cervical Spine; Basic Concepts, Biomechanical Modeling, Experimental Evidence,

and Clinical Applications,” Chapter 5 in The Cervical Spine, 4th Edition, Lippincott Williams &

Wilkins, Philiadelphia, pp.79-101, 2004.

Glaser, John A., Mark Bernhardt, Ernest M. Found, Jr., Gregory S. McDowell, F. Todd Wetzel:

“Symposium: Lumbar Arthrodesis for Degenerative Conditions,” Chapter 31, AAOS Instructional

Course Lectures, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Vol. 53, pp.325-340, 2004.

Shridharani, Shyam, Mark Bernhardt, Jay D. McNitt: “Apparent Post-operative Quadriplegia after Cervical

Spinal Surgery Reversed with Naloxone,” eJBJS (http://www.jbjs.org/abstracts/aoa03), 2003.

Datta., Devin K., Mark Bernhardt, Augustus A. White, and Manohar M. Panjabi: “Spinal Orthotics,”

unpublished chapter written for Spine Secrets, Hanley & Belfus, Inc., Philadelphia, 2003.

Datta., Devin K., Mark Bernhardt, Augustus A. White, and Manohar M. Panjabi: “Ankylosing Spondylitis,”

unpublished chapter written for Spine Secrets, Hanley & Belfus, Inc., Philadelphia, 2003.

Bernhardt, Mark: “Injections for the Back,” in The Clinics Atlas of Office Procedures: Joint Injection

Techniques, Edited by John L. Pfenninger, W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, 5(4): 509-518,

December 2002.

Linovitz, Raymond J., Mini Pathria, Mark Bernhardt, Daniel Green, Melvin D. Law, Robert A McGuire,

Pasquale X. Montesano, Glen Rechtine, Richard M. Salib, James T. Ryaby, Joel S. Faden,

http://www.jbjs.org/abstracts/aoa03


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Regina Ponder, Larry R. Muenz, Frank P. Magee, and Steven A. Garfin: “Combined Magnetic

Fields Accelerate and Increase Spine Fusion: A Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo Controlled

Study,” Spine. 27(13):1383-1389, 2002.

Bernhardt, Mark: Reviewer/Editor of Spine Section: Greene, Walter B.: Essentials of Musculoskeletal

Care, 2nd

Edition, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Rosemont, Illinois, 2001.

Bernhardt, Mark: Orthopaedics for Primary Care Physicians Program Outline, American Academy of

Orthopaedic Surgeons, Rosemont, Illinois. AAOS Website

(http://www.aaos.org/wordhtml/cme2000/primary.htm), 2000.

Huelskamp, Lori, Shelly Anderson, and Mark Bernhardt: “TB of the Spine: Pott’s Disease,” Orthopaedic

Nursing. 19(4): 31-35, 2000.

White, Augustus A., III, Mark Bernhardt, and Manohar M. Panjabi: "Clinical Biomechanics and Lumbar

Spine Stability," Chapter 2 in Lumbar Segmental Instability, Edited by Marek Szpalski, Robert

Gunzburg, and Malcolm Pope, Lippincott-Raven Publishers, Philadelphia, pp. 13-23, 1999.

Bernhardt, Mark, August A. White III, and Manohar M. Panjabi: "Biomechanical Considerations of Spinal

Stability," Chapter 34 in Rothman-Simeone The Spine, 4th Edition, W.B. Saunders Co.,

Philadelphia, pp1071-196, 1999.

Bernhardt, Mark: "Fusion Rate After Pedicle Screw Instrumentation: Verification with Surgical

Exploration," Orthop.Trans. 21(4):1277, 1997-1998.

White, Augustus A., III, Mark Bernhardt, and Manohar M. Panjabi: "Clinical Biomechanics and Lumbar

Spinal Instability," [Abstract] IVth Brussels International Spine Symposium; Lumbar Segmental

Instability: Fact or Fiction? Abstract Book, Brussels, Belgium, pp. 11-12, 1997.

Law, Melvin D., Jr., Mark Bernhardt, Jonathan Kleefield, and Augustus A. White III: "Lumbar

Flexion/Extension Instability as a Predictor of Failure of Posterolateral Lumbar Spinal Fusion,"

Orthop.Trans. 21(1):301, 1997.

Bernhardt, Mark: "Normal Spinal Anatomy: Normal Sagittal Plane Alignment," Chapter 16 in Bridwell

and DeWald's The Textbook of Spinal Surgery, 2nd Edition, J.B. Lippincott Company,

pp. 185-191, 1997.

Law, Melvin D., Jr., Mark Bernhardt, Thomas J. Hopkins, Jonathan Kleefield, and Augustus A. White III:

"Deterioration of Long-Term Outcome in Patients Treated with in situ Posterolateral Lumbar Spine

Fusion With and Without Pedicle Screw Instrumentation," Orthop. Trans. 19(3)A:636-637, 1995-

96.

Law, Melvin D., Jr., Mark Bernhardt, and Augustus A. White III: "Evaluation and Management of Cervical

Spondylotic Myelopathy," Chapter 7 AAOS Instructional Course Lectures, Vol. 44, pp.99-110,

1995.

McGowan, Dennis P., Mark Bernhardt, Augustus A. White III: "Biomechanics of the Juvenile Spine,"

Chapter 2 Disorders of The Pediatric Spine, Edited by D. Pang, Raven Press, New York, pp.27-50,

1994.

http://www.aaos.org/wordhtml/cme2000/primary.htm


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Law, M. D., Jr., M. Bernhardt, and A. A. White III: "Evaluation and Management of Cervical Spondylotic

Myelopathy," J. Bone and Joint Surg., 76A:1420-1433, 1994.

Whittaker, C. Keith, and Mark Bernhardt: "Magnetic Resonance Imaging Shows Gadolinium Enhancement

of Intradural Herniated Disc; A Case Report," Spine, 19(13):1505-1507, 1994.

Bernhardt, Mark, A. Lyle Rosenfield, and Gregg M. Snyder: "Interspace Microdecompression for the

Treatment of Cervical Radiculopathy: A Five-Year Follow-Up, Orthop. Trans. 18(2): 360, 1994.

White, A.A., M. Bernhardt, and M.M. Panjabi: "Clinical Biomechanics of Spinal Stability," in Progressi in

Patologia Vertebrale: Le Instabilitá Vertebrali Toraco-Lombari. XVII Gruppo Italiano Di Studio

Della Scoliosi, Aulo Gaggi Editore, Bologna, Italy, pp. 13-34, 1994.

Law, Melvin D., Jr., Mark Bernhardt, and Augustus A. White III: "Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy: A

Review of Surgical Indications and Decision Making," Yale J. Biol. Med., 66(3):165-177, 1993.

Roberts, R. Mills and Mark Bernhardt: "Accuracy of Fluoroscopic-Guided Pedicle Screw

Placement in the Lumbosacral Spine," Orthop. Trans. 17 (1):108-109, 1993.

Bernhardt, Mark, Le Roy Gurganius, David L. Bloom, Augustus A. White III: "Magnetic Resonance

Imaging Analysis of Percutaneous Discectomy: A Preliminary Report," Spine 18 (2): 211-217,

1993.

Bernhardt, Mark, Richard A. Hynes, Howard W. Blume, and Augustus A. White III: "Cervical Spondylotic

Myelopathy," Current Concepts Review, J. Bone Joint Surg. 75A:119-128, 1993.

Bernhardt, Mark, Le Roy Gurganious, Kyu-Sung Lee, Brian E. McCarthy, and Augustus A. White III: "A

Comparison of Percutaneous Discectomy and Laminotomy & Discectomy," Orthop. Trans. 16

(3):619-620, 1992-1993.

Bernhardt, Mark, Daniel E. Swartz, Pierre L. Clothiaux, Robert R. Crowell, and Augustus A. White III:

"Posterolateral Lumbar and Lumbosacral Fusion With and Without Pedicle Screw Internal

Fixation," Clin. Orthop. 284:109-115, 1992.

Bernhardt, Mark, Augustus A. White III, Manohar M. Panjabi, and Dennis P. McGowan: "Lumbar Spine

Instability," in The Lumbar Spine and Back Pain, 4th Edition, Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh,

pp. 333-354, 1992.

Bernhardt, Mark, Le Roy Gurganious, Kyu-Sung Lee, Brian E. McCarthy, and Augustus A. White III: "A

Comparison of Percutaneous Discectomy and Laminotomy & Discectomy," Orthop. Trans. 16

(1):215-216, 1992.

Bernhardt, Mark, Augustus A. White III, Manohar M. Panjabi, and Dennis P. McGowan: "Biomechanical

Considerations of Spinal Stability," Chapter 29 in Rothman and Simeon's The Spine, 3rd Edition,

W.B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, pp. 1167-1195, 1992.

Bernhardt, Mark, Gregg M. Snyder: "Interspace Microdecompression for the Surgical Treatment of Cervical

Radiculopathy," Orthop. Trans. 15 (3):679, 1991.

Bernhardt, Mark, Le Roy Gurganious, David L. Bloom, Augustus A. White III: "Magnetic Resonance


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Imaging Analysis of Percutaneous Discectomy," Orthop. Trans. 15 (2):298, 1991.

Bernhardt, Mark, Daniel E. Swartz, Pierre L. Clothiaux, Robert R. Crowell, Augustus A. White III:

Posterolateral Lumbar and Lumbosacral Fusion With and Without Pedicle Screw Internal Fixation,"

Orthop. Trans. 15 (2): 294, 1991.

Hynes, Richard A., Mark Bernhardt, Brian E. McCarthy, Augustus A. White III: "Radiographic Versus

Anatomic Technique in the Placement of Pedicle Screws for Lumbar Spine Surgery," Orthop.

Trans. 15(2):353, 1991.

Bernhardt, Mark and Augustus A. White III: "Fetal Irradiation: A Complication of Percutaneous

Discectomy," Spine 16 (2):248, 1991.

Bernhardt, Mark: Acknowledged Reviewer of: White, A. A. III, Panjabi, M. M.: Clinical Biomechanics of

the Spine, 2nd ed., J. B. Lippincott, Philadelphia, 1990.

Bernhardt, Mark: Acknowledged Reviewer of: White AA III: Your Aching Back, 2nd ed. Simon &

Schuster, New York, 1990.

Clark, Charles R., and Mark Bernhardt: "New Treatment Alternatives for Cervical Disc Disease,"

Perspectives in Orthopaedic Surgery. 1(1):111-118, 1990.

Snyder, Gregg M. and Mark Bernhardt: "Anterior Cervical Fractional Interspace Decompression for

Treatment of Cervical Radiculopathy," Clin. Orthop., 246:92-99, 1989.

Bernhardt, Mark and Keith H. Bridwell: "Segmental Analysis of the Sagittal Plane Alignment of the

Normal Thoracic and Lumbar Spines and Thoracolumbar Junction," Spine 14 (7):717-721, 1989.

Bernhardt, Mark and Keith H. Bridwell: "Segmental Analysis of the Sagittal Plane Alignment of the

Normal Thoracic and Lumbar Spines and Thoracolumbar Junction," Orthop. Trans. 13 (1):106,

1989.

Bernhardt, Mark and Augustus A. White III: "Clinical Opinions: Lumbar Spondylosis, Spondylolisthesis,

Neurogenic Claudication, and L4 Radiculopathy," J. Spinal Disorders. 2 (1):66-67, 1989.

Snyder, Gregg M. and Mark Bernhardt: "Anterior Cervical Fractional Interspace Decompression for

Treatment of Cervical Radiculopathy," Orthop. Trans. 12 (3):667, 1988.

Bernhardt, Mark, M. Peter Kuhn, J. Mark Melhorn and Jai H. Yang: "Surgery for Ulnar Nerve Entrapment

at the Elbow," Kans. Med., J. Kans. Med.Soc. 89 (9):233-238, 1988.

Bernhardt, Mark, Rodney L. Plaster and Henry O. Marsh: "Proximal Tibial Valgus Osteotomy; The

Veterans Administration Hospital Experience, Wichita, Kansas, 1977-82," Kans. Med., J. Kans.

Med. Soc. 88 (9):267-270, 1987.

Bernhardt, Mark, Henry O. Marsh and Joe J. Lin: "Pseudomalignant Tumor After Biopsy of Periostitis," J.

Pediatr. Orthop. 6:224-226, 1986.


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MEDICAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS:

MEDICAL

American Medical Association (AMA)

Missouri State Medical Association (MSMA)

Kansas Medical Society (KMS)

ORTHOPAEDIC

American Orthopaedic Association (AOA)

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)

Mid-Central States Orthopaedic Society (MCSOS)

Mid-America Orthopaedic Association (MAOA)

Missouri State Orthopaedic Association (MSOA)

Kansas Orthopaedic Society (KOS)

Kansas City Orthopaedic Society (KCOS)

Interurban Orthopaedic Society (IOS)

SUB-SPECIALTY

North American Spine Society (NASS)

Cervical Spine Research Society (CSRS)

Scoliosis Research Society (SRS)

STATE LICENSURES:

Kansas 20538 7-2-84 (Active)

Missouri R5J30 4-13-89 (Active)

COMMITTEES & OFFICER POSITIONS

HOSPITAL

Interim Chairman, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Truman Medical Center, July 2012-present.

Board of Directors, St. Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, 2007-present.

Board of Directors (ex officio member), St. Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, 2006.

Past-President, St. Luke’s Medical Staff, 2007.

President, St. Luke’s Medical Staff, 2006.

President-Elect, St. Luke’s Medical Staff, 2005.

Vice-President, St. Luke’s Medical Staff, 2004.

Secretary-Treasurer, St. Luke’s Medical Staff, 2003.

St. Luke’s Medical Staff Executive Committee, 2003-2007.

St. Luke’s, Chairman, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, 2003-2004.

St. Luke's Surgical Management Committee, 1993-2003, Chairman, 2000-2001, Vice-chairman, 2002.

St. Luke's Trauma Committee 1991-2000.

St. Luke's Neurosurgical/Surgical ICU Committee, 1991-1996.

St. Luke's CME Committee, 1992-1994.

St. Luke's Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee, 1991-1992.

UNIVERSITY

Interim Chairman, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UMKC, July 2012-present.

UMKC Orthopaedic Department Research & Publication Committee, 1991-1996.

UMKC Council on Selection 1991-1995.


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SOCIETY

AOA Finance Committee, 2003-2004.

AAOS Committee on Educational Programming, 1997-2001.

AAOS Graduate Education Committee, 1993-1997.

CSRS Research Committee, 1993-1995, 1998.

MCSOS H. O. Marsh Award Committee, 1994-2000.

NASS Ad Hoc Task Force on Aging, 1996-1998.

IOS Membership Committee, 2000-2003

MAOS Board Member, 2001-2003 (ex officio member in 2001)

SRS Research Grant Committee, 2002-2004.

MSOA Board Member, 2010 – present.

OTHER:

Examiner, Part II (Oral Examination), American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, 2002-present.

Reviever, Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, 2002-present.

Reviewer, New England Journal of Medicine, 2002-present.

Reviewer, Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, 1995-2003.

President, Kansas City Orthopaedic Society, 2000.

Paul W. Meyer, M.D. Award, Outstanding Orthopaedic Educator, UMKC Orthopaedic Residency, 1996.

St. Luke’s Physician Leadership Program. Completed a non-degree MBA-type curriculum with an

emphasis on health care. 10 hours of classes per month, 1992-1993 academic year.

The Squire’s “The Doctors’ Choices,” listed as one of the three best Kansas City area orthopaedic

surgeons, 1998.

Guide to America’s Top Physicians, 2004-2005 Edition, selected as one of “America’s Top Physicians –

Orthopaedic Surgery,” SLD Industries, Inc., Woodland Hills, California.

KC Magazine’s Kansas City Super Doctors 2007,” Featured in January 2007 issue of KC Magazine as

one of Kansas City’ top physicians, as selected by peers.

Guide to America’s Top Orthopedists, 2007 Edition, selected as one of “America’s Top Orthopedists”

by Consumers’ Research Council of America, 2020 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Suite 300-A Washington, DC

2006.

U.S. News Top Doctors, one of three orthopaedic surgeons in Kansas City listed, based on a peer

nomination process in partnership with Castle Connolly Medical, Ltd., 2012.

Who's Who In Health & Medical Services, 1991.

Orthopaedic Surgeon contributor, National Disease and Therapeutic Index, 1999-2003.


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COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT:

Board of Governors, American Royal Association.

Chancellor’s Club, University of Kansas.

Friends of Art, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.

Fourth National Associates investment club, member 2001-present, President, 2008-present.

Trailwood Elemementary School Build-A-Playground Team Leader, 2007.

Coach & Co-Sponsor, Joe Randa’s Grand Slam Celebrity Tennis Tournament Championship Team, 2005;

Player/Coach & Co-Sponsor, 2004; Player/Coach & Co-Sponsor, Runner-Up Team, 2003.

Blue Valley North High School Debate Judge, 2004 & 2007.

Blue Valley North High School Freshman Volleyball Line Judge, 2004 & 2007.

Blue Valley Recreation League Girls Basketball Coach, 2003-2005.

Blue Valley Recreation League Girls Softball Coach, 2002 & 2003.


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PRESENTATIONS:

January 2013. “Welcome to the UMKC Department of Orthopaedic Surgery,” for residency candidates,

Truman Medical Center, UMKC School of Medicine, Kansas City, Missouri.

December 2012. “Welcome to the UMKC Department of Orthopaedic Surgery,” for residency

candidates, Truman Medical Center, UMKC School of Medicine, Kansas City, Missouri.

November 2012. “Welcome to the UMKC Department of Orthopaedic Surgery,” for residency

candidates, Truman Medical Center, UMKC School of Medicine, Kansas City, Missouri.

November 2012. “Functional Spinal Neuroanatomy for the Orthopaedic Surgeon,” Orthopaedic Grand

Rounds presentation, UMKC School of Medicine, Kansas City, Missouri.

October, 2012. “Low-Back Pain or Injury?” Select Physical Therapy’s Fall Workers Compensation

Seminar, University of Kansas – Edwards Campus, Overland Park, Kansas.

August, 2012. “Traumatic S1-S2 Spondyloptosis: Hemodynamic Considerations of Surgical Treatment,”

presentation at Quarterly UMKC Pediatric Spine Case Symposium, Diastole at UMKC School of

Medicine, Kansas City, Missouri.

August, 2012. “Posterior Triangle of the Neck,” Anatomy Module, Truman Medical Center, UMKC

School of Medicine, Kansas City, Missouri.

July, 2012. “Anterior Triangle of the Neck,” Anatomy Module, Truman Medical Center, UMKC School

of Medicine, Kansas City, Missouri.

July, 2012. “AO Principles Related to Spine Surgery,” presented at Principles of Spinal Disorders for

Operating Room Personnel; A team approach to AO techniques, a Synthes Continuing Nursing

Education Program, Sheraton Overland Park, Overland Park, Kansas.

July, 2012. Course Co-Chairman, “Principles of Spinal Disorders for Operating Room Personnel. A

team approach to AO techniques,” a Synthes Continuing Nursing Education Program, Sheraton

Overland Park, Overland Park, Kansas.

July, 2012. Moderator, “Lumbar Spine,” at Principles of Spinal Disorders for Operating Room

Personnel; A team approach to AO techniques, a Synthes Continuing Nursing Education

Program, Sheraton Overland Park, Overland Park, Kansas.

July, 2012. Moderator and Presenter, “Introductory Lectures,” at Principles of Spinal Disorders for

Operating Room Personnel; A team approach to AO techniques, a Synthes Continuing Nursing

Education Program, Sheraton Overland Park, Overland Park, Kansas.

July, 2012. “Orthopaedic Surgery Resident Orientation,” Truman Medical Center, UMKC School of


June, 2012. “‘Topping Off’ a Fusion with Dynamic Stabilization in the Treatment of Transition Syndrome

in the Lumbar Spine,” presentation at Quarterly UMKC Pediatric Spine Case Symposium,


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Diastole at UMKC School of Medicine, Kansas City, Missouri.

May, 2012. “Common Misconceptions Regarding Lumbar Spinal Stenosis,” Orthopaedic Grand Rounds

presentation, Truman Medical Center, UMKC School of Medicine, Kansas City, Missouri.

May, 2012. “Thoracic and Lumbar Spine Trauma,” presentation to Orthopaedic Surgery Residents, St.

Luke’s Hospital, UMKC School of Medicine, Kansas City, Missouri.

March, 2012. “Common Misconceptions Regarding Lumbar Spinal Stenosis,” presentation to

Orthopaedic Surgery Residents, St. Luke’s Hospital, UMKC School of Medicine, Kansas City,

Missouri.

January, 2012. “Low-Back or Hip?” Orthopaedic Grand Rounds presentation, Truman Medical Center,

UMKC School of Medicine, Kansas City, Missouri.

January, 2012. “Indications for the Surgical Treatment of Fractures,” presentation to Orthopaedic

Surgery Residents, St. Luke’s Hospital, UMKC School of Medicine, Kansas City, Missouri.

July, 2011. “Spine Physical Diagnosis,” Orthopaedic Surgery anatomy presentation, Truman Medical

Center, UMKC School of Medicine, Kansas City, Missouri.

May, 2011. “Physical Examination of the Spine” presented at the Missouri State Orthopaedic Association’s

2011 Annual Meeting & Exhibition, InterContinental Hotel, Kansas City.

April, 2011. “‘Topping Off’ a Fusion with Dynamic Stabilization in the Treatment of Transition Syndrome

in the Lumbar Spine,” poster and resident presentation at St. Luke’s Hospital Research Day, St.

Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City, UMKC School of Medicine, Kansas City, Missouri.

April, 2011. “Thoracic and Lumbar Spine Trauma,” Orthopaedic Grand Rounds presentation, Truman

Medical Center, UMKC School of Medicine, Kansas City, Missouri.

April, 2011. “Avoiding Complications in Cervical Spine Surgery,” presentation to Orthopaedic Surgery

Residents, St. Luke’s Hospital, UMKC School of Medicine, Kansas City, Missouri.

April, 2011. “Indications for the Surgical Treatment of Fractures,” presentation to Orthopaedic Surgery

Residents, St. Luke’s Hospital, UMKC School of Medicine, Kansas City, Missouri.

October, 2010. Medical Expert Panelist: “Case Law Scenarios of Injured Workers,” Meet the Experts:

Worker’s Compensation Medical & Legal Forum, Lockton Insurance, Kansas City, Missouri.

October, 2010. “Low-Back Pain or Injury?” Meet the Experts: Worker’s Compensation Medical & Legal

Forum, Lockton Insurance, Kansas City, Missouri.

September, 2010. “Spine Physical Examination & Diagnosis,” Noon conference presentation to Dickson-

Diveley Midwest Orthopaedic Clinic Physician Assistants, Kansas City Orthopaedic Institute,

Leawood, Kansas.

September, 2010. “Spine Physical Examination & Diagnosis,” Orthopaedic Surgery anatomy presentation,


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July, 2010. “‘Topping Off’ a Fusion with Dynamic Stabilization in the Treatment of Transition Syndrome

in the Lumbar Spine,” e-poster presentation at 17th International Meeting on Advanced Spine

Technologies (IMAST), Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

April, 2010. “‘Topping Off’ a Fusion with Dynamic Stabilization in the Treatment of Transition Syndrome

in the Lumbar Spine,” scientific presentation at 28th Annual Meeting of the Mid-America

Orthopaedic Association, Lost Pines Resort, Austin, Texas.

November, 2009. “‘Topping Off’ a Fusion with Dynamic Stabilization in the Treatment of Transition

Syndrome in the Lumbar Spine,” Orthopaedic Grand Rounds presentation, UMKC School of


October, 2009. “Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: Diagnosis and Management,” Patient Education Seminar

promoted by Medtronic Corporation, St. Luke’s South Hospital, Overland Park, Kansas.

October, 2009. “Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: Diagnosis and Management,” Patient Education Seminar

promoted by Medtronic Corporation, St. Luke’s Hospital Foundation, Kansas City, Missouri.

August, 2009. “Physical Examination of the the Spine Patient,” Orthopaedic Surgery anatomy


June, 2009. “Normal Alignment of the Spine,” Orthopaedic Grand Rounds presentation, Truman Medical

Center, UMKC School of Medicine, Kansas City, Missouri.

April, 2009. Co-Moderator, Spine Breakout Session, 27th Annual Meeting of the Mid-America Orthopaedic

Association, Amelia Island Plantation, Amelia Island, Florida.

March, 2009. “Case Presentation: L4-5 Fracture-Dislocation & Obturator Hip Dislocation,” St. Luke’s

Hospital Trauma M&M Conference, Kansas City, Missouri.

April, 2008. “Case Presentation: Lumbar Flatback Deformity with Transition Syndrome Above & Below

L2-S1 Fusion,” to Visiting Professor and Kansas City Spine Surgeons, Pierponts, Union Station.,

Kansas City, Missouri.

October, 2007. "Ethical Issues in Sports Medicine," Ethics in Sports class, lecture to graduate students in

Sports Administration, Robinson Hall, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas.

April, 2007. “Indications for the Surgical Treatment of Fractures,” Orthopaedic Grand Rounds


February, 2007. “Avoiding Complications in Lumbar Spine Surgery,” Kansas City Evening Series,

International Spine & Pain Institute, Rockhurst University, Kansas City, Missouri.

December, 2006. “A Farewell to Arms,” 2006 St. Luke’s Hospital Medical Staff President’s Year End

Report, St. Luke’s Hospital Board Meeting, St. Luke’s Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri.


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December, 2006. “Introduction of AMA President, Dr. William G. Plested III,” “Presentation of Silver

Platter Awards,” and “Changing of the Helm,” St. Luke’s Hospital Annual Medical Staff

Meeting & Dinner, InterContinental Hotel Rooftop, Kansas City, Missouri.

October, 2006. “Ethical Considerations for Team Physicians,” Ethics in Sports class, lecture to graduate

students in Sports Administration, Robinson Hall, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas.

October, 2006. “Evaluation & Management of Cervical Spine Degenerative Disease & Trauma,”

presented at Principles of Spinal Disorders for Operating Room Personnel; A Team Approach,

an AO North America Nursing Continuing Education course, Tulsa Downtown Doubletree

Hotel, Tulsa, Oklahoma.

October, 2006. Moderator & Presenter, “Orientation to Anterior Cervical Spine Instrumentation” and

“Anterior Cervical Spine Lab,” at Principles of Spinal Disorders for Operating Room Personnel;

A Team Approach, an AO North America Nursing Continuing Education course, Tulsa

Downtown Doubletree Hotel, Tulsa, Oklahoma.

October, 2006. Presenter, “Orientation to Thoracolumbar Spine Instrumentation” and “Thoracolumbar

Spine Lab,” at Principles of Spinal Disorders for Operating Room Personnel; A Team Approach,

an AO North America Nursing Continuing Education course, Tulsa Downtown Doubletree

Hotel, Tulsa, Oklahoma.

October, 2006. Presenter, “Orientation to Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion Instrumentation,”

“Orientation to Lumbar Degeneration Instrumentation,” and “Posterior Lumbar Spine Lab,” at

Principles of Spinal Disorders for Operating Room Personnel; A Team Approach, an AO North

America Nursing Continuing Education course, Tulsa Downtown Doubletree Hotel, Tulsa,

Oklahoma.

October, 2006. Presenter, “Orientation to Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion Instrumentation” and

“Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion Lab,” at Principles of Spinal Disorders for Operating Room

Personnel; A Team Approach, an AO North America Nursing Continuing Education course,

Tulsa Downtown Doubletree Hotel, Tulsa, Oklahoma.

October, 2006. Presenter, “Orientation to Posterior Cervical/Thoracic Spine Instrumentation” and

“Posterior Cervical/Thoracic Spine Lab,” at Principles of Spinal Disorders for Operating Room

Personnel; A Team Approach, an AO North America Nursing Continuing Education course,

Tulsa Downtown Doubletree Hotel, Tulsa, Oklahoma..

September, 2006. “Introduction to Orthopaedic Surgery & the Spine,” undergraduate Physical Therapy

students lecture, Rockhurst University, Kansas City, Missouri.

September, 2006. “The Kansas-Missouri Border War,” and “Introduction of Dr. Augustus A. White III,”

St. Luke’s Medical Staff-Board Annual Dinner, Hyatt Regency Crown Center, Kansas City,

Missouri.

August, 2006. “St. Luke’s Medical Staff Update” and “Oliver Wendell Holmes Quiz: St. Luke’s Medical

Staff-Board Annual Dinner & Gus White Promotion,’ 3rd

Quarter General Medical Staff

Meeting, St. Luke’s Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri.


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August, 2006. “Oliver Wendell Holmes Quiz: St. Luke’s Medical Staff-Board Annual Dinner & Gus

White Promotion,” Dickson-Diveley Midwest Orthopaedic Clinic Physician Meeting, Kansas

City Orthopaedic Institute, Leawood, Kansas.

July, 2006. “Oliver Wendell Holmes Quiz: St. Luke’s Medical Staff-Board Annual Dinner & Gus White

Promotion,” St. Luke’s Hospital Board Meeting, St. Luke’s Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri.

June, 2006. “Presentation of Neckties with Sir William Osler’s Coat-of-Arms,” St. Luke’s Hospital

Board Meeting, St. Luke’s Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri.

May, 2006. “A Call to Arms!” Orthopaedic Grand Rounds presentation, Truman Medical Center,


May, 2006. “Sir William Osler’s Coat-of-Arms,” St. Luke’s Hospital Board Meeting, St. Luke’s

Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri.

May, 2006. “Declaration of Interdependence!” 2nd

Quarter General Medical Staff Meeting, St. Luke’s


February, 2006. “Partnering with St. Luke’s Hospital,” 1st Quarter General Medical Staff Meeting, St.

Luke’s Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri.

January, 2006. “A Call to Arms!” St. Luke’s Hospital Board Meeting, St. Luke’s Hospital, Kansas City,

Missouri.

January, 2006. “A Call to Arms!” St. Luke’s Hospital Foundation Annual Retreat, Brio Tuscan Grille,


December, 2005. “A Call to Arms!” Presidential Address, St. Luke’s Hospital Annual Medical Staff

Meeting & Dinner, The Fairmont Rooftop, Kansas City, Missouri.

October, 2005. Chairman, 2005 Gus White Spine Fellows Meeting & Reunion, Beth Israel

Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

October, 2005. “Welcome & Introduction: Who’s Your Daddy? – Part 2”, 2005 Gus White Spine

Fellows Meeting, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

October, 2005. “Avoiding Complications in Lumbar Spine Surgery”, 2005 Gus White Spine Fellows

Meeting, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

September, 2005: “Pathway to Immortality,” Dickson-Diveley Midwest Orthopaedic Clinic Electronic

Medical Record training, Kansas City Orthopaedic Institute, Leawood, Kansas.

May, 2005. “Avoiding Complications in Lumbar Spine Surgery,” Stryker Spine Orthopaedic &

Neurosurgical Residents Program, Stryker Education Center, Kansas City, Kansas.

March, 2005. “Revision Strategies for Cervical Spine Disorders: Pseudarthrosis, Implant Failure,


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Approach,” Spine Update: Tips and Tricks for Improved Outcomes, a Stryker Medical Education

Activity, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

March, 2005. “Avoiding Complications in Lumbar Spine Surgery & Revision Strategies for Lumbar Spine

Disorders,” Spine Update: Tips and Tricks for Improved Outcomes, a Stryker Medical Education

Activity, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

January, 2005. “Who’s Your Daddy?” Orthopaedic Grand Rounds presentation, Truman Medical Center,


October, 2004. “Anecdotes, Pedagogics, and Profundity From a Harvard Professor: A Tribute to Dr.

Augustus A. White III,” Augustus A. White III, M.D., Ph.D. Spine Symposium, Beth Israel

Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.

September, 2004. Co-Chairman. Lumbar Spine Update: Tips and Tricks for Improved Outcomes, A

Stryker Medical Education Activity, Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, Kansas.

September, 2004. “Patient Selection for Lumbar Discectomy,” Lumbar Spine Update: Tips and Tricks for

Improved Outcomes, A Stryker Medical Education Activity, Kansas Speedway, Kansas City,

Kansas.

September, 2004. “Lumbar Interbody Fusion from Posterior Approach,” Lumbar Spine Update: Tips and

Tricks for Improved Outcomes, A Stryker Medical Education Activity, Kansas Speedway, Kansas

City, Kansas.

July, 2004. “Management of the Cervical Spine: Degenerative Disease & Trauma,” presented at Team

Approach to the Operative Management of the Spinal Surgery Patient, an AO/ASIF Nursing

Continuing Education course, Westin Crown Center, Kansas City, Missouri.

April, 2004. “Avoiding Complications in Cervical Spine Surgery,” Orthopaedic Grand Rounds

presentation, The University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio, San Antonio

Texas.

February, 2004. “Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusions,” Orthopaedic Grand Rounds presentation,


January, 2004. “Kyphoplasty,” presented at weekly Rheumatology Conference, Center for Rheumatic

Disease & Allergy, St. Luke’s Hospital Campus, Kansas City, Missouri.

December, 2003. “Apparent Post-operative Quadriplegia after Cervical Spinal Surgery Reversed with

Naloxone,” poster presentation at 31st Annual Meeting of the Cervical Spine Research Society,

Scottsdale, Arizona.

August, 2003. “Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusions,” presented at Surgeon Panel Meeting on

Interbody and Minimally Invasive Surgery Topics, Stryker Spine Boardroom, Allendale New

Jersey.

July, 2003. “New Procedures / New Therapies for the Lumbar Spine Patient,” presented at Kansas Self-


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Insurers Association 9th Annual Conference, Sheraton Hotel/Overland Park Convention Center,

Overland Park Kansas.

June, 2003. “Apparent Post-operative Quadriplegia after Cervical Spinal Surgery Reversed with Naloxone,”

poster presentation at 116 th Annual Meeting of the American Orthopaedic Association, Charleston,

South Carolina.

April, 2003. Program Chairman. 21st Annual Meeting of the Mid-America Orthopaedic Association, Hilton

Head Island, South Carolina.

April, 2003. “Apparent Post-operative Quadriplegia after Cervical Spinal Surgery Reversed with

Naloxone,” scientific presentation at 21st Annual Meeting of the Mid-America Orthopaedic

Association, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.

April, 2003. Introduction of Augustus A. White III, M.D., Ph.D. “Classics in Orthopaedics” speaker, 21st

Annual Meeting of the Mid-America Orthopaedic Association, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.

April, 2003. Presentation of MAOA Resident Award Winners for Excellence in Medical Writing. 21st

Annual Meeting of the Mid-America Orthopaedic Association, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.

April, 2003. “Kyphoplasty,” presented at Vertebroblasty & Kyphoplasty Interactive Workshop,

“Rheumatology on the Plaza: Arthritis & Osteoporosis Care,” Kansas City Marriott, Country Club

Plaza, Kansas City, Missouri.

February, 2003. “TLIFs and PLIFs,” presented at “Lumbar Arthrodesis for Degenerative Conditions,”

Spine Symposium, 70th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, New

Orleans, Louisiana.

November, 2002. “Complications of Lumbar Spine Surgery,” Orthopaedic Grand Rounds presentation,


October, 2002. Co-Chairman. “New Perspectives on the Aging Spine,” an American Academy of

Orthopaedic Surgeons CME course, Chicago, Illinois.

October, 2002. “Surgical Intervention in the Osteoporotic Spine,” presented at“New Perspectives on the

Aging Spine,” an American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons CME course, Chicago, Illinois.

October, 2002. “Complications of Lumbar Spine Surgery,” presented at“New Perspectives on the Aging

Spine,” an American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons CME course, Chicago, Illinois.

October, 2002. “Complications of Cervical Spine Surgery,” presented at “New Perspectives on the Aging

Spine,” an American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons CME course, Chicago, Illinois.

May, 2002. “Low Back ‘Injuries,’” Orthopaedic Grand Rounds presentation, Truman Medical Center,


February, 2002. “Coding for Spine Procedures,” Monthly Coding Conference, Health Information Services

Department, St. Luke’s Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri.


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January, 2002. “Avoiding and Treating Complications in Spinal Reconstructive Surgery,” Orthopaedic

Grand Rounds presentation, Truman Medical Center, UMKC School of Medicine, Kansas City,

Missouri.

October, 2001. “Treatment of Low Back ‘Injuries’,” at 2001 Annual Workers’ Compensation Institute,

Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association/UMKC School of Law Continuing Legal Education

course, Adams Mark Hotel, Truman Sports Complex, Kansas City, Missouri.

July, 2001. “Adult Spinal Deformities: Scoliosis, Kyphosis, and Spondylolisthesis,” Orthopaedic Grand

Rounds presentation, Truman Medical Center, UMKC School of Medicine, Kansas City, Missouri.

June, 2001. “Fracture Management: Casting/Splinting of the Upper Extremities,” at American Academy

of Family Physicians “Office Procedures and Management of the Musculoskeletal System,” Long

Beach, California.

June, 2001. “Fracture Management: Casting/Splinting of the Lower Extremities,” at American Academy

of Family Physicians “Office Procedures and Management of the Musculoskeletal System,” Long

Beach, California.

March, 2001. Chairman, Orthopaedic Review Course, 68th Annual Meeting of the American Academy

of Orthopaedic Surgeons, San Francisco, California.

January, 2001. “Surgery for Herniated Lumbar Intervertebral Discs,” Orthopaedic Grand Rounds

presentation, Truman Medical Center, UMKC School of Medicine, Kansas City. Missouri.

January, 2001. “Sagittal Plane Alignment of the Spine,” Grand Rounds presentation, Children’s

Mercy Hospital, UMKC School of Medicine, Kansas City, Missouri.

October, 2000. Chairman, Gus White Spine Fellows Meeting and Reunion, Beth Israel

Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

October, 2000. “Classic Discectomy, Microdiscectomy, Percutaneous Discectomy, Laser

Discectomy, Thermal Disc Dissolution, & Chymopapain Injections,” at “Low

Back Pain and Sciatica,” a Harvard Medical School CME course, Boston,

Massachusetts.

October, 2000. Moderator, “Surgical Treatment,” at “Low Back Pain and Sciatica,”a

Harvard Medical School CME course, Boston, Massachusetts.

October, 2000. “Case Presentations for Surgical Management & Discussion,” at “Low

Back Pain and Sciatica,” a Harvard Medical School CME course, Boston,

Massachusetts.

September, 2000. "Orthopaedic Pitfalls: Missed Fractures in Difficult to Assess Patients,"

at Trauma Grand Rounds, Good Samaritan Hospital, Downers Grove, Illinois.

July, 2000. “Adult Spinal Alignment: OITE Review,” Truman Medical Center/UMKC, Kansas City,


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Missouri.

June, 2000. “Contained Rupture of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm with Erosion of L3

Vertebra: a Case Report,” Poster Presentation, Annual Meeting of Missouri

Chapter of the American College of Cardiology, Lake Ozark, Missouri.

May, 2000. “Surgical Approaches in Spinal Surgery and Post-op Orthotics,” at Improving Outcomes of

Patients with Spinal Orthotics, St.Luke’s Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri.

March, 2000. Chairman, Orthopaedic Review Course, 67th Annual Meeting of American Academy of

Orthopaedic Surgeons, Orlando, Florida.

February, 2000. “Joint Injections/Aspirations,” at American Academy of Family Physicians Office

Procedures and Management of the Musculoskeletal System, Las Vegas, Nevada.

February, 2000. “Fracture Management: Casting/Splinting of the Upper Extremities,” at American

Academy of Family Physicians Office Procedures and Management of the Musculoskeletal System,

Las Vegas, Nevada.

February, 2000. “Fracture Management: Casting/Splinting of the Lower Extremities,” at American

Academy of Family Physicians Office Procedures and Management of the Musculoskeletal System,

Las Vegas, Nevada.

December, 1999. “An Approach to Sagittal Plane Deformities of the Spine,” Orthopaedic Grand Rounds,

UMKC/Truman Medical Center, Kansas City, Missouri.

October, 1999. "An Approach to Sagittal Plane Deformities of the Spine," Grand Rounds Presentation,

Harvard Orthopaedic Residency Program, Brigham & Womens Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.

September, 1999. "Orthopaedic Pitfalls: Missed Fractures in Difficult to Assess Patients," 2nd Annual

Steven R. Hall, M.D. Trauma Symposium, "Optimal Trauma Care: Nightmares in Orthopaedic

Injuries," Big Cedar Lodge, Branson, Missouri.

September, 1999. "Stabilizing the Spine: Nightmares of Vertebral Fractures," 2nd Annual Steven R. Hall,

M.D. Trauma Symposium, "Optimal Trauma Care: Nightmares in Orthopaedic Injuries," Big Cedar

Lodge, Branson, Missouri.

August, 1999. "Spondylolisthesis," OITE Review, Truman Medical Center, Kansas City, Missouri.

May, 1999. "Spinal Instability Update," Orthopaedic Grand Rounds, UMKC/Truman Medical Center,


February, 1999. Chairman, Orthopaedic Review Course, 66th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of

Orthopaedic Surgeons, Anaheim, California.

January, 1999. "Anterior Plate Fixation After ACDF," Orthopaedic Grand Rounds, UMKC/Truman

Medical Center, Kansas City, Missouri.


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October, 1998. "Let's Not Take the Term 'Lumbar Instability' Into the 21st Century," 92nd Annual Meeting

of the Interurban Orthopaedic Society, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore,

Maryland.

August, 1998. "Spondylolisthesis, Spondylolysis, and Other Thoracolumbar Disorders: OITE Review,"

Truman Medical Center/UMKC, Kansas City, Missouri.

June, 1998. Moderator, H.O. Marsh Award Paper Presentations, 45th Annual Meeting of the Mid-Central

States Orthopaedic Society, Lake Ozark, Missouri.

June, 1998. "Panel Discussion: Difficult Problems of the Spine," 45th Annual Meeting of the Mid-Central

States Orthopaedic Society, Lake Ozark, Missouri.

May, 1998. Moderator, Degenerative and Complex Conditions, Isola Instrumentation Principles and

Practice, Kansas City, Missouri.

May, 1998. "An Approach to Sagittal Plane Deformities of the Spine," Isola Instrumentation Principles and

Practice, Kansas City, Missouri.

March, 1998. "The Use of Instrumentation in Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion Surgery," Cervical

Spine Research Society Debate #1, Federation of Spine Associations Annual Meeting, New

Orleans, Louisiana.

March, 1998. Orthopaedic Review Course Chairman, 65th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of

Orthopaedic Surgeons, New Orleans, Louisiana.

January, 1998. "Spinal Trauma," Meeting of City of Fountains Chapter of the National Association of

Orthopaedic Nurses, St. Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri.

November, 1997. "Trauma of the Cervical, Thoracic, and Lumbar Spine," American Academy of

Orthopaedic Surgeons Review and Update for Practicing Orthopaedic Surgeons, Seattle,

Washington.

November, 1997. Course Co-Chairman and Spine Section Leader, American Academy of Orthopaedic

Surgeons Review and Update for Practicing Orthopaedic Surgeons, Seattle, Washington.

October, 1997. "Fusion Rates with Pedicle Screws," Presented at 85th Annual Meeting of the Clinical

Orthopaedic Society, Kansas City, Missouri.

September, 1997. "Fusion Rate After Pedicle Screw Instrumentation: Verification With Surgical

Exploration," Read by Title, 32nd Annual Meeting of the Scoliosis Research Society, St. Louis,

Missouri.

August, 1997. "Pediatric Spine: OITE Review," Truman Medical Center/UMKC, Kansas City, Missouri.

July, 1997. "Neurophysiology Review," Orthopaedic Basic Science Lecture, Truman Medical

Center/UMKC, Kansas City, Missouri.


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June, 1997. Moderator, H.O. Marsh Award Paper Presentations, 44th Annual Meeting of the Mid-Central

States Orthopaedic Society, Colorado Springs, Colorado.

June, 1997. "Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy: Evaluation and Management," Presented at 44th Annual

Meeting of the Mid-Central States Orthopaedic Society, Colorado Springs, Colorado.

May, 1997. Moderator, "Minimally Invasive Spine Surgical Techniques," 9th Annual Rae R. Jacobs

Lectureship, Kansas City, Missouri.

April, 1997. "Thoracolumbar Spine Trauma Review," Orthopaedic Grand Rounds, Truman Medical


March, 1997. "Cervical Spine Trauma Review," Orthopaedic Grand Rounds, Truman Medical


February, 1997. "Lumbar Flexion/Extension Instability as a Predictor of Failure of Posterolateral Lumbar

Spinal Fusion," Poster Presentation, 64th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of

Orthopaedic Surgeons, San Francisco, California.

February, 1997. Orthopaedic Review Course Co-Chairman, 64th Annual Meeting of the American

Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California.

December, 1996. "Trauma of the Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar, and Sacral Spine," American Academy of

Orthopaedic Surgeons “Review and Update for Practicing Orthopaedic Surgeons,” Chicago,

Illinois.

December, 1996. Course Co-Chairman and Spine Section Leader, American Academy of Orthopaedic

Surgeons “Review and Update for Practicing Orthopaedic Surgeons,” Chicago, Illinois.

December, 1996. "Surgical Treatment for Herniated Lumbar Discs," Orthopaedic Grand Rounds, Truman

Medical Center/University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, Missouri.

October, 1996. "3-D Alignment in Spine Reconstruction," Gus White Spine Fellows Reunion, Beth Israel

Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.

October, 1996. Gus White Spine Fellows Reunion Chairman, Beth Israel Hospital/Harvard Medical

School, Boston, Massachusetts.

October, 1996. Surgical Treatment, Moderator; Harvard Medical School CME Course “Low Back Pain and

Sciatica in the Era of Managed Care,” Boston, Massachusetts.

October, 1996. "Classic Discectomy, Percutaneous Discectomy, Laser Surgery, and Chymopapain

Injections," at “Low Back Pain and Sciatica in the Era of Managed Care,” Harvard CME Course,

Boston, Massachusetts.

October, 1996. "Scoliosis: OITE Review," Truman Medical Center/University of Missouri-Kansas City,



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September, 1996. "Evaluation and Accuracy of Fluoroscopic-Guided Pedicle Screw Placement in the

Lumbosacral Spine," read by title, 31st Annual Meeting of the Scoliosis Research Society, Ottawa,

Ontario, Canada.

July, 1996. "Evaluation and Management of Cervical SpondyloticMyelopathy," Orthopaedic Grand

Rounds, Truman Medical Center/University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri.

April, 1996. "Evaluation and Management of Sacral Fractures," Orthopaedic Grand Rounds, Truman

Medical Center/University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri.

March, 1996. "Evaluation and Management of Sacral Fractures," 8th Annual Rae R. Jacobs Lectureship,

Kansas City, Kansas.

March, 1996. "Peripheral Nerve Physiology, Anatomy, and Pathology," Orthopaedic Basic Science

Lectures, Truman Medical Center/University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri.

February, 1996. Orthopaedic Review Course Co-Chairman, 63rd Annual Meeting of the American

Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia.

December, 1995. "Spinal Reconstruction Surgery," Orthopaedic Grand Rounds, Truman Medical

Center/University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri.

December, 1995. "Spine Reconstruction Surgery," OR Personnel In-Service Presentation, St. Luke's


September, 1995. "Deterioration of Long-Term Outcome in Patients Treated with In Situ Posterolateral

Lumbar Spine Fusion With and Without Pedicle Screw Instrumentation," 30th Annual meeting of

Scoliosis Research Society, Asheville, North Carolina.

July, 1995. "Evaluation of the Patient with Low Back Pain," Orthopaedic Grand Rounds, Truman Medical

Center/University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri.

May, 1995. "The Straw That Broke the Camel's Back . . . Treatment of Complex Spinal Injuries," 9th

Annual Midwest Trauma Society's Conference, Kansas City, Missouri.

April, 1995. "Interspace Microdecompression for Treatment of Cervical Radiculopathy," Cervical Spine

Symposium, 7th Annual Rae R. Jacobs Memorial Lectureship, Kansas City, Missouri.

April, 1995. "Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy: Pathoanatomical Considerations, Natural History and

Non-Operative Treatment," Cervical Spine Symposium, 7th Annual Rae R. Jacobs Memorial

Lectureship, Kansas City, Missouri.

April, 1995. Cervical Spinal Cord Injury, Moderator, Cervical Spine Symposium, 7th Annual Rae R.

Jacobs Memorial Lectureship, Kansas City, Missouri.

March, 1995. "3-D Alignment in Spine Surgery," Orthopaedic Grand Rounds, TMC/UMKC, Kansas City,

Missouri.


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January, 1995. "Normal Sagittal Plane Alignment of the Spine," Orthopaedic Grand Rounds, TMC/UMKC,


September, 1994. "Treatment of Thoracic & Lumbar Spine Fractures & Dislocations," Isola Spine

Instrumentation Tutorial, Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas.

September, 1994. "Saving Lumbar Motion Segments," Isola Spine Instrumentation Tutorial, Kansas

University Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas.

September, 1994. "3-D Alignment in Spine Reconstruction," Isola Spine Instrumentation Tutorial, Kansas

University Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas.

July, 1994. "Idiopathic Scoliosis," Orthopaedic Grand Rounds, TMC/UMKC, Kansas City, Missouri.

June, 1994. "The Accuracy of Pedicle Screw Placement in the Lumbosacral Spine," Poster Presentation at

the 41st Annual Meeting of the Mid-Central States Orthopaedic Society, Steamboat Springs,

Colorado.

June, 1994. "The Accuracy of Pedicle Screw Placement in the Lumbosacral Spine," Missouri State

Orthopaedic Association, Tan-Tar-A Resort, Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri.

June, 1994. "An Algorithm for Surgical Treatment of Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy," Presented at the

Annual Meeting of the Missouri State Orthopaedic Association, Tan-Tar-A Resort, Lake of the

Ozarks, Missouri.

April, 1994. "Cervical Spine Injuries in the Athlete," Orthopaedic Grand Rounds, TMC/UMKC, Kansas

City, Missouri.

February, 1994. "Normal Sagittal Plane Alignment of the Spine," Orthopaedic Grand Rounds,

TMC/UMKC, Kansas City, Missouri.

January, 1994. "Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy," Orthopaedic Grand Rounds, TMC/UMKC, Kansas

City, Missouri.

November, 1993. Orthopaedics Symposium, Chairman and Moderator, Kansas City Southwest Clinical

Society, 71st Annual Fall Clinical Conference, Kansas City, Missouri.

October, 1993. "Treatment of Thoracic and Lumbar Spine Fractures and Dislocations," Orthopaedic Grand

Rounds, TMC/UMKC, Kansas City, Missouri.

October, 1993. "Failure of Lumbar Spine Fusion With Freeze Dried Cancellous Allograft Bone," presented

at the 8th Annual Meeting of the North American Spine Society, San Diego, California.

October, 1993. "Deterioration of Outcome After Two Years in Patients Treated with and without Pedicle

Screw Instrumentation," presented at the 8th Annual Meeting of the North American Spine Society,

San Diego, California.


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September, 1993. "A Comparison of Anatomic Versus Radiographic Techniques in the Placement of

Pedicle Screws in the Lumbar Spine," read by title, 28th Annual Meeting of the Scoliosis Research

Society, Dublin, Ireland.

August, 1993. "Spine Trauma," General Surgery Trauma Conference, St. Luke's Hospital, Kansas City,

Missouri.

July, 1993. "Surgical Treatment of Cervical Spine Fractures and Dislocations,"Orthopaedic Grand Rounds,


June, 1993. "Pedicle Screw Placement Study," presented at Orthopaedic Spine Instrumentation Workshop,

St. Francis Regional Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas.

June, 1993. "Accuracy of Pedicle Screw Placement," Orthopaedic Grand Rounds, TMC/UMKC, Kansas

City, Missouri.

May, 1993. "Physical Diagnosis of the Orthopaedic Patient," presented to medical students, UMKC School

of Medicine, Kansas City, Missouri.

May, 1993. "Surgery for Scoliosis and Other Spinal Deformities," presented at "Kansas Medicine: Ten

Years Later," KU Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas.

May, 1993. "Accuracy of Fluoroscopic-Guided Pedicle Screw Placement in the Lumbosacral Spine," poster

presentation at AAOS/SRS Spine Instrumentation Workshop, Orlando, Florida.

April, 1993. "Care of the Patient After a Laminectomy or a Fusion," presented at CORE II Orthopaedic

Nursing Education Course, St. Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri.

April, 1993. "Rehabilitation of the Cervical Spinal Cord Injury Patient," Orthopaedic Grand Rounds,


January, 1993. "Current Concepts of Musculoskeletal Trauma; the Multiple-trauma Patient," Multi-

disciplinary Trauma Conference, St. Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri.

January, 1993. "Cervical Spine and Brachial Plexus Injuries in the Athlete," presented at "Baseball

Medicine," at the Annual Meeting of the Major League Baseball Trainers and Physicians

Association, Kansas City, Missouri.

January, 1993. "Spinal Cord Trauma," Orthopaedic Grand Rounds, TMC/UMKC, Kansas City, Missouri.

December, 1992. "Interspace Microdecompression for the Treatment of Cervical Radiculopathy; A Long-

Term Follow-up Study of 33 Patients," Poster presentation at 20th Annual Meeting of Cervical

Spine Research Society, Palm Desert, California.

September, 1992. "Accuracy of Fluoroscopic-Guided Pedicle Screw Placement in the Lumbosacral

Spine," presented at the 27th Annual Meeting of the Scoliosis Research Society, Kansas

City, Missouri.


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March, 1992. "Injuries of the Cervical Spine in the Athlete," presented at Orthopaedic Grand Rounds,

Truman Medical Center/UMKC, Kansas City, Missouri.

February, 1992. "A Comparison of Percutaneous Discectomy and Laminotomy & Discectomy," Scientific

Paper Presentation, 59th Annual Meeting of American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons,

Washington, D.C.

January, 1992. "A Comparison of Percutaneous Discectomy and Laminotomy & Discectomy," presented at

Orthopaedic Grand Rounds, Truman Medical Center/ University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas

City, Missouri.

December, 1991. "The Adolescent Spine," presented at "Orthopaedics for the Primary Care Physician," St.

Luke's Hospital/Rex L. Diveley Orthopaedic Seminars, CME Course, Kansas City, Missouri.

December, 1991. "Low Back Pain," presented at "Orthopaedics for the Primary Care Physician," St. Luke's

Hospital/Rex L. Diveley Orthopaedic Seminars, CME Course, Kansas City, Missouri.

November, 1991. "Low Back Pain and Sciatica," presented at the 69th Annual Fall Clinical Conference,

Kansas City Southwest Clinical Society, Overland Park, Kansas.

August, 1991. "Injuries of the Cervical Spine in the Athlete," presented at Sports Medicine for Coaches

Seminar, Center for Health Enhancement, St. Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri.

July, 1991. "Surgical Treatment of Lumbar Disc Disease," presented at Rehabilitation Services In-Service

Conference, St. Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri.

July, 1991. "Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis," presented at the Operating Room Nurses In-Service

Conference, St Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri.

June, 1991. "A Comparison of Percutaneous Discectomy and Laminotomy & Discectomy," presented at

104th Annual Meeting of the American Orthopaedic Association, The Breakers, Palm Beach,

Florida.

May, 1991. "Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy," presented at the 38th Annual meeting of the Mid-Central

States Orthopaedic Society, Kansas City, Missouri.

April, 1991. "Low Back Pain," presented at Orthopaedic Grand Rounds, TMC/UMKC, Kansas City,

Missouri.

March, 1991. "Principles of Treatment of Thoracic and Lumbar Spine Fractures," presented at Orthopaedic

Grand Rounds, University of Kansas (Wichita)/ St. Francis Regional Medical Center, Wichita,

Kansas.

March, 1991. "Evaluation and Treatment of the Patient with Low Back Pain and Sciatica," presented at

Orthopaedic Residents Teaching Conference, UKSM – W/SFRMC, Wichita, Kansas.

February, 1991. "Orthopaedic Spinal Reconstructive Surgery," presented at Rheumatology Conference, St.

Luke's Hospital/UMKC, Kansas City, Missouri.


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December, 1990. "Idiopathic Scoliosis," presented at "Orthopaedics for the General Practitioner," St. Luke's

Hospital/Rex L. Diveley Orthopaedic Seminars CME Course, Kansas City, Missouri.

December, 1990. "Surgery For Intervertebral-Disc Disease," presented at "Orthopaedics for the General

Practitioner," St Luke's Hospital/Rex L. Diveley Orthopaedic Seminars CME Course, Kansas City,

Missouri.

December, 1990. "Low Back Pain and Sciatica," presented at "Orthopaedics for the General Practitioner,"

St. Luke’s Hospital/Rex L. Diveley Orthopaedic Seminars CME Course, Kansas City, Missouri.

November, 1990. “Interspace Microdecompression for the Surgical Treatment of Cervical Radiculopathy,”

presented at the 18th Annual Meeting of the Cervical Spine Research Society, San Antonio, Texas.

September, 1990. "Posterolateral Lumbar and Lumbosacral Fusion With and Without Pedicle Screw

Internal Fixation," read by title at the 25th Annual Meeting of the Scoliosis Research Society,

Honolulu, Hawaii.

July, 1990. "Introduction to Cotrel-Dubousset Spine Instrumentation for Surgical Treatment of Scoliosis,"

presented at Orthopaedic Grand Rounds, TMC/UMKC, Kansas City, Missouri.

June, 1990. "Magnetic Resonance Imaging Analysis of Percutaneous Discectomy," presented at 17th

Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, Boston,

Massachusetts.

June, 1990. "Posterolateral Lumbar and Lumbosacral Fusion With and Without Pedicle Screw Internal

Fixation," presented at 17th Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of the

Lumbar Spine, Boston, Massachusetts.

June, 1990. "A Comparison of Percutaneous Discectomy and Laminotomy and Discectomy," presented at

Beth Israel Hospital/Harvard Medical School Spine Fellows Reunion, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston,

Massachusetts.

June, 1990. Gus White Spine Fellows Reunion Chairman, Beth Israel Hospital/Harvard Medical School,


April, 1990. "Lumbar Spinal Stenosis," presented at Orthopaedic Grand Rounds, TMC/UMKC, Kansas

City, Missouri.

March, 1990. "Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy," presented at Orthopaedic Grand Rounds, TMC/UMKC,


February, 1990. "Lumbar Fusions With and Without Pedicle Screw Internal Fixation," presented at

Orthopaedic Grand Rounds, Truman Medical Center/UMKC, Kansas City, Missouri.

December, 1989. "Posterolateral Lumbar and Lumbosacral Fusion With and Without Internal Fixation,"

presented at Beth Israel Hospital/Harvard Medical School Spine Conference, Boston,

Massachusetts.


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October, 1989. "MRI Analysis of Percutaneous Discectomy," presented to North American Traveling

Fellows, Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.

September, 1989. "Introduction to Cotrel-Dubousset Spinal Instrumentation," presented at BIH/HMS Spine

Journal Club, Boston, Massachusetts.

June, 1989. "Surgical Anatomy and Surgical Approaches to the Cervical Spine," presented at BIH/HMS

Spine Conference, Boston, Massachusetts.

May, 1989. "The New England Emigrant Aid Society, Abolitionists, and the Settlement of Kansas" and

"Spinal Cord Trauma Evaluation," presented at BIH/HMS Spine Conference, Boston,

Massachusetts.

April, 1989. "Percutaneous Lumbar Discectomy: Surgical Technique" and "Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Analysis of Percutaneous Discectomy," presented at BIH/HMS Spine Conference, Boston,

Massachusetts.

April, 1989. "Spine and Spinal Cord Trauma," presented at BIH/HMS General Surgery Trauma Conference,


April, 1989. "Spinal Deformities", lecture to Simmons College Physical Therapy Students, Boston,

Massachusetts.

March, 1989. "Case Presentation," presented at "The Cervical Spine: Diagnostic and Management Issues,"

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons CME Course, Boston, Massachusetts.

February, 1989. "Internal Fixation of Dens Fractures" and "Spinal Cord Injury and Quadriplegia,"

presented at BIH/HMS Spine Conference, Boston, Massachusetts.

January, 1989. "Preliminary Reports: Retrospective Review of Patients Treated with Steffee Plating &

Fusion; Prospective Study of Patients Treated by Percutaneous Discectomy," presented as a part of

the 1st Annual Camp International/Beth Israel Hospital Visiting Lectureship, Beth Israel Hospital,

Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

January, 1989. "Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy," presented at BIH/HMS Spine Conference, BIH,


December, 1988. "Lumbar Spinal Stenosis," presented at BIH/HMS Spine Conference, BIH, Boston,

Massachusetts.

November, 1988. "Evaluation of Cervical Spine Trauma with Plain Roentgenograms," presented at General

Surgery Trauma Conference, BIH, Boston, Massachusetts.

November, 1988. "Radiographic Evaluation of Cervical Spine Trauma; Cervical Orthoses; & Spinal Cord

Injury Evaluation," presented to Emergency Ward Staff and Orthopaedic Surgery Residents, BIH,



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October, 1988. "Case Presentations and Demonstration of Low Back Examination," presented at "New

Management Strategies for Patients with Low Back Pain and Sciatica," a Harvard Medical

School/Beth Israel Hospital continuing education course, Boston, Massachusetts.

October, 1988. "Segmental Analysis of the Sagittal Plane Alignment of the Normal Thoracic and Lumbar

Spines and Thoracolumbar Junction," presented at the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Scoliosis

Research Society, Baltimore, Maryland.

September, 1988. "Anterior Cervical Fractional Interspace Decompression for Treatment of Cervical

Radiculopathy," presented at the 1988 Annual Meeting of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons,

Seattle, Washington.

September, 1988. "Segmental Analysis of the Sagittal Plane Alignment of the Normal Thoracic and

Lumbar Spines and Thoracolumbar Junction," presented at BIH/HMS Spine Conference, BIH,


April, 1988. "Anterior Cervical Fractional Interspace Decompression for Treatment of Cervical

Radiculopathy," poster presentation, American Association of Neurological Surgeons 1988 Annual

Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

April, 1988. "Segmental Analysis of the Sagittal Plane Alignment of the Normal Thoracic and Lumbar

Spines and Thoracolumbar Junction," Orthopaedic Grand Rounds, St. Francis Regional Medical

Center, Wichita, Kansas.

April, 1988. "Pediatric Orthopaedics: Rare Disorders of the Lower Extremities," presented to Orthopaedic

Surgery Residents, SFRMC, Wichita, Kansas.

March, 1988. "Anterior Cervical Fractional Interspace Decompression for Treatment of Cervical

Radiculopathy," presented at 21st Annual American Orthopaedic Association Residents'

Conference, Boston, Massachusetts.

January though March, 1988. "Spinal Disorders," lectures presented to UKSM-W medical students on

orthopaedic surgery rotation, SFRMC, Wichita, Kansas.

February, 1988. "Anterior Cervical Fractional Interspace Decompression for Treatment of Cervical

Radiculopathy," poster exhibit and scientific paper presentation, 55th Annual Meeting of American

Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Atlanta, Georgia.

February, 1988. "Basic Principles of Bone Grafting," presented to Orthopaedic Surgery Residents, SFRMC,

Wichita, Kansas.

November, 1987. "Congenital Vertical Talus," presented to Orthopaedic Surgery Residents, Shriners

Hospital for Crippled Children/Washington University, Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri.

November, 1987. "Anterior Cervical Fractional Interspace Decompression for Treatment of Cervical

Radiculopathy," presented at the 4th Annual Residents and Fellows Conference, Southern

Orthopaedic Association/Southern Medical Association's 81st Annual Scientific Assembly, San

Antonio, Texas.


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October, 1987. "Anterior Cervical Fractional Interspace Decompression for Treatment of Cervical

Radiculopathy," presented at Kansas Orthopaedic Society Meeting, K.U. Medical Center, Kansas

City, Kansas.

September, 1987. "Surgery for Ulnar Nerve Entrapment at the Elbow," presented at Annual Meeting of

Kansas Chapter of American College of Surgeons, Wichita, Kansas.

September, 1987. "Anterior Cervical Fractional Interspace Decompression for Cervical Radiculopathy,"

presented at Annual Meeting of Kansas Chapter of American College of Surgeons, Wichita,

Kansas.

June, 1987. "Ulnar Nerve Decompression at the Elbow; A Review of the Wichita V.A. Experience, 1976-

1986, "Orthopaedic Grand Rounds, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas.

May, 1987. "Anterior Cervical Fractional Interspace Decompression for Treatment of Cervical

Radiculopathy," presented at the 34th Annual Meeting of the Mid-Central States Orthopaedic

Society, Colorado Springs, Colorado.

April, 1987. "The Goals of Cerebral Palsy," presented to Orthopaedic Surgery Residents, SFRMC, Wichita,

Kansas.

April, 1987. "Osteochondritis Dissecans," Orthopaedic Grand Rounds, Wesley Medical Center, Wichita,

Kansas.

February, 1987. "The Treatment of Intra-Articular Fractures," presented to Orthopaedic Residents, SFRMC,

Wichita, Kansas.

January, 1987. "Iatrogenic Low Back Pain and Spinal Stenosis," presented to Orthopaedic Residents,

SFRMC, Wichita, Kansas.

January, 1987. "Orthopaedic Traumatology in Vienna, Austria," Orthopaedic Grand Rounds, SFRMC,

Wichita, Kansas.

September, 1986. "Orthopaedic Pathology," Orthopaedic Grand Rounds, SFRMC, Wichita, Kansas.

September, 1986. "Traction," an In-service presentation to Orthopaedic Nurses and Nurse Assistants,


September, 1986. "Scoliosis Screening," presented to Wichita parochial school nurses, SFRMC, Wichita,

Kansas.

August, 1986. "Pseudomalignant Tumor after Biopsy of Periostitis," Case Report, Orthopaedic Grand

Rounds, SFRMC, Wichita, Kansas.

August, 1986. "Anterior Cervical Fractional Interspace Decompression for Treatment of Cervical

Radiculopathy," Senior Paper presented to Orthopaedic Surgery Staff and Residents, and

Neurosurgery Staff, SFRMC, Wichita, Kansas.


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April, 1986. "Roentgenographic Diagnosis of Cervical Spine Trauma," presented to Orthopaedic Surgery

Residents, SFRMC, Wichita, Kansas.

April, 1986. "PIP and MCP Joint Injuries," presented to Orthopaedic Surgery Residents, SFRMC, Wichita,

Kansas.

March, 1986. "Running Injuries," presented to Sunflower Chapter of American Association of Medical

Transcriptionists, WMC, Wichita, Kansas.

March, 1986. "Clinical Biomechanics of Spinal Instrumentation," presented to Orthopaedic Surgery


February, 1986. "Rheumatoid Arthritis of the Hand; Finger and Thumb Deformities," presented to

Orthopaedic Surgery Residents, SFRMC, Wichita, Kansas.

December, 1985. "Orthopaedic Pathology: Selected Cases," presented to the UKSM-W Radiology Staff

and Residents, WMC, Wichita, Kansas.

November, 1985. "Repair of Injuries to the Extensor Apparatus of the Hand," presented to the Orthopaedic

Surgery Residents and Staff, SFRMC, Wichita, Kansas.

October, 1985. "Total Joint Arthroplasty of the Shoulder," presented to the Orthopaedic Surgery Residents,


August and September, 1985. "Degenerative Arthritis of the Spine and Extremities," lectures presented to

UKSM-W medical students on the Orthopaedic Surgery rotation, SFRMC, Wichita, Kansas.

July, 1985. "Radiology of Rheumatic Disorders; Analysis of Hand X-rays," presented to Arthritis Unit

personnel, SFRMC, Wichita, Kansas.

July, 1985. "Joint Fluid Analysis," presented to Arthritis Unit personnel, SFRMC, Wichita, Kansas.

June, 1985. "Tuberculous and Mycotic Infections of Bones and Joints," presented to the Orthopaedic


May, 1985. "Flexor Tendon Injuries and their Repair," Plastic Surgery Conference, presented to St. Francis

and Wesley Residents on Plastic Surgery Service and the Plastic Surgery Staff, Plastic and

Reconstructive Surgery Center, Wichita, Kansas.

May, 1985. "Chondrogenic Bone Tumors," presented to Orthopaedic Surgery Residents, SFRMC, Wichita,

Kansas.

April, 1985. "Principles of Management of Fractures and Dislocations," presented to Physician's Assistant

Students, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas.

March, 1985. "Proximal Tibial Valgus Osteotomy; A Review of the Wichita V.A. Experience, 1977-1982,"

Orthopaedic Grand Rounds, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas.


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January, 1985. "Mechanical Properties of Soft Tissues," presented to the Orthopaedic Surgery Residents,


December, 1984. "Surgical Approaches to the Cervical Spine," presented to the Orthopaedic Surgery Staff

and Residents and Neurosurgery Staff, WMC, Wichita, Kansas.

October, 1984. "Arthroscopic Meniscal Repair: Techniques and Results," presented to the Kansas

Orthopaedic Society, Hutchinson, Kansas.

September, 1984. "Fractures, Dislocations, and Disorders of the Wrist and Hand," presented to Physical

Therapy students, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas.

March, 1984. "Solitary Enchondroma and Multiple Echondromatosis," presented to Orthopaedic Surgery


February, 1984. "Rehabilitation of the Cervical Spinal Cord-Injured Patient," presented to the Orthopaedic


December, 1983. "Treatment of Non-Unions about the Hip," presented to the Orthopaedic Surgery

Residents SFRMC, Wichita, Kansas.

September, 1983. "Fractures and Common Rotational and Angular Deformities in Children," presented to

Physical Therapy students, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas.

March, 1982. "Cancer of the Cervix," presented to Obstetrics and Gynecology Team IV, University of

Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas.

February, 1982. "Asymptomatic Carotid Bruits," presented at a noon conference to members of the

Experimental Therapeutics Branch of the National Institute of Neurological and Communicative

Disorders and Stroke at the Clinical Center at the NIH, Bethesda, Maryland.

November, 1981. "Pediatric Fractures," presented to General Surgery Team III, University of Kansas

Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas. Fulfillment of communications skills requirement for

graduation.

May, 1979. "A History of the Circulation, from Galen to Harvey," presented to BIOL 771, Cardiovascular

Physiology class, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas.

February, 1979. "The Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome," presented to BIOL 701, Topics in

Cardiopulmonary Physiology class to BIOL 420, Seminar in Human Biology class, University of

Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas.

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