American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Brain and Spinal Cord Injury with supervision and management of Orthopedic, Neurology, and Psychiatry services at Rancho Los Amigos and Cedar Sinai Hospitals
Outpatient Musculoskeletal Pain and Orthopedic Medicine at U.C.L.A
Pain Management, Non-Surgical Orthopedics, and Neurology
New York Medical College
M.D. Degree September 1995 – May 1999
California State University Northridge
B.S. – Biology September 1990 – May 1995
University of California Los Angeles (U.C.L.A.)
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation PGY-4
September 2000 – May 2003
Saint Vincent’s Hospital, NY
Internal Medicine Internship
September 1999 – May 2000
Saint Vincent’s Hospital. NY
Clinical Rotations
September 1997 – May 1999
Government Social Security Disability Medical Examiner September 2001 – May 2003
Veterans Medical Nexus Life Care recommendations for Service Connection
Primary Physician for Neurological and Musculoskeletal Orthopedic Pathology
AOE/COE, IME, QME, and AME consultant
Subsequent Injuries Benefits Trust Fund Examinations
Nexus and Service Connection exams and reports for Veterans
LifeCare planning expert witness and reporting
Functional capacity evaluations for catastrophic injuries
Awarded Best Resident Research by the U.C.L.A.
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department
Primary investigator – Sensitivity and Specificity of clinical exam and MRI findings in meniscal pathology
September 2000 – May 2002
Research associate with Dr Steven Oppenheimer at the California State University Northridge/Center for Cancer Research 07/95 – September 1990 – May 1995