C U R R I C U L U M V I T A E
PROFESSIONAL/EDUCATIONAL
JAMES E. ELBAOR, M.D.
Dallas, TX 75220
Consistently driven, goal oriented, energetic, thoughtful, focused, conscientious, patient oriented orthopedic surgeon seeking excellence in the overall spectrum of musculo-skeletal treatment attested by years of experience and consistent training at the top medical centers in the world who retains humility and empathy, shunning arrogance.
Affiliations included:
Renaissance Hospital
Tri-City Health Centre
Associate Chairman, Department of Surgery
HCA South Arlington
Arlington Memorial Hospital
Grand Prairie Community Hospital
Pioneer Park Medical Center
Huguley Hospital
HEB Hospital
Twin Oaks Hospital
Southwest Dallas Hospital
Terrell General Hospital
Innova Victory Hospital 2011-2013 (active)
St Anthonys Hospital 2013-2014
1977 - Present
American Center Orthopedic Surgery and Sports Medicine
3225 Omega Drive Arlington, Texas (continuous practice)
1975 - 1977
Attending Orthopaedic Surgeon - New York, NY
Saint Vincent’s Hospital
New York Foundling Hospital
Trafalgar Hospital
Lenox Hill Hospital
Saint Clare’s Hospital
Consulting Orthopaedic Surgeon:
New York City Fire Department
1972 - 1975
Resident - Boston, Massachusetts:
Harvard Medical School Orthopaedic Surgery
Residency Program
Massachusetts General Hospital
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
Children's Medical Center
Beth Israel Hospital
West Roxbury V.A. Hospital
1971 - 1972
Assistant Attending Physician –
New York, NY - Vanderbilt Clinic
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
1970 - 1971
Fellowship - Rheumatology - New York, New York:
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
1969 - 1970
Internship - Chicago, Illinois:
University of Chicago Hospitals
1965 - 1969
M.D. cum laude - Chicago, Illinois:
Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine
Undergraduate Education - Champaign, Illinois:
University of Illinois
South Shore High School - Chicago, Illinois
ACADEMIC AND TEACHING APPOINTMENTS
Faculty Instructor
Associate Master Instructor
Arthroscopy Association of North America
Arthroscopy Orthopedic Learning Center - Chicago, Illinois
February, 1995
Surgical Laboratory Instructor
Arthroscopy Association of North America
Fall Instruction Course, Palm Desert, California
November, 1998
Instructor, Orthopaedic Surgery residency program,
Grand Prairie Hospital, Grand Prairie, Texas
1977- 1980
Coordinator Instructor, Internship Program
Tri City Hospital, Dallas, Texas
1988 - 1996
CERTIFICATIONS
Certificate of Special Competency in Sports Medicine
American Academy of Sports Physicians - 1987
Board Certified - American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery - 1976
Diplomate - National Board of Medical Examiners
ACLS Certified May 17, 2014
CERTIFICATIONS - OTHER
Power Plate Certificate of Completion Level One
Dallas, Texas
August 16th, 2011
SPECIAL APPOINTMENTS
Consulting Physician - U. S. Shooting Team (1992-1994)
University of Dallas Athletic Teams and Consultant Surgeon (June, 1993)
Associates Panel - Orthopaedic Surgeon - U.S. Figure Skating Association (1994)
Associate Master Instructor- Arthroscopy Association of North America (02/95)
Laboratory Instructor, Knee - Arthroscopy Association of North America (11/96)
North American Spine Society (NASS) Appointment to Governance Committee
July 2014- 2016
North American Spine Society (NASS) Appointment to Advocacy Political Action
Committee
September 2016
North American Spine Society (NASS) PAC meeting,New Orleans, Nov 18-20,2016
Peer Review
Concentra Peer Review January, 2011-April, 2011
Panel Moderator, 14th
International Spine Conference, Paris France
June 11-15, 2015
Panel Moderator
International Spine Conference, Paris, France
May 2-5, 2017
NFL Players Union, Approved Physician, Washington, DC
September 30, 2016 ongoing
National Physicians Council for Healthcare Policy Meeting
Invited Participant, US House of Representatives HOB
March 18-19, 2018, ongoing
NIH National Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Advisory
Council, NIH National Institute of Health, voting Member,
Bethesda, Maryland, June, 2018 – term completed
Corporate Board Memberships
Thunderbiotech, Incorporated.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS
Research Project –
Investigation Theory Radioactive isotopes in musculoskeletal infections – Cell Point, Inc.,
M.D. Anderson Medical Center, Houston, Texas – 2005
Reviewer of articles for publication - Journal of Arthroscopy - 1998 & 1999
Past Member of Editorial Board - Journal of Orthopaedic and Neurological Surgery
Medical Director of Physical Therapy Services - Twin Oaks Medical Center - March 1992
Chief of Staff - Pioneer Park Medical Center - 1986
Chief of Surgery - Pioneer Park Medical Center - 1985
Co-Chairman - Department of Orthopaedics - DFW Medical Center - 1979
President - American Academy of Neurological and Orthopaedic Surgeons - 1982
Secretary - American Academy of Neurological and Orthopaedic Surgeons - 1981
Doctor of Medicine cum laude -
Royal E. Cabel Scholar - Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine - 1966
Phi Eta Sigma National Honorary
Edmund J. James Scholar - University of Illinois
Panel Moderator, 14th World International Spine Congress,
June 11-14, 2014, Paris, France
Aide to U.S. Senator Paul H. Douglas
VOLUNTARY ACTIVITIES
Laboratory Instructor - St. Monica’s School, Dallas, Texas
1999
MILITARY SERVICE
Honorable Discharge 2-28-80
Commanding Officer
451st Medical Detachment - U.S. Army Reserve
Captain - U.S. Army Reserve Medical Corps
MEMBERSHIPS - PAST & PRESENT
American Academy for Cerebral Palsy
American Academy of Neurological and Orthopaedic Surgeons
American Academy of Sports Physicians
American Association of Physicians and Podiatrists
American College of Spine Surgeons
American College of Sports Medicine
American Medical Association
Arthroscopy Association of North America
Dallas/Fort Worth Rheumatology Club
Fellow - American College of Rheumatology
International Arthroscopy Association
International Intradiscal Therapy Society, Inc.
Metroplex Spine Society
North American Spine Society
Southern Medical Association
Texas Society of Sports Medicine
International Society for Minimal Intervention in Spinal Surgery (ISMISS)
SPECIAL PROJECTS
Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Consultant to Arlington Ballet
(1999)
Visiting Professor - St. Antoine Hospital - Paris, France (7/01)
Visiting Professor - St. Antoine Hospital - Paris, France (5/96)
Orthopaedic Consultant to Shooting Sports USA, a publication of
The National Rifle Association of America (01/95)
Completion of "Spokesperson Training" course - Fairchild/LeMaster, Inc.
September 12, 1992
Former Consulting Physician - Syntex Laboratories - Clinical Evaluation of Naprosyn
Former Consulting Orthopaedic Surgeon - Knoll Pharmaceuticals –
Participant in Collagenase Enzyme for Chemonucleolysis in the Lumbar Spine
Former Consulting Physician –
Ciba Geigy Clinical Studies and Evaluation of Voltaren Anti-Arthritic mediations
WORKSHOPS, SEMINARS, CONFERENCES, PROJECTS
New England Representative to American Medical Association Planning and Think Session of select member and leaders from the AMA, AHA and regional resident groups resulting in formulation of Committee of Residents of the AMA to respond to resident problems - American Medical Association, Annual Convention,
New York, New York
June 1973.
Spinal Diseases and Disorders Seminar –
University of Hong Kong, Queen Elizabeth Hospital,
Hong Kong, China,
July 1984.
Arthroscopic Surgery Workshop - Instructor
American Academy of Neurological and Orthopaedic Surgeons, Annual Meeting,
Las Vegas, Nevada
October 1986.
Arthroscopic Surgery Workshop - Instructor
American Academy of Neurological and Orthopaedic Surgeons, Annual Meeting,
Las Vegas, Nevada,
October 1987.
Arthroscopic Surgery Workshop - Instructor –
American Academy of Neurological and Orthopaedic Surgeons, Annual Meeting,
Las Vegas, Nevada,
December 1988.
Percutaneous Discectomy Workshop - Instructor –
American Academy of Neurological and Orthopaedic Surgeons, Annual Meeting,
Las Vegas, Nevada,
December 1988
Wrist Arthroscopy Workshop - American Society for Surgery of the Hand,
Dallas, Texas,
April 1, 1989.
U.S. Shooting Team National Coaches Conference - U.S. Olympic Training Center - Colorado Springs, Colorado,
October 1992.
Arthroscopic Microdiscectomy Minimal Intervention in Spinal Surgery Hands-On Workshop - Participant - The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, held in Phoenix, Arizona, November 1992
Lasers in Arthroscopic Surgery - Participant –
The Laser Center of Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Dallas, Texas,
October 10, 1992.
Twelfth Annual Meeting - Arthroscopy Association of North America –
Palm Desert, California,
April 1-4, 1993
Home Course: Skin and Skin Structure Infections –
University of Massachusetts - Worchester, Massachusetts,
July 1993
Eighth Annual Meeting - North American Spine Society Meeting - San Diego, California, October 14-16, 1993
Instruction Course on Cotrel-Dubousset Pedicle Screw to Hook System - Minnesota Spine Group, Minneapolis - St. Paul, Minnesota,
December 6-8, 1993
Annual Meeting - American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons - New Orleans, Louisiana, February 25-27, 1994
CD Spine Instrumentation Course - Providence Medical Center - El Paso, Texas,
February 15, 1994
Seventh Annual Meeting - International Intradiscal Therapy Society - Aberdeen Scotland, May 17-22, 1994
Annual Convention - National Athletic Trainers Association - Dallas, Texas,
June 12-13, 1994
Athletic Knee Conference - Baylor University - Cancun, Mexico,
October 13-16, 1994
Ninth Annual Meeting - North American Spine Society - Minneapolis, Minnesota,
October 19-22, 1994
Annual Meeting - International Intradiscal Society - Amsterdam, Netherlands
May 8-11, 1996
Genzyme Training Institute - Chondrocyte Implantation - Cambridge, Massachusetts
May 31, 1996
Tri-City Hospital - Dallas, Texas
Management of Depression for Family Practitioners
October 15, 1996
Tri-City Hospital - Dallas, Texas
Update New and Outpatient Rules for Observation for Medicare and Medicaid Patients
October 15, 1996
Baylor University - Dallas, Texas
Baylor Orthopaedic Visiting Professor Lecture
November 14, 1996
Baylor University - Dallas, Texas
Baylor Orthopaedic Visiting Professor Dinner
November 14, 1996
Acromed - Cleveland, Ohio
Anterior Reconstruction of Thoracic and Lumbar Spine Using Titanium
Plating Systems - Instructional Course - Oakland, California
March 15, 1997
Arthroscopy Association of North America - 16th Annual Meeting
Rosemont, Illinois
April 23 - 25, 1997
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Brandon Carrell Visiting Professorship Lecture
12th Annual Meeting - Dallas, Texas
October 22 - 25, 1997
Texas Medical Association
Impairment Evaluation for Practitioner - Dallas, Texas
November 7 - 8, 1997
Education Design
Spinal Surgery: Current and Innovative Theory and Techniques Instructional Course
Snow Mass, Colorado
January 24 - 27, 1998
North American Spine Society - Annual Meeting
San Francisco, California
October 28 - 31, 1998
Arthroscopy Association of North America
Fall Instructional Course
Lab Instructor - 17th Fall Course
Palm Desert, California
November 19-22, 1998
Arthroscopy Association of North America
18th Annual Meeting
Vancouver, British Columbia
April 15-18, 1999
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
Texas Spine Study Group
Dallas, Texas
April, 1999
Tri-City Hospital
Lecturer: Alan Rueben, M.D., Infectious Disease
Dallas, Texas
May 12, 1999
Spinal Science Advancement Foundation
Global Spine Concepts
Maui, Hawaii
June 18-20, 1999
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
Complications of Interbody Fusion with Attention to Cages
Dallas, Texas
July 29, 1999
Danek Spine Meeting
Think Tank at the Teton Valley Lodge
Driggs, Idaho
August 22-23, 1999
Sofamor Danek USA
Building a Spine Practice of the Future
Dallas, Texas
September 18, 1999
North American Spine Society
14th Annual Meeting
Chicago, Illinois
October 20-23, 1999
Texas Medical Association
Impairment Evaluation Under Texas W/C Impairment
Dallas, Texas
November 5-7, 1999
Oratec Interventions Inc.
Technique for Percutaneous ElectroThermal Treatment of Discogenic Pain
Dallas, Texas
December 4, 1999
Education Design
Bone Growth Factors and Substitutes: The Next Generation
Keystone, Colorado
December 11, 1999
Education Design
Bone Growth Factors and Substitutes: The Next Generation for Spinal Fusion
Keystone, Colorado
December 12, 1999
Baylor University Medical Center
Baylor Orthopaedic Visiting Professor
Dallas, Texas
February 3, 2000
Arthroscopy Association of North America
19th Annual Meeting - Miami Beach, Florida
April 13-16, 2000
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
Texas Spine Study Group
Medical and Surgical Acute Spinal Cord Injury Care
Lumbar Cages
Dallas, Texas
July 29, 1999 - July 31, 2000
Chicago Medical School, Diamond Headache Clinic, Research and Education Foundation
“Headache Update 2000”
Orlando, Florida
July 16, 2000 - July 22, 2000
School of Medicine, Medical College of Georgia
“Seizures, Spells, and Shakes: Neurology for the Non-Neurologist”
Sea Island, Georgia
August 10, 2000 - August 12, 2000
Texas Medical Association
“Maintaining Professional Boundaries and Treating Difficult Patients”
August 24, 2000
North American Spine Society
15th Annual Meeting
New Orleans, Louisiana
October 25-28, 2000
“Advanced Cardiac Life Support”
November 15, 2000
“CPR for the Professional Rescuer”
YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas
Dallas, Texas
November 16, 2000
“Emerging Trends in the Management of Gram + Infections in the Surgery Setting”
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Dallas, Texas
July 21, 2001 “Risk Management Pointers: Practical Advice for Busy Physicians”
The Pennsylvania Medical Society and Risk Care
September 17, 2001
“Valdecoxib Consultants Meeting”
Pfizer, Inc.
Beverly Hills, CA
October 19 - 21, 2001
Sixteenth Annual Meeting
North American Spine Society
Seattle, WA
October 31- November 3, 2001
“Current Techniques in Lumbosacral Fixation”
Medtronic Sofamor Danek
Phoenix, AZ
November 9-10, 2001
Lab Session: “Anterior Lumbar Interbody Techniques (cadaveric)”
Medtronic Sofamor Danek
Phoenix, AZ
November 11, 2001
“DiscTRODE RF Annuloplasty”
TECO Healthcare/Radionics/University of Texas Health Science Center
San Antonio, TX
November 17, 2001
“Current Isues in VTE Prophylaxis: Problems & Solutions”
The Institute for Continuing Healthcare Education
Philadelphia, PA
December 6, 2001
“Medical-Dental-Legal Update”
American Educational Institute, Inc.
Telluride, CO
December 31, 2001 - January 4, 2002
“Cox-2 Specific Inhibitors: Application in Orthopaedic Practice”
Scientific Frontiers, Inc./Finch University of Health Sciences/The Chicago Medical School
January, 2002
Sixty-ninth Annual Meeting
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Dallas, TX
February 13-17, 2002
“Uses of Antithrombotic Agents for VTE Prophylaxis in Patients Undergoing Orthopaedic Surgery Monograph”
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
February 28, 2002
Annual Meeting
Arthroscopy Association of North America
Washington, DC
April 25-28, 2002
“A New Perspective on Biologic Therapy: Improving Function while Maintaining Safety”
Southwest Medical School and Amgen Pharm.
Dallas, TX
May 16, 2002
“Breaking the Barriers: Essential Tools for REMICADE Therapy”
Remicade/Centocor, Inc.
Las Colinas, TX
June 7-8, 2002
“Low Back Pain Pharmacology”
Dannemiller Memorial Educational Foundation
San Antonio, TX
June 12, 2002
“Nuclear Medicine Update”
Emory University School of Medicine
Sea Island, GA
July 2-6, 2002
“Medical Ethics & Professionalism”
Texas Medical Association
(Internet AMA PRA CAT.1)
July 8, 2002
“Medical Ethics & Professionalism”
Texas Medical Association
(Internet - ETHICS)
July 10, 2002
“Exceptional Thrombotic Risk Reduction with “Just-in-Time” Dosing of Thromboprophylaxis”
Medical Education Resources, Inc.
Dallas, TX
July 16, 2002
“EULAR Update in RA”
UT Southwestern Medical School
Dallas, TX
July 16, 2002
“Sleep Disorders”
Medical College of Georgia - Div. of Continuing Education
Sea Island, GA
August 14-18, 2002
“An Interspecialty Review of Perioperative Pain Management”
Postgraduate Institute for Medicine
September 5, 2002
“ETHICS Lunch Session”
American Academy of Disability Evaluating Physicians
Houston, TX
September 5, 2002
“AMA Guides, 4th Edition Training Program”
American Academy of Disability Evaluating Physicians
Houston, TX
September 5-6, 2002
“Remicade Central Regional Advisory Board”
Remicade/Centocor, Inc.
San Antonio, TX
September 27-28, 2002
“New Insights into Cox-2 Specific Inhibition for Pain and Arthritis Therapy”
Finch University of Health Sciences/The Chicago Medical School
Chicago, IL
October 21, 2002
Seventeenth Annual Meeting
North American Spine Society
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
October 30 - November 2, 2002
“Treatment of the Spasm-Pain-Spasm Cycle in Low Back Pain Patients: Use of Muscle Relaxants”
The University of Wisconsin Medical School
Madison, WI
November 14, 2002
“Initial Management of the Patient with Low Back Pain”
The University of Wisconsin Medical School
Madison, WI.
Calendar year 2002
“Patient by Patient: Use of TNF Inhibitors Among Patients with RA”
Discovery International Division of Continuing Medical Education
Deerfield, IL
January 20, 2003
“Myths About Diagnosing and Treating Diabetic Foot Infections”
Dannemiller Memorial Education Foundation
San Antonio, TX
March 7, 2003
“New Bone Graft Techniques and Applicationsi n the Spine”
Medscape from WebMD
March 6, 2003
“Flexeril 5 mg Consultant Forum”
La Mansion del Rio Hotel, San Antonio, TX
Merck/McNeil Pharmaceutical
West Point, PA
March 14-16, 2003
“International Update on Osteoarthritis of the Knee”
- “Clinical & Radiological Assessment”
- “Non-surgical Management”
- “Minimally Invasive Treatment”
- “Marrow Stimulation Techniques”
- “Biological Resurfacing”
- “Realignment Techniques”
- “Replacement Arthroplasty”
- “What’s In The Future”
-Workshops
Baylor University Medical Center - Department of Orthopaedics
Dallas, TX
June 12-14, 2003
“Nuclear Medicine Update”
Sea Island, Georgia
July 1-5, 2003
“Clinical Approaches to Obstetrics and Gynecology”
Sea Island, Georgia
July 7-10, 2003
“Comprehensive Approach to Sports Injuries: Role of Pain Management
in Surgical and Nonsurgical Treatment”
Dallas, TX
October 9, 2003
“Management of Chronic Spinal Pain”
Phoenix, AZ
January 23-25, 2004
“Appropriate Management of Chronic Pain – Internet”
Austin, TX
May 27, 2004
“North American Spine Society 19th Annual Meeting”
Chicago, IL
October 27-30, 2004
“Issues in Pain Management: A case-Based Approach”
San Antonio, Texas
October 31, 2004
“Advances in the Management of Colorectal Cancer”
Dallas, TX
October 21, 2004
“Recent Advancements in the Management of Articular Cartilage Pathology”
New York, NY
April 30, 2004
Managing Pain and Inflammation in Special Patient Populations”
New York, NY
August 3 – August 31, 2004
“Internal Medicine-Recent Advances”
Georgia
June 28 – July 3, 2004
“Unicompartmental Arthritis in the Middle Aged Athlete”
Orlando, Florida
April 22-25, 2004
“Issues in Pain Management: A Case-Based Approach”
San Antonio, TX
October 31, 2004
“TMA’s Practice Management Symposium
Richardson, TX
November 11-12, 2004
“Management of Medical Records”
Dallas, TX
January 28, 2005
“72nd AAOS Annual Meeting”
Washington, DC
February 25-27, 2005
“Identifying and Reporting Child Abuse in New York State”
New York State Nurses Association
September 8, 2005
Baylor Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine Course
“What’s New In Arthroplastics”
Workshop – Fracture and Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasties
Shoulder and Upper Extremity
Workshop – Surgical Fixation of Proximal Humerus Fractures
Sports Injuries
Workshop – Discussion of Selected Difficult Cases
May 5 to May 7, 2005
“The Role of Antibiotic Tissue Penetration in the
Treatment of Pneumonia Caused by MSRA”
Littleton, Colorado
May 19, 2005
John Hopkins Medicine
Rheumatoid Arthritis:
“Identifying and Treating TNF Antagonist Failures”
Dallas, Texas
February 28, 2006
A.S.P.E.N. Teleseminar
“Ethics: Coming Up With Answers To Difficult Questions”
April 6, 2006
2006 AANA Annual Meeting
Hollywood, Florida
13.75 credits – May 18-21, 2006
Texas Medical Liability Trust
Managing the Medical Record – Parts I & II
July 3, 2006
National Visiting Professor Series – New Techniques in Orthopaedic Surgery and Strategic Pain Management
Dallas, Texas
August 16, 2006
Fourth Annual Baylor Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine Congress 2006
“Shoulder/Spine Disorders, Knee Injuries in Sports, Ankle Overview, Female Athlete”
“Shoulder and Upper Extremity and Knee and Lower Extremity”
Las Colinas, Texas
August 18 - 20, 2006
North American Spine Society – 21st Annual Meeting
Seattle, Washington
September 26-30, 2006
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
“Update in Pain Management with Cadaver Workshop”
Dallas, Texas
February 17, 2007
AACME
“Up-To-Date in Rheumatoid Arthritis Management?”
Renaissance Dallas Hotel, Dallas, Texas
September 19, 2007
3 credits
North American Spine Society – 22nd Annual Meeting
Austin Convention Center, Austin, Texas
October 23-27, 2007
27 credits
Texas Medical Association
Regulatory and Ethical Aspects of Managing Patients With Pain (Home Study)
July 23, 2008
1 credit
American Medical Association
“Pharmacogenomics amd Personalized Medicine”
August 8, 2008
3 credits
minSURG Biomechanical Innovations
TruFUSE Surgical Training
October 15, 2008
Alphatec Spine
“OsseoFix Cadaver Lab Training”
Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
October 17, 2008
NASS 23rd Annual Meeting
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
October 14-18, 2008
28.25 hours Cat One
Medtronic
KYPON Kyphoplasty Physician Training and Cadaver Course
SpineMark, Plano, Texas
November 10, 2008
“Dupuy Fracture Course Updates in Fracture Management Cadaver Course”
Miami, Florida
November 13-14, 2008
16 hours
Kyphon “X-Stop, IPD Direct Access Clinical Training
November 11, 2008
1.5 hours
ArthoCare Medical Corporation
Clinical training for treating symptomatic contained disc herniations with
SpineWand surgical devices for the Plasma Disc compression procedure.
December 6, 2008
Biomet Orthopedics, Inc.
Oxford Partial Knee training
January 15, 2009
NACCME
“Management Challenges in Rheumatic Diseases: An Update On Best Practices”
Dallas, Texas
March 21, 2009
2.5 credits
Knee and Shoulder Arthroscopy Surgical Skills Workshop
PIMIT, The Research and Educational Institute for Texas Health Resources
Dallas, Texas
March 28, 2009
"Chicago Trauma Course"
Lectures and Hands On
Illinois Orthopedic Group, Palmer House, Chicago, Illinois
North American Spine Society, 24th Annual Meeting,
San Francisco, California, CME 28.25 hrs Cat One
November 10-14, 2009
7th Annual Dallas Pain Symposium,
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas,
January 16,-January 17, 2010
CME 9.50 hrs
32 hrs CME
July 30 - August 2, 2009
US Spine Facet Fixation System Course
Lectures & Cadaver Course
US Spine Group, 7 hours, Las Vegas, Nevada
April 10, 2010
Texas Medical Association,
Ethics Course for License Renewal, 2 hrs
RadioFrequency Lesioning Course : Intervertebral Disc Biacuplasty,
Sacroiliac Joint Neurotomy, Thoracic & Lumbar Z joint neurotomy
Spinemark, Plano, Texas
May 13, 2010
“ 12th Annual Chicago Trauma Symposium”
Lectures and Hands On
Illinois Bone & Joint Institute, Palmer House, Chicago, Illinois
30.5 hrs CME Cat One, August 5-8, 2010
Endoscopic Spine Surgery, Desert Institute for Spine Care, Phoenix,
Arizona, Lectures and Cadaver Hands On Course, September 16 and 17th, 2010
North American Spine Society, Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida,10-5 -9, 2010,
CME 27.25 hours, AMA Category One
Posterior spine fixation and Fusion with Lanz Aspen internal spine
Fixation and Fusion System
Lecture and instructional placement Demonstration
Ft Worth, TX, September 28, 2011
North American Spine Society Annual Meeting, November 2-5, 2011
AMA CME 24 hours, McCormick Center, Chicago, Illinois
American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons, Annual Meeting,
November 6, 2011 AMA CME 5 hours, Dallas, Texas
Lanx Intensive Hands On Cadaver Instructional Course, Posterior
Pedicle Screw Fixation Cervical & Thoracic Spine, Aspen Posterior
Fixation & Fusion System LS spine, Minimally Invasive Pedicle Screw
& Rod & Fusion Lumbar Spine, Southwestern Medical School
Cadaver Lab, November 12, 2011, Dallas, Texas
Basic and Advanced Hip Arthroscopy Course, Intensive Hands on Cadaver
Instructional Course, Stryker Orthopedics
December 1 & 2, 2011, Las Vegas, Nevada
Spine, Cervical & Lumbar, Medtronic Spine,
New Techniques in Internal Fixation and Approaches,
Intensive Hands On Cadaver Course
UT Southwestern Medical School Campus
December 5, 2011, Dallas, Texas
New Techniques: Cervical Spine Facet Screw Placement, Lumbar
Spine Facet Pedicle Screw Percutaneous Placement, Lumbar Spine
Percutaneous Disc Cage, Percutaneous 360 Lumbar Fusion, Interventional Spine
Cadaver Hands On Instructional Course
Miami, Florida, January 30, 2012, 9 hrs.
New Techniques LS spine percutaneous fixation, Posterior and
Anterior Fixation LS spine Cadaver Instructional Hands On Lab
Amendia Plano, Texas, May 5, 2012, 3.5 hours
New Techniques LS Spine Fusion and Cervical Fixation, Interven-
Ventional Spine Cadaver Course Instructional Course Hands On Lab
Orlando, Florida, June 9, 2012 8 hrs
New Techniques in Knee Replacement Surgery Masters Instructional
Course, medial compartment, Biomet Orthopedics, Boston, Mass,
September 14, 2012 4.5 hrs
New Techniques and Advances in Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
Lumbar, Percutaneous Cage fusion, Amendia Spine, Tulane Medical
School, Hands On Cadaver Course, New Orleans, La, September 29,
2012, 5.5 hrs
New Fusion Techniques Lumbo Sacral Spine ATI Technologies,
Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Texas October 24, 2012 One hr
NASS annual meeting Dallas, Texas October 24-27, 2012, 26.75 hrs
SI Joint Surgical Society, second annual meeting, October 27, 2012
Omni Hotel, Dallas, Texas 6 hrs
Techniques in Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, November 2, 2012
Miami Anatomical Research Center, Stryker Spine Miami, Florida, 6
Hours
Techniques in Cervical and Lumbar Spine Surgery with new
Less Invasive Implants, Frontier Spine, Scrubbed in surgery,
Kingsley Chin, MD Ft Lauderdale, Florida, May 22, 2013
NASS North American Spine Society 28th Annual Meeting, New
Orleans, La, October 9-12, 2013, 23.75 hrs CME
Techniques Lumbar Spine Surgery Hands On Cadaver Course,
Biomet Skills Academy, Tampa, Florida, 6.5 hrs, April 26, 2014
Panel Chairman, Moderator, Presenter “The Sacro Iliac Joint as a
Pain Generator “ Sacro Iliac Joint Panel of Five Presentations,
Fourth International Congress of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
Paris, France, June 11-14, 2014 23 hours CME
New Techniques Sacro Iliac (SI) Joint Fusion and Percutaneous
Disc Excision and Fusion, Pedicle Screw Hands On Cadaver Course
Orthofix BioSkills Lab, July 19, 2014, Miami, Florida, 8 hours
Techniques Sacro Iliac (SI) Joint Fusion and Percutaneous Lumbo
Sacral (LS) disc excision and fusion Pedicle Screw Hands On
Cadaver Course, OrthoFix Bioskills Cadaver Lab, Miami, Florida
8 hours, July 19, 2014
NASS North American Spine Society, 29nd Annual Meeting, San
Francisco, California, November 12-15, 2014, 27.91 hours CME
Benvenue Medical Kiva Vertebral Compression Fracture Treatment
System Instructional Course, Hands On Cadaver Course, Proctor
Instruction, NASS meeting, November 11, 2014, San Francisco,
California.
Spine Frontier, Lumbo Sacral Spine Posterior Fixation Approaches
Pedicle, Central, Facet Pedicle Screws, Seminar and Instructor
Hands On Cadaver Lab, School for Allied Health Professions,
Arlington, Texas, November 22, 2014, 5 hours
New Techniques in Sports Shoulder & Knee Arthroscopic Surgery
Hands On Cadaver Lab, Smith Nephew, Austin, Texas, January 2,
2015, 5 hours.
NASS North American Spine Society, Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois
October 13-17, 2015, CME 24 hrs.
AANA Arthroscopy Assoc North America, Annual Meeting, Grapevine, Tx
November 13-14, 2015, CME 7 hrs.
Motion Preservation in the Lumbar Spine, Pathology & Indications Optimized
Outcomes, Texas Institute Medical Education, Plano, Texas, Didactic &
Cadaveric Training December 5, 2015 5 hours
Current Concepts in SI Joint Fusion, Lab & Didactic, Zyga Medical, Star
Medical Center Hospital, Plano, Texas December 5, 2015 4 hours
NASS Advocacy Council Legislative Meeting with US House and US Senate
Medicare, CMS, Legislation, 10 hours, Washington, DC April 18-19, 2016
American Society of interventional pain physicians, Annual meeting, Dallas,
Texas, April 15-17, 2016 Hyatt Regency, CME 10.5 hrs
Total and partial, knee replacement, lecture & cadaver, hands-on course,
Smith-Nephew, Aldolphus Hotel, June