PROFESSIONAL

• PODIATRY LICENSURE

• Virginia 2006-Present
• Pennsylvania 2003-Present

• ASSOCIATIONS

• American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons (ACFAS)
• American Podiatric Medical Association (APMA)
• Virginia Podiatric Medical Association (VPMA)
• Northern Virginia Podiatric Medical Association (NVPMA)

• CERTIFICATIONS / COURSES

• Foot and Ankle Arthroscopy (ACFAS), 2005
• Principles of External Fixation (UPMC), 2004
• AO Comprehensive Internal Fixation (ACFAS), 2003
• Basic and Advanced Cardiac Life Support, 2003-Present
• ACFAS Annual Scientific Meetings
• UPMC Southside Annual Podiatric Conferences

ACADEMIC HISTORY

• SURGICAL RESIDENCY TRAINING  

• 2003-2006: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC)
  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• MEDICALSCHOOL

• 1999-2003: Barry University School of Graduate Medical Sciences , Miami, Florida
• Degrees: Doctorate of Podiatric Medicine and M.S. Biomedical Science

• UNDERGRADUATE

• 1993-1997: Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, Louisiana
• Degree: B.S. Biology
  

• HONORS

• PI Delta Podiatric Honors Society
• Barry University Academic Scholarship
• Dr  Herbert Feinberg Award
• Phi Kappa Phi and Phi Eta Sigma Honors Societies
• President’s Scholars Scholarship, Nicholls State University

• PUBLICATIONS

• Opening Wedge Osteotomy of the First Metatarsal Base: A Technique for Correction of Metatarsus Primus Varus Using a New Titanium Opening Wedge Plate
• Co-authored by Dane Wukich MD and Dekarlos Dial DPM
• Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics / January 2006
• Fifth Metatarsal Fractures: A Complication of Hindfoot Malalignment
• Poster presentation ACFAS National Meeting New Orleans, LA March 2005
• Co-authors: Dekarlos Dial DPM, Dane Wukich MD, and Patrick Burns DPM
• Submission for publication in progress
• LECTURES

• Triple Arthrodesis
• Lectured and Taught Cadaver Course at Integra National Meeting, 2006
• Opening Wedge Osteotomies of the First Metatarsal Base
• Lectured at UPMC Annual Podiatric Conference, 2006
• Pedal Puncture Wounds, 2006
• Principles of Internal Fixation, 2005
• Isolated Subtalar Fusions, 2005  
• Lateral Ankle Injuries, 2005
• Nutrition and Wound Healing, 2005
• Biomechanics of Foot Function, 2004 and 2005
• Tibialis Posterior Tendon Dysfunction, 2003

HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS

• INOVA Fairfax Hospital
  Annandale, Virginia
• INOVA Alexandria Hospital
  Alexandria, Virginia
• INOVA Mt Vernon Hospital
  Mt Vernon, Virginia
• Potomac Hospital, INOVA affiliate
  Woodbridge, Virginia
• Northern Virginia Community Hospital
  Arlington, Virginia
• Mary Washington Hospital
  Fredericksburg, Virginia
• Fairfax Surgery Center
  Fairfax, Virginia