Experience
Current Positions
Associate Professor, University of Washington
Harborview Medical Center, 2011 - Present
University of Washington Medical Center, 2011 - present
Strategic Wound Oversight Council, Harborview Medical Center, 2015 - Present
Associate Professor, University of Washington Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, 2011 - present
Past Positions
Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center, Mission Viejo CA, 2004 - 2011
Saddleback Memorial Medical Center, Laguna Hills CA, 2004 - 2011
UCI Medical Center, Orange CA, 2004 - 2011
Voluntary Associate Clinical Professor, University of California Irvine Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, 2004 - 2010
Voluntary Assistant Clinical Professor, University of California San Diego Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, 2004 - 2009
Assistant Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California San Diego Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, 1998-2004
Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Chicago, 1994-1998
Instructor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery, Northwestern University Medical School, 1992 - 1994
Recognitions
Awards
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) Achievement Award for Volunteer Service, March 2015
Chief Residents’ Teaching Award, University of Washington Department of Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine, June 2014
J. Leonard Goldner MD Award for Outstanding Basic Science Study “Chondrocyte Viability after Intraarticular Calcaneus Fractures in Humans” 21st Annual Summer Meeting of the American Academy Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society - Boston, Massachusetts, July 2005
Wayne Akeson Outstanding Teaching Award, July 2000
J. Leonard Goldner MD Award for Outstanding Basic Science Study “The Effects of Adult Acquired Flatfoot Deformity on Tibiotalar Joint Contact Characteristics” Annual Winter Meeting of the American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society San Francisco, California, March 2000
Roger A. Mann, M.D. Award for Outstanding Clinical Paper, “An Evaluation of the Use of Retrospectively Acquired Preoperative AOFAS Clinical Rating to Assess Surgical Outcomes After Elective Foot and Ankle Surgery”, 15th Annual Summer Meeting of the American Academy Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society, San Juan, Puerto Rico, July 1999
Honors
Seattle Magazine Top Doctor, June 2016
Best Doctors 2013
Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. America’s Top Doctors, January 2013 and January 2016
US News and World Report Top Doctor, September 2012
Local Host for AOFAS Traveling Fellows, July 2012
Seattle Magazine Top Doctor, June 2012
Memberships
National
American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society (AOFAS)
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)
Regional
California Orthopaedic Association (COA)
Western Orthopaedic Association (WOA)
Education
Post-Graduate Training
Fellowship, Foot and Ankle - University of Washington, 1991-1992
Orthopaedic Residency - University of Chicago Hospitals and Clinics, 1987-1991
Internship - University of Chicago Hospitals and Clinics, 1986-1987
College & Medical School
University of Illinois, M.D., 1986
University of Illinois, B.S., 1982