EDUCATION:

Six-year Honors Program in Medical Education Northwestern University
Evanston/Chicago, Illinois

9/20/74 - 6/15/80

INTERNSHIP:

Michael Reese Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois

7/1/80 - 6/30/81

POST- GRADUATE TRAINING:

Resident in Orthopedic Surgery
Michael Reese Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois

7/1/81 - 6/30/85

National Board of Medical Examiners

July 1981

American Board of Orthopedic Surgeons

July 1988

Re-certification

Feb 1995

LICENSED:

Illinois, California, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Florida, and Massachusetts

PREVIOUS POSITIONS HELD: 

Assistant to Chicago Bulls Team Physician
H. Bates Noble, M.D.
Chicago, Illinois

1980 - 1984

Medical Director
Senior Professional Baseball League

10/89 - 10/91

Sunshine Network Television Correspondent
"Weekly Sports Medicine Tips"
Florida Sports Report

3/1/90 - 5/1/91

Assistant Professor
Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation University of Miami
Miami, Florida

1994
to 1998

Columnist
Health Beat Section
The Miami Herald
"Jock Doc" Column
Miami, Florida

Oct 1986
to 1998

Team Physician
Doral Ryder International Golf Championships
Miami, Florida

1994
to 2000

Team Physician
2000 Men's Olympic Basketball Team
Sydney, Australia

2000

HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS:

Health South Doctor's Hospital
Coral Gables, Florida

7/85

South Miami Hospital
Miami, Florida

7/85

Jackson Memorial
Hospital Miami, Florida

5/85

Baptist Hospital
Miami, Florida

9/92

SOCIETY AFFILIATIONS:

Dade County Medical Association

Florida Medical Association

American College of Sports Medicine

Southern Medical Association

Southern Orthopedic Association

American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (Fellow)

NBA Team Physician's Society

Florida Orthopedic Society

Miami Orthopedic Association

American Orthopedic Society Sports Medicine

Eastern Orthopedic Society

Arthroscopy Association of North America

  CURRENT POSITIONS:

Private Practice
General Orthopedic Surgery
Sports Medicine, Reconstructive Shoulder Surgery Miami, Florida

  July 1985 to present

Team Physician
NBA Franchise Miami Heat
Miami, Florida

May 1988 to present

Team Physician
Miami-Dade Community College
(Wolfson Campus)

Sep 1990
to present

Consultant Physician
Dania Jai Alai
Dania, Florida

Jan 1991
to present

Consultant Physician
World Jai Alai
Miami, Florida

Jan 1989
to present

Team Physician
Ericsson International Players Tennis Championships
Key Biscayne, Florida

1992
to present

Team Physician
WNBA Franchise Miami Sol
Miami, Florida

2000 to present