• Birthplace: Kendallville, Indiana
• Citizenship: United Sates of America
• Military Status: Captain, United States Army Reserve Medical Corps (Retired)

My professional practice focus is on the comprehensive conservative and surgical treatment of the pathology of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine in the adult population. I have extensive experience in the evaluation, treatment and management of Workers Compensation injuries in the State of California, including all reporting requirements and depositions. The practice offers state of the art diagnostic and treatment modalities including in-house fluoroscopically guided injections, physical therapy, functional capacity evaluations, EMG and NCV studies, and minimally invasive through complex reconstructive spinal surgery.

1974-2001: General Neurological Surgery Practice.

2001- Present: Multi-specialty spine clinic with in-house physical therapy and pain management. Practice limited to Neurological Surgery of the Spine. Performing state of the art surgery of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine. Utilizing micro-surgery and minimally invasive techniques which allows most procedures to be done out-patient or in-patient with minimal stay.

• Doctors Medical Center, San Pablo, CA
• Sutter Solano Medical Center-Vallejo, CA
• Mt. Diablo Medical Center, Cordon, CA
• Pacific Hospital of Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
• Tri-City Regional Medical Clinic, Hawaiian Gardens, CA

• Certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery, January 1980
• Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, October 1983
• Diplomat of the National Board of medical Examiners, April 1970
• Licensure, State of California #C35999, August 1974
• Qualified Medical Examiner, State of California

• Gross Pointe High School, 1954-1960
• Gross Pointe, Michigan
• Florida State University, 1960-1964
• Tallahassee, Florida
• Biological Sciences
• The University of Miami School of Medicine, 1964-1968
• Miami, Florida

• Surgical Internship, 1968-1969
  The University of Miami School of Medicine-Jackson Memorial Hospital Miami, Florida
• Resident in Neurological Surgery, 1969-1973
  The University of Miami School of Medicine-Jackson Memorial Hospital Miami, Florida
• Chief Resident in Neurological Surgery, 1973-1974
  The University of Miami School of Medicine
  Jackson Memorial Hospital & Miami Veteran’s Administration Hospital Miami, Florida

• American Association of Neurological Surgeons
• North American Spine Society
• The American College of Surgeons
• The California Association of Neurological Surgeons
• The California Association
• The Alameda-Contra Costa County Medical Association
• California Society of Industrial Medicine and Surgery