, F.A.C.S. A NEUROLOGICAL SURGERY CORPORATION 3415 AMERICAN RIVER DR. STE A & B SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA 95864 Phone 916-648-0144 FAX 916-648-0155 CURRICULUM VITAE SPECIALTY: Neurosurgery Spine Surgery Peripheral Nerve Surgery CLINICAL PRACTICE: General Neurosurgery private practice with special interests in: LICENSURE: State of California State of Nevada Spinal Cord Injury Sports-related Injury to the Brain/Spine Traumatic Injury to the Vertebral Column including Whiplash injuries Degenerative Conditions of the Cervical, Thoracic, and Lumbar Spine Cervical Radiculopathy/Myelopathy Lumbar Radiculopathy Peripheral Nerve Injuries and Entrapment Syndromes Cervical Spine Surgery Thoracic Spine Surgery Lumbar Spine Surgery Peripheral Nerve Surgery Spinal cord Stimulator Surgery Chronic Pain Surgery Cervical Artificial Disc Surgery Lumbar Artificial Disc Surgery Epidural steroid injections Pain management Workman Compensation Spine Specialist Work Related Injury Management Disability Examiner/Evaluations Narcotic/Drug Addiction Treatment Nutritional/weight loss/health counseling Medical-Legal Expert Witness IME
CERTIFICATION: National Board of Medical Examiners Written Examination Parts I II American Board of Neurological Surgery Written March, 1986 Oral May, 1994 Diplomat of American Board of Neurological Surgery 1994 Fellow of the American College of Surgeons 1990 HOSPITAL PRIVILEGES: Sutter General Hospital Mercy General Hospital Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael, CA Sutter Roseville Medical Center Roseville, CA Fort Sutter Surgery Center Fort Sutter EDUCATION: Chico State University 1972-73 Chico, California Monterey Peninsula College 1973 Monterey, California Western Nevada Community College 1973-74 Reno, Nevada California State University, Sacramento 1976 Sacramento, California B.S. Biology, Biochemistry
University of California, Davis Davis, California 1976 University of Nevada Medical School 1978-82 Reno, Nevada TRAINING: University of California, Davis 1982-83 Department of Surgery Internship Director: F. William Blaisdell University of California Davis 1983-87 School of Medicine Department of Neurological Surgery Residency Director: Franklin C. Wagner, Jr., M.D. University of California Davis 1987-88 School of Medicine Department of Neurological Surgery Chief Resident Director: Franklin C. Wagner, Jr., M.D. COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES: Board of Directors, Child Abuse Prevention Council AFFILIATIONS: American Association of Neurological Surgeons American College of Surgeons American College of Sports Medicine American Medical Women s Association California Medical Association Congress of Neurological Surgeons Joint Section of Neurotrauma and Critical Care/AANS North American Spine Society Sacramento/El Dorado County Medical Society Sutter Neuroscience Institute Membership Women in Neurosurgical Membership RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:
Quantification of neurotransmitters with SAH and their relationship to vasospasm. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and cerebral blood flow. TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIP: Anatomy and Physiology Tutor 1973-74 Western Nevada Community College HOSPITAL EXPERIENCE: Radiology Ward Clerk 1975-77 Sutter Memorial Hospital Renal Dialysis Technician 1977-78 Sutter Memorial Hospital PROFESSIONAL COURSES: AANS Fusion Course September 1991 Medical College of Wisconsin Practical Course of Spinal Instrumentation July 1993 The Osler Institute Neurological Surgery Board Review Courses May 1994 Charite Artificial Disc Training Course March 31-April 1, 2005 DePuy Spine, Cincinnati, OH Advanced Cervical Solutions with October 17, 2009 ProDisc-C Training Program Synthes Spine, San Francisco, CA Artificial disc replacement certification 2010 Advanced Cardiac Life Support 2014-2015 ASAM addiction waiver data course 2015 Buphenorphine Treatment Certification August 12, 2015
LECTURES: Spring Out of Back Pain Clinical Presentations March 2007 Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento Grand Rounds University of California, Davis, Sacramento, California: Surgical Indications for Whiplash. Neurological Surgery November, 1987 Indications for Lumbar Laminectomy vs. Percutaneous Discectomy May 1987 Management of Metastatic Tumors to the Spine June 1987 Intraventricular Hemorrhage of Newborns April 1987 Metabolic Encephalopathy January 1987 Skull Tumors December 1986 Neurosurgical Complications of AIDS November 1986 Non-operative Treatment of Subarachnoid October 1986 Hemorrhage Metastatic Brain Tumors September 1986 Carotid Cavernous Fistula 1985 Pseudotumor Cerebri 1985 Meningioma 1985 Reyes Syndrome 1984 Colloid Cysts 1984 Skull Fractures 1983 Craniosynostosis Barbiturate Coma for Head injuries 1984 Choroid Plexus Papilloma
Diabetes Insipidus 1984 Posterior Fossa Brain Tumor in Children 1985 Pituitary Tumors 1986 Pain Control 1986 SIADH 1987 Cervical Spine Fractures 1987 Phakomytosis 1987 Cervical Whiplash 1988 HONORS: 5-Star Rating Certification for Spine Surgery 2009 Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento August 1, 2016