Residency Appointment:

Tulane University School of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Currently PGY-4

University of Florida and Shands, Jacksonville, FL, US, 2007-2009

Internship:

LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, Preliminary General Surgery, 2007  

Education

University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL, US, M.D., 2007

University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, US, B.S. in Biology, 2003

Clinical Interests

Awards

JOT Best Orthopaedic Teaching Resident, 2010

Gold Humanism Honor Society, 2006

Magna Cum Laude, University of Alabama, 2003

Phi Beta Kappa Society, 2003

The Carl S. Elliot Award, Outstanding Member of SGA, 2002

Mortar Board Honor Society, 2002

Cardinal Key Honor Society, 2001

Beta Beta Beta Biological Honor Society, 2000

University Honors Program, 1999-2003

Affiliations

·         American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

·         American Medical Association

·         Orleans Parish Medical Society/ Louisiana State Medical Society

Research

·         Follow-up on patients who have undergone multi-ligamentous knee reconstruction, Primary Investigator: James Stannard, M.D., 2006-2007.

·         Biology of Solid and Pseudopappilary Pancreatic Tumors—Primary Investigator: John Christein, M.D., 2005-2006

Presentations

·          Surface Replacement Arthroplasty via a Subscapularis Sparing Approach: Preliminary Results in 50 Patients, Primary Investigator: Felix Savoie, M.D., Podium Presentation, Louisiana Orthopaedic Association Annual Meeting, 2010.

·         Glucosamine’s Effect on CRP and Other Acute Phase Proteins in Mice Injected with LPS, Poster Presentation, Medical Student Research Day, 2004.

Selected Publications

·         Elbow Ulnar Collateral Ligament Reconstruction Using Hamstring Allograft in Young Athletes, Primary Investigator: Felix Savoie, M.D., Submitted to The American Journal of Sports Medicine, 2009 – present.