LICENSURE
Oregon #MD23617 |
Issued April 19, 2002 |
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Michigan #4301066110 |
Issued June 24, 1995 |
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POSTGRADUATE TRAINING
July 1996 – June 2002 |
Neurosurgery Resident, Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor, MI. |
June 1995 – June 1996 |
General Surgery Intern, Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor, MI. |
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EDUCATION
Aug. 1991 – May 1995 |
M.D., S.U.N.Y. at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, N.Y. |
Aug. 1988 – May 1991 |
B.S., Cell Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. |
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CERTIFICATION
United States Medical Licensing Examination
Part I passed, 6/1993
Part II passed, 3/1995
Part III passed, 12/1996
American Board of Neurological Surgery:
Written Examination passed, 3/2000
Oral Examination passed, 5/2005
ACLS Provider recertified 12/07
BLS Provider recertified 12/07 |
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HONORS AND AWARDS
Graduated summa cum laude |
SUNY at Buffalo, 1995 |
Thomas Paine Award for achievement in clinical surgery |
SUNY at Buffalo, 1995 |
Bernard Smith Award for excellence in clinical neurology |
SUNY at Buffalo, 1995 |
Alpha Omega Alpha |
SUNY at Buffalo, 1994 |
James Gibson Anatomical Society |
SUNY at Buffalo, 1992 |
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RESEARCH EXPERIENCE AND FELLOWSHIPS
1999-2000
Research Fellow at University of Michigan, Departments of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Neurosurgery under Samir Hanash, M.D., Ph.D. and Phillip Kish, Ph.D. Projects: 1) Analysis of gene expression in low vs. high grade gliomas utilizing 2-dimensional protein and DNA gels and cDNA expression microarrays. 2) Analysis of in vivo luciferase-transformed medulloblastoma and glioma cell lines in rats as a model for assessment of tumor growth.
1993
Roswell Park Cancer Institute Summer Fellowship: Clinical preceptorship under Charles R. West, M.D., Department of Neurosurgery, R.P.C.I., Buffalo, N.Y.
1992
S.U.N.Y. at Buffalo Summer Research Fellowship: “Helicase Activity in the Vaccinia Virus Early Gene Transcription Termination Factor”, under Edward G. Niles, Ph.D., Department of Biochemistry, S.U.N.Y. at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. Abstract/poster presented at annual research forum, 12/92.
1990
National Science Foundation Summer Research Fellowship: “Phenazine Biosynthesis and Partial Purification of Phen. A,B Anthranilate Synthase”, under Tadhg Begley, Ph.D., Department of Chemistry, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. Abstract presented at Cornell University undergraduate research forum, 8/90.
1989
S.U.N.Y. at Buffalo Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship: “Expression of Human Salivary Cystatin in E. coli”, under Michael Levine, D.D.S., Ph.D., Department of Oral Biology, S.U.N.Y. at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. Abstract/poster presented to faculty and students 7/89. |
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PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Medical Association
Alpha Omega Alpha
Oregon Medical Association
Congress of Neurological Surgeons
American Association of Neurological Surgeons |
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ADMINISTRATIVE AND VOLUNTEER WORK
Project Shunt 1999, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2009 and 2013; Guatemala City, Guatemala. (charity medical mission) |
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