Emory Orthopaedics & Spine Center
59 Executive Park South
Atlanta , GA 30329
Map to the office
(404) 778-7000
Year started practicing at Emory
1992
Education
Medical School
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
1986
Internship
George Washington University Medical Center
Residency
George Washington University Medical Center, Washington D.C.
1991
Fellowship
Case Western Reserve University Hospital, Cleveland, OH
1992
Organizational Leadership Memberships
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
American Orthopaedic Association
American Society for Bone and Mineral Research
Eastern Orthopaedic Association
North American Spine Society
Orthopaedic Research Society
Seminars in Spine Surgery
Seminars in Spine Surgery
Spine Journal
Awards
Eugene T. Nordby Award
International Intradiscal Therapy Society, 1997
Kappa Delta Young Investigator Award
Presented by American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 1999
Marshall R. Urist Young Investigator Award
Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons, 1997
Mayfield Award
American Association of Neurological Surgeons, 1997
Outstanding Research Paper Award
North American Spine Society
Outstanding Research Paper Award
North American Spine Society, 1994
Outstanding Research Paper Award
North American Spine Society, 1996
Outstanding Research Paper Award
North American Spine Society, 1997
Outstanding Research Paper Award
Presented by North American Spine Society, 1998
Volvo Award for Low Back Research
International Society for Study of the Lumbar Spine, 1995
Volvo Award for Low Back Research
Presented by International Society for Surgery of the Lumbar Spine, 1998
Young Investigator Award
American Society for Bone and Mineral Research, 1996
Major or Recent Publications
Evaluation of carriers of bone morphogenetic protein for spinal fusion. Spine 26(8)850, 2001, .
Biology of lumbar spine fusion and use of bone graft substitutes: present, future and next generation. Tissue Engineering 6(4)383-99, 2000, .
Gene therapy for spine fusion. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research (379 Suppl)S225-33, 2000, .
LMP-1, a LIM-domain protein, mediates BMP-6 effects on bone formation. Endocrinology 139(12)5125-34, 1998, .
Lumbar spine imaging: role in clinical decision making. Journal of American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 4(5)238-248, 1996, .
The use of rhBMP-2 in interbody fusion cages. Definitive evidence of osteoinduction in humans: a preliminary report. Spine 25(3)376-81, 2000, .
