ORTHOPEDIC EXPERT WITNESS & FORENSIC MEDICAL SERVICES
IME - AME - QME Certified
EXPERIENCED SURGEON
Dr Clive Segil
WITH OFFICES IN CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA
Phone: 818-342-5490
CLIVE M. SEGIL, M.D., F.R.C.S., F.A.C.S.
Orthopedic Surgeon – Board Certified
Telephone: 310.203.5490 Fax: 310.203.5412
E-Mail: drsegil@drsegil.com
EDUCATION
High School 1956, Christian Brothers College, South Africa
University and 1963, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South
Medical School Africa, M.B., B.Ch. (Equivalent to M.D. degree).
1967, Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, F.R.C.S.
CLINICAL TRAINING
Internships 1964, Johannesburg General Hospital, South Africa, Internal Medicine and General
Surgery
(1974-1975, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, Repeat Internship (for licensure in California).
Residencies 1965-1966, Johannesburg General Hospital, General Surgery Rotation
1967, Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, General Surgery
1968-1970, Johannesburg General Hospital, Orthopedic Surgery
(The Johannesburg General Hospital is the teaching hospital of the University Of the Witwatersrand)
Fellowships 1970, HIP SURGERY, Professor Sir John Charnley, C.B.E., D.Sc., F.R.C.S., Center for Hip
Surgery, Wrightington, England
1971-1972, SPINE SURGERY, Dr. Edward H. Simmons, M.D.,
B.Sc. (Med), F.R.C.S.S(C), M.S. (Tor), F.A.C.S.; Toronto East
General and Orthopedic Hospital and University of Toronto
General Practice 1966, Locum tenens, Boksburg, South Africa, Occupational Medicine and General Practice
Volunteer Service 1967, Hadassah Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel, Orthopedics (after the 6- Day War)
1970, Poriah Hospital, Tiberias, Israel
1968 – 1970 – Swaziland – weekend orthopaedic surgery visits
Orthopedic 1975-Present, Orthopedic Surgery, Los Angeles Practice
Past Member Cedars-Sinai Spine Institute
Past Member Cedars-Sinai Institute for Joint Replacement
Work History: 2000 – Present, Orthopedic Surgeon, Private Practice, Century City, CA
1975 – 2000, Orthopedic Surgeon, Private Practice,Beverly Hills & Los Angeles, CA
HONORS & AWARDS
1973, F.A.C.S., Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
1989, Carl Pearson Memorial Lecturer, Current Management of
Spine Disorders, UCLA Medical Center
1990, Independent Medical Examiner, State of California,
Department of Industrial Relations
1992, Independent Medical Examiner, State of California
1993, F.I.C.S, Fellow of the International College of Surgeons
1978-1995, Workers’ Compensation Case Reviews, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Main Office, Los Angeles.
1992-1994, Director, Comprehensive Spine Center, Midway Hospital Medical Center
1993, Course Chairman, American Back Society Meeting, Los Angeles, December 1994
1993, Chairman, Committee on Surgery, American Back Society
1994 - 1999, Advisory Board Member, WYNGS – Rebuilding lives after spinal cord injury
1995- 1997, Board Member, Arthritis Foundation
1997- 2002, Medical and Orthopaedic Advisor, Los Angeles Police Department Arrest and Control Divisions Academy.
1998, Member Los Angeles Surgical Society
1999, Member of the Society for the Study of Multicultural Medicine.
2004, Program Chairman Simmons Surgical Society Meeting, Toronto.
LICENSURE
1963, E.C.F.M.G., Educational Council for Foreign Medical Graduates, USA
1964, Medical Practitioner, South Africa
1967, Medical Practitioner, United Kingdom
1972, L.M.C.C., Medical Council of Canada
1974, F.L.E.X., Federation of Licensing Examination, USA
1974, License to Practice Medicine in the State of California
2007, License to Practice Medicine in the State of Nevada
Board 1970, Orthopedic Surgery Specialist, South Africa Certification
1976, Board Certified Orthopedic Surgeon, American Board ofOrthopedic Surgery
Academic Appointments
1979-1993, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Assistant-Clinical Professor of Orthopedics
1971-1972, University of Toronto School of Medicine, Division of Orthopedic Surgery, Post-Graduate Training Program
1971-1972, University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine, Clinical Demonstrator Musculoskeletal System
1968-1971, University of Witwatersrand, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Lecturer.
1968-1971, Johannesburg General Hospital, Nursing College,Lecturer in Orthopedic surgery
Specific Teaching 1994, Orthopedic R.A.P.P. Committee, Cedars-Sinai Medical Responsibilities Center
1993, Professional Programs Committee, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
1993, Spine Service, U.S.C. County Hospital Voluntary Specialist, Spine Rounds and Surgery
1990-1995, Orthopedic Consultant, Genetic Spinal Disorder Clinic, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
1989-1990, Clinical Chief of Orthopedic Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
1988, Surgical advisory Committee, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
1975-1986, Children’s Hospital Scoliosis Clinic
1975-1986, Children’s Hospital Orthopedic Clinic and U.S.C.
Resident Training
1975-1995, Medical Students, Graduate Students, and Trainees, University of Southern California in Orthopedic Surgery
1971-1972, Orthopedic Residents, University of Toronto
1968-1974, University of Witwatersrand Medical School, South Africa, Lecturer to Orthopedic and General Surgery Residents, Medical and Physical Therapy Students
Hospital Staffs : Attending Orthopedic Surgeon at:
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles
Olympia Medical Center, Los Angeles
Tarzana-Encino Medical Center, Los Angeles
SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS
Local Western Orthopedic Association
California Orthopedic Association
Past Southern California Rheumatism Society
Cedars-Sinai Alumni Association
Industrial Medical Council, Qualified Medical Evaluator (Q.M.E.)
California Society of Industrial Medicine and Surgery
Salerni Collegium, University of Southern California
University of Southern California General Alumni Association
1995-1996, Arthritis Foundation, Board of Directors
Phi Delta Epsilon Society
Cedars-Sinai Health Associates
Spine Network of California, Vice President and Cofounder
L.A. Scoliosis Study Group
National American Board of Orthopedic Surgery
Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
Arthritis Foundation
Simmons Surgical Society
Scoliosis Research Society, Corresponding Member, 1974
American Back Society
American Academy of Neurological and Orthopedic Surgeons
Contemporary Orthopedics, Surgery Opinion Panel
Directory of Medical Specialists
International Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Fellow of the International College of Surgeons
Past member of the South African Medical and Dental Council
World Medicine Association
Visiting Professor 1970, Poriah General Hospital, Tiberias, Israel
1986, University of Louisville, Kentucky, Orthopedics
1987, Orthopedic University Clinic, Balgrist, Zurich, Switzerland
1988, University of Louisville, Kentucky, Orthopedics
1990, Nanjing, Beijing, and Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
1993, Methodist Hospital of Indiana Indianapolis
1997, May, Japan, Kamakura & Chigasaki Hospital
2001, May 5, The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopedic &
District Hospital, Oswestry, England, Center for Spinal Studies
2003, Johannesburg General Hospital, Baragwanth Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand Orthopaedic Department
2004, University of Louisville, Kentucky Orthopaedic Department
COURSES AND MEETINGS
Lectured at: Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, Pediatric Orthopedics,
School of Physical Therapy, 1/1978
Los Angeles New Hospital, Recent Advances in the Management
Of Scoliosis, 2/21/1978
University of California at Los Angeles, Physical Therapy
Department, Orthopedic Management of Shoulder
Problems, 7/28/1978
Los Angeles County Department of Health Services Paramedic
Training Section, Spinal Cord Injuries, 9/8/1978
Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, Orthopedic Problems in a
Pediatric Office, 1/16/1979
Workers’ Compensation Defense Forum second Annual Seminar,
Anatomy and Physiology of the Back, 3/24/1979
American Lupus Society, Bonnie Bernard Den diem Chapter,
Torrance, California, 4/18/1979
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Pediatric Grand Rounds,
Management of Scoliosis, 4/19/1979
Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, The Effect of an Exercise
Program on Cases of Mild Scoliosis, 5/16/1979
American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthesis, Southern
California Chapter, A new Post spinal Fusion Orthosis,
10/10/1979
Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, School of Physical Therapy,
Scoliosis, 4/25/80, Arthroplasty, 5/9/1980, and Special Surgical Procedures, 5/16/1980
Workers’ Compensation Defense Forum, 3/31/1980
Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, Scoliosis and Orthopedic Problems in Children and Adolescents, 3/5/1980
IEA Medical Management Students, 4/9/1981
Arthritis Foundation, Southern California Chapter, Community Facts Forum, 11/20/1980
Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, Sports Injuries Especially In Females, 4/3/1981
IEA Medical Management Students, 4/9/1981
Civil Liability Division Training Schedule, Office of the City Attorney, Orthopedics, 3/11/1982
IEA Medical Management Lecture, 3/12/1982
Panel Discussion, UCLA, Head and Neck Trauma: The latest
Information Perspectives on Patients with a less than
Optional Recovery-Orthopedic Aspects, 3/1982
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, Grand
Rounds, Pediatric Clinical Conference, Scoliosis, 4/22/1982
University of Southern California School of Medicine,
Postgraduate Division, 12th Annual Review, Conference
On selected Topics in Pediatrics, Walking Straight and
Tall, 5/3-7/1982
Beverly Hills Medical Center, Third Annual Clinical
Symposium, 5/9/1982
International Grand Rounds in Medicine, guest Panelist,
Management of Arthritides, Los Angeles, California,
Educational Conference Center, 5/17/1982
Tele session Workshop on the Management of Heterotopic
Ossification, 12/20/1982
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Grand Rounds, Chymopapain
Injection, the latest Management of Disc Problems, 1/7/1983
Arthritis Foundation, Southern California Chapter, Wilshire
Lion’s Club, Arthritis, the Number One Crippler,
Speaker’s Bureau, 5/121983
Beverly Hills Medical Center Fourth Annual Clinical Symposium
Palm Springs, Cymopapain, a New Therapy for Back Pain,
5/13-15/1983
Midway Hospital, Chymopapain, a New Forum of Treatment for
Disc Herniation, 6/13/1983
Buckley School Health Fair Expo, 2/1/1984
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Symposium on Ankylosing
Spondylitis, Speaker on the Orthopedic Aspects Of Ankylosing Spondylitis, 10/20/1
Orthopedic Audio Synopsis Foundation, Ankylosing Spondylitis Orthopedic Management, 1985 July Issue, Publication Of Continuing Education in Orthopedic Surgery, 1/30/1985 Audio tape Arthritis Foundation 30th Annual Stop Arthritis Telethon, 3/3/1985
University of Southern California, Surgical Intervention in Sports Injuries, 11th Annual Review Course in Family Practice, 5/14/1985
California Chiropractic Association, Spine MRI, 11/7/85
Scoliosis Study Group, Los Angeles, Presentation of Cases,
11/13/1985
Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, Presentation of Cases,
Division of Orthopedic Surgeon, John C. Wilson,
Visiting Professor, Dr. John E. Hall, 2/10/1986
Midway Hospital Medical Center, Community Lecture Series,
1986
Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, Presentation of Cases,
Visiting Professor, Dr. John Dubbouset, 1/12-15/1987
Visiting Orthopedic Surgery Professor, University Clinic,
Balgrist, Zurich, Switzerland, 3/17/1987
Simmons Surgical Society Meeting, Past, Present and Future
Of Spinal Surgery, 4/30/1987
Rehabilitation Nurses Seminar, Liberty Mutual Insurance
Company, Percutaneous Discectomy, 9/30-10/4/1987
University of Louisville, Visiting Professor, Spinal Cases-Past,
Present and Future, Lecture Day with Residents and
Symposium, 5/5-6/1988
Sixth International Conference on Cotrel-Dubousset
Instrumentation, Monte Carlo, Spinal Salvage Surgery,
9/1989
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Program Chairman, National
Conference on the Prevention and Treatment of
Pulmonary Embolism, 3/17/1990
25th Annual Spring Meeting, Los Angeles Chapter, Western
Orthopedic Association Dana point, Spinal Salvage Surgery and Cotrel-Dubousset Instrumentation, 3/30-4/1/1990
Ankylosing Spondylitis, Symposium, 4/21/1990
International College of Surgeons, Spine Education, Advanced
Symposium on Recent Developments of Spinal
Instrumentation and Disc Surgery, San Antonio, Texas.
Guest of Honor-Leon Wiltse, Spinal Salvage Surgery,
5/4-6/1990
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Combined Neurosurgical and
Orthopedic Update Conference on Spinal Trauma,
Spinal Salvage Surgery 5/12/90
Little People of America Convention, Spinal Surgery Options,
4/27/1991
Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital of Whittier,
Management of Complex Spine Deformities, 4/30/1991
San Gabriel Medical Center, Management of Spinal Disorders
For Primary Care Physicians, 7/2/1992
CIGNA Headquarters, Spine Care and Hip Replacement,
7/16/1992
Southern California Edison Conference, Spine Care, 7/24/92
City Attorney of Los Angeles Conference, Spine Disorders
9/1/92
North Hollywood Medical Center, CME, Accessing Disability,
9/2/1992
Los Angeles Chiropractic Association, Back Diseases, 9/221992
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Surgery Grand Rounds,
Management of Spine Injuries, 2/1/1993
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Medical Grand Rounds, Back
Care for the Primary Care Physicians, 2/19/1993
Farmers Insurance Training Class, Management of Occupational
Diseases, 41993
City Attorney’s Office, Back Problems, 6/8/1993
Guest Speaker, Callahan, McCune &Willis, Soft Tissue
Injuries, 6/1993
Humana West Hills Hospital, Grand Rounds, Diagnosis and
Treatment of Common Orthopedic Problems, 8/27/1993
Midway Medical Center, Comprehensive Spine Center, Four
Seasons Hotel, Management of Backache, 11/30/1993
American Back Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco, Cost
Effective Management of Discogenic Disease, and Can
Spinal Salvage Surgery be Done Economically?
Director Consultation Clinics
Moderator, ABS Ground Rounds, 12/2/1993
USC Spine Conference, Scoliosis, 4/20/1994
Healthnet Nurse Case Managers, Orthopedics, 10/25/1994
Senior Citizens National Council, Orthopedics, 10/27/1994
American Back Society, Program chairman, moderator,
Organizer and faculty presenter, Century Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles, 12/1994
Back Pain in an Era of Healthcare Reform, Cost-effective Treatment of Disc Disease, and Can Spinal Salvage Surgery Be Managed Economically?
North Hollywood Community Hospital, Orthopedic
Evaluation of Industrial Injuries, 3/1/1995
Los Angeles College of Chiropractic, Lecture, Scoliosis,
3/21/1995
USC Spine Conference, Cervical Spine Injuries, 4/5/1995
Simmons Surgical Society Annual Meeting, Rancho Mirage,
Moderator and Presenter, 4/27/1995
Cost-effective Treatment of Degenerative Disc Disease,
Can Salvage Spine Surgery be done Economically?
Los Angeles College of Chiropractic, Participant, Managed Care
Symposium, 5/16/1995
Faculty Conference Rheumatology Today, Pathways to Progress.
A program for Primary Care Physicians, and Low Back
Pain in the Primary Physician-New Therapeutic Concepts,
Century Plaza Hotel, sponsored by Albert Einstein
College of Medicine, 5/9/1996
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Home Health Division, Orthopedics
01/06/1998
Simmons Surgical Society, Cayman Islands, Orthopedic Practice
Management, 03/25/1998
Los Angeles Scoliosis Study Group, Presentation to Visiting
Professor, Tony Herring, 05/20/1998
Chubb Insurance Presentation on Orthopedics, 06/10/1998
Farmers Insurance Lecture on Orthopedics, 06/12/1998
Spine Network of California, Meeting in San Francisco, 06/27/1998
ORUSA/Orthopedics USA, Conference Talk, Art of Report
Writing, 08/28/1998
Spine Network of California, Annual Meeting, Carlsbad,
California, Surgery of Spine Conditions, 11/13/1998
Presidium, talk on Spine, Hip, and Knee Orthopedic Issues,
01/15/1999
Los Angeles Scoliosis Study Group Visiting Professor, O.B.
Boachie scoliosis cases, 0/10/1999
RUSK Rehabilitation Institute N.Y.U., New York, Dr. John E.
Sarno, invited guest, 08/23/1999
Inaugural Meeting Editorial Board, Journal of Medicine of the
Americas, Palm Springs
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Medical Grand Rounds Conference,
The Complete Management of Back Pain, 02/18/2000
Spine Network of California, conference, Las Vegas, talk on
Accurate Reporting in Workers’ Compensation, 02/28/2000
Midway Hospital Medical Center, monthly lectures, January to
June 2000, Revolutionary Management of Back Disease
with the Mindbody Connection
Chicago, Conference, Dr. John E. Sarno
Psychogenic Musculoskeletal Pain Disorders, 06/23/2000
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Community Lecture, Hip, Joint
Replacement, 08/23/2000
Renaissance Weekend, Beaver Creek, Talk and Symposium on
Fitness, 09/01/2000
Los Angeles Chapter of the National Association of
Orthopedic Nurses’ Workshop to celebrate National Orthopedic Nurses’ Day, Guest Speaker, Revolutionary Treatment of Back Pain, 10/28/2000
Western University, Orthopedic Surgery, 11/00
Center for Spinal Studies, Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt,
Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry, England, Innovative
Treatment of Back Pain, 05/18/2001
Simmons Surgical Society, Deer Valley, Utah, Revolutionary
Cognitive Management of Back Pain, 04/02/2003
Simmons Surgical Society, Toronto, 5/2/2004, Spinal Surgery
Spine Network of California conference, Las Vegas – Workers Compensation Orthopaedic Assessment, 6/18/2004
Anaheim Memorial Medical Center, 02/06/2007, Common
Orthopedic Problems
Ventura County Medical Center, 02/28/2007, End of Back Pain: A
New Interesting Cognitive Approach
Orange County Bar Association, 02/04/2008, Workers’ Compensation
Section meeting.
Tristar Presentation, 05/19/2010, Spinal Surgery Considerations.
Torrance Memorial Medical Center, 05/09/2012 CME lecture,
Advances In Joint Replacement Therapy, Medical Education
Speakers Network
Northridge Hospital Medical Center, 06/26/2012, Lecture on: History and
Evolution of Spine Surgery, CME, Medical Education Speakers
Network.
Lecture, 6/13/2013, Tristar - Spine Treatments
Lecture , 08/10/2013 - Adjusters and Claim Managers ,
"Gold Standard of Tests"
Lecture - 08/20/2013, Early Maslach, Everything You Want To Know
In Orthopedics
Lecture, 05/09/2014, Alvandi Law Group, Orthopedics
Lecture, 07/25/2014, Floyd, Skeren, Kelly Law Firm, Orthopedics
Lecture, 07/21/2015, Sempra Energy, Treatment of Spinal Conditions
COURSES, MEETINGS AND CONFERENCES
Attended: Scoliosis Research Society Annual Meeting, Ottawa, Canada
9/1976
Orthopedic Hospital, Legg-Calve-Perthes Syndrome, 15 ½
Hours of Instruction, 11/17-18/1977
Scoliosis Research Society Meeting, Japan, Hong Kong, 9/1978
Cedars-Sinai Medical center, Department of Surgery, Section
Of Orthopedics, Seminar on Some Aspects of Total Knee
Replacement, 12/2/1978
American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons Meeting, Toronto,
Canada
Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital Scholl of Continuing
Education, Scoliosis, 3/1/1979
Orthopedic Hospital, First Joseph C. Risser Annual Lectureship,
Lecture Kenton D. Leatherman, M.D., Altering the Forces
Of Growth in a Developing Spine, 3/13/1980
American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, 48th Annual
Meeting, Las Vegas, 1981
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Orthopedic Surgery Day,
Management of Shoulder Problems, 4/29/1981
Centinela Hospital Medical Center, Course-Sports Medicine
Program, Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstructive
Procedure, 6/15/1981
Orthopedic Hospital, Third Annual Joseph C. Risser Lecture,
G. Dean MacEwen, M.D., Evaluation and Treatment of
Mild Idiopathic Scoliosis, 3/11/1982
Seventh Combined Meeting of the Orthopedic Associations of the
English-Speaking World, Capetown, South Africa, 3/21-27/1982
American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, Course on
Intradiscal Therapy, Los Angeles, 2/12/1983
University of Miami School of Medicine, Spinal Surgery,
Back to Basics, Combined Neurosurgical and Advanced
Course, 2/27-3/3/1983
American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, 50th Annual
Meeting, Anaheim, California, 3/10-15/1983
Orthopedic Hospital, Fourth Annual Risser Memorial Lecture,
Dr. Eduardo Luque, M.D., Toracolumbar Fractures,
3/30/1983, and A Decade of Segmental Spinal
Instrumentation, 3/321/1983
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Cementless Total Joint
Replacement for Hip and Knees, Orthopedic
Surgery Day 11/2/1983
Robert W. Metcalfe, M.D., Arthroscopic Surgery Course, Salt
Lake City, 3/1-3/1984
Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center, Continuing Medical
Education, PCS Cemented and Cementless Total Hip
Arthroplasty Course, 6/1984
USC Graduate Orthopedic Surgeons Annual Meeting, 6/7-8/1984
Orthopedic Hospital, Hospital Sixth Annual Risser Memorial
Lecture, Edward H. Simmons, M.D., Anterior Spinal
Instrumentation in the Management of Idiopathic
Scoliosis and Pitfalls in the Surgical Management of
Surgical Low Back Disability, 3/13-14/1985
University of Judaism, Earl Warren Institute of Ethics in Human
Relations, Medical Section Continuing Education, Ethical
Issues in Medicine, 4/21/1985
Orthopedic Hospital, William Fielding, Rheumatoid Cervical
Arthritis, 5/1/1985
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Symposium, MRI of the
Musculoskeletal and Cardiovascular Systems, 1/17/1987
Eighth Combined Meeting of the orthopedic associations of
The English-Speaking World, Washington, 5/3-5/1987
Orthopedic Surgery in Rheumatoid Arthritis, 5/17/1987
Orthopedic Hospital, Charles Lowman, Visiting Professor,
Paul P. Griffin, M.D., 9/10/1987
Memorial Medical Center of Long Beach, University of
California, Irvine, Center for Health Education,
Certification of Course Completion, The Ilizarov
Techniques for Orthopedics, 11/7/1987
USC International Symposium on Total Hip Replacement, 12/3-
12/6/1987
Children’s Hospital, John C. Wilson, Visiting Lecturer, Pedrog
J. Klisic, 1/25/1988
Scoliosis Research Society Meeting, Amsterdam, 9/1989
American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons Meeting,
Anaheim, 3/1991
Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital of Whittier, Isola
Instrumentation of the Spine Workshop, 1/1992
Ninth combined Meeting of the Orthopedic Associations of the
English-Speaking World, Toronto, 6/19/1992
Current status of Spine Surgery, Kansas City, 9/23/1992
Scoliosis Research Society, Kansas City, 9/24/1992
Midas Rex Institute, Advanced Instrumentation for Surgical
Procedures, 11/2/1992
What’s New in Human Evolution, Philip Tobras, 12/8/1992
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Total hip Revision, 4/1993
American Back Society Meeting Buffalo, 5/19/1993
LA Scoliosis Study Group, Marc Asher, 6/20/1993
Risser Memorial Lecture, Surgical Treatment of Scoliosis and
Paul Harrington and Spine Instrumentation, Marc Asher,
7/1/1993
North American Spine Society, San Diego, 10/14/1993
Workshop on Moss-Miami Spinal Instrumentation,
Breckenridge, 3/23/1994
QME Course, California Workers’ Compensation, 5/2/1994
American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons Annual Meeting,
1999, Anaheim, California
North American Spine Society Meeting, San Diego 10/24/2003
AMA Guidelines for Workers Compensation Impairment, 1 11/05/2004
California Orthopaedic Association annual meeting, Palm Springs,
05/12/2005
Course on VISCO Supplementation for Osteoarthritis, Post
Graduate Institute for Medicine, 04/17/2006
California Orthopaedic Association Annual meeting, La Costa,
04/20/2006
American Back Society, QME Impairment Rating Course, Oakland, CA,
06/22/2008
Western Orthopaedic Association, 72nd Annual Meeting, Maui, HI,
07/26/2008
Western Orthopaedic Association, 74th Annual Meeting, Monterey,CA
08/07/2010
Behavioral Health Continuing Education (on-line), QME Chronic Pain
Medical Treatment Guidelines, 04/26/2012
Health-Help Conference, 08/29/2012 to 8/30/2012
Spinal Implants Conference, 10/01/2012
Health-Help Medical Directors Summit, 03/28/2013 - 03/29/2013
California Orthopedic Association Meeting, 04/18/2013 to 04/21/2013
Course SB863, All Aspects, 09/24/2013
Course DWC DAA, Anaheim 11/08/2013
Cedars-Sinai, Osteotomies For Pediatric Deformities, 12/10/2013
Rowen, Gurvey & Win, Physicians Primer, 03/07/2015
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
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A Study Showing the Relationship of Osteoporosis, Haemosiderosis, and Vitamin C Depletion in Young African Blacks
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The Effect of High Doses of Calcium on Osteoporosis, A Triple Blind Study
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Ongoing Study in the Methods of Management of Scoliosis
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An Assessment in the Use Of Chymopapian as a Chemonucleolytic Agent
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The Incidence of Scoliosis and Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis
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Excimer Laser Disc Ablation
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Outcome Study for nonstructural back pain with cognitive
behavior modifications
8. Relationship of brain function and lumbar muscle blood flow using P.E.T. Brain Scans and Argon clearance in the lumbar muscles
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