Orthopedic Expert Witness - Clive Segil CV

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

A Study Showing the Relationship of Osteoporosis, Haemosiderosis, and Vitamin C Depletion in Young African Blacks
The Effect of High Doses of Calcium on Osteoporosis, A Triple Blind Study
Ongoing Study in the Methods of Management of Scoliosis
An Assessment in the Use Of Chymopapian as a Chemonucleolytic Agent
The Incidence of Scoliosis and Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis
Excimer Laser Disc Ablation
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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