Location
Rochester, Minnesota
SUMMARY
My area of expertise involves treating patients with tumors in the spine, chest wall, pelvis and extremities. The majority of patients require a multidisciplinary approach to health care.
Our team works with other investigators to examine and refine best surgical oncology practices.
Specific areas of investigation include:
- Sacrectomies, hemipelvectomies, and spinopelvic resections for advanced malignancies
- Outcomes of treatment for primary bone and soft tissue sarcomas
- Treatment of metastatic epidural spinal cord compression
- Integration of adjuvant treatments (chemo- and radio therapy)into surgical oncology practice
PROFESSIONAL DETAILS
Joint Appointment
- Consultant, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine
Administrative Appointment
- Chair, Division of Orthopedic Oncology, Department of Orthopedic Surgery
Academic Rank
- Professor of Orthopedics
EDUCATION
- Fellow - Musculoskeletal Oncology. Mayo Foundation Scholar Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Cornell University
- Fellow - Spine Surgery. Mayo Foundation Scholar Washington University
- Post Graduate Trainee - Orthopedic Surgery Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
- Resident Orthopedic Surgery, Programs in Rochester, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
- Doctor of Medicine The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
- Clinical Research Fellowship - Investigations into connective tissue disorders including Marfan, Ehlers-Danlos, and Stickler syndromes and related conditions. Clinical Research Training Program, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health
- BS - Major in Physics with Minors in Chemistry, Biology and Mathematics University of Houston