EDUCATION

HONORS & AWARDS

• Merit Scholarship to Mayo Clinic Medical School, 1/2 Tuition
• Hoffman scholarship
  
• Appointment to governing body of the medical school by the dean. Each year one student is chosen to represent the students in this committee for a two-year term.
  
• Edward C. McElefresh Award for best research presentation from a resident or medical student at the Minnesota Orthopaedic Society Annual Meeting, June 2004.
  
• Grand Rounds Presentation at the Phoenix Orthopaedic Residency Program: Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy.         
  
• Several Grand Rounds Presentations at Georgetown Orthopaedic Residency program, including Elbow Arthritis, Rotator Cuff Tears, Pediatric Femur Fracture, and others.
  
• Orange County Sports Medicine Lecture Series: Meniscal Injuries.         
  
• Departmental grant for funding of proximal femoral osteotomy study from Mayo Orthopedics department.
  

MEMBERSHIPS

• Member of American Academy of Orthopedic surgeons
  
• Board Certified member of American Board of Orthopedic surgeons
  

RESEARCH

• Georgetown University Hospital (Aug 2006 - July 2009)
  Dr. Scott Edwards. Platelet-rich plasma injections for chronic elbow lateral epicondylitis — a multicenter study evaluating the efficacy of injecting a platelet-rich plasma derived from the patients' own blood into their chronic tennis elbow.
• Mayo Clinic Tissue Engineering Lab (Nov 2002 - Apr 2004)
  Principal Investigator - Dr. Yaszemski. Created 3D scaffolds from a biodegradable polymer using computer-aided design (CAD) and rapid prototyping technology. Using this technique we could closely control the geometry of the scaffolds which in the future may be used for bone or joint reconstruction.
• Mayo Clinic - Biomechanics laboratory (Dec 2001 - Apr 2004)
  Attending Orthopedic Surgeon - Dr. Anthony Stans. Compared different devices used for proximal femoral osteotomies in pediatric patients; devised protocol to test devices' mechanical strength while mounted into canine femurs.
• Brigham Young University (Dec 1997 - May 2000)
  Faculty Adviser - Dr. Eastman. Worked as the acting project manager for the GoldHelox X-ray telescope designed to ride in the space shuttle and take images of the sun. Traveled to different NASA bases for testing and meetings over the duration of the project and functioned as the mechanical engineering team leader, the integration team leader, a designer and machinist.