| Super Doctors- New York Rising Star |
01/2018 |
| Castle Connolly-America’s top Doctors ( Pain Medicine) |
10/2016 |
| Super Doctors- New York Rising Star |
01/2016 |
| PM&R Residency- Faculty Teacher of the Year |
06/2016 |
| Super Doctors- New York Rising Star |
01/2015 |
| Fellow in the Program for Academic Leadership (AAP) – Association of Academic Physiatrists |
02/2015 |
| Super Doctors- New York Rising Star |
01/2014 |
| Willibald Nagler Clinical Scholar in Rehabilitation Medicine |
10/2013 |
| Super Doctors- New York Rising Star |
01/2013 |
| Resident Educator of the Year, University of Pennsylvania |
06/2011 |
| Education Chief Resident, University of Pennsylvania |
03/2010 |
| Administrative Chief Resident, University of Pennsylvania |
03/2009 |
| Surgical Co-Intern of the Year, Boston University Medical Center |
06/2008 |
| George Washington University Dean’s List |
1998-2002 |
| Presidential Scholarship in Academic Excellence |
1998-2002 |
| Whitfield High School – Salutatorian |
05/1998 |
| Activity / Responsibility |
Dates |
| Course Instructor Spine Intervention Society |
09/2015-Present |
| Visiting Professor American Austrian Foundation Open Medical Institute Rehabilitation Medicine Seminar (31 Fellows) Salzburg, Austria |
06/2015 |
| Visiting Professor Seoul National university Rehabilitation Medicine Resident Research Seminar Seoul, Korea |
04/2013 |
| Visiting Professor American Austrian Foundation Open Medical Institute Rehabilitation Medicine Seminar (28 Fellows) Salzburg, Austria |
04/2013 |
| Assistant Team Physician University of Colorado |
07/2011 – 06/2012 |
| Assistant Team Physician Denver University |
07/2011 – 06/2012 |
| Founder- Penn PM&R Resident Research Club University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine |
07/2009 |
| House Staff Committee Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania PM&R Department Education Committee Ad-Hoc Member of Internal Review Committee |
06/2008 – 06/2011 |
| Research Assistant Harvard Medical School- Brigham and Women’s Hospital Mentor- Gary Strichartz, Ph.D., Director of Pain Research Center |
06/2007 – 06/2008 |
| Research Assistant The George Washington University Medical Center Mentor- Kathleen A. McHale, MD |
07/2004 – 05/2006 |
| Summer Scholar in Orthopaedic Surgery University of Pittsburgh Medical Center- Shady Side Mentor- Raj K. Sinha, MD |
06/2003 – 09/2003 |
| The Science Behind: Six Pack Abs” Hospital for Special Surgery, Grand Rounds, (New York, NY) |
2/17/2017 |
| “Core Strengthening” Weill Cornell Center for Comprehensive Spine Care Seminar, Weill Cornell Medicine, (New York NY) |
2/15/2017 |
| “Clinical Compensation Models and Contract Negotiation” Weill Cornell Medicine, Resident Didactics, (New York, NY) |
7/26/2017 |
| “An Evidence Based Approach to Degenerative Lumbar Spinal Stenosis.” Cornell Spine Center Grand Rounds, (New York, NY) |
11/18/2015 |
| “Basic Science of Rehabilitation Medicine” Weill Cornell Medicine, Medical School Lecture Series, (New York, NY) |
11/6/2015 |
| “Needle Bevel Characteristics in a Ballistics Gel Model” International Spine Intervention Society. (Las Vegas, NV) |
7/31/2015 |
| Wacky Spine Injuries in Surfers” American Association of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AAPMR) Annual Assembly, (San Diego, CA) |
11/13/2014 |
| “Interval Training in Athletes” Weill Cornell Medicine, Primary Care Lecture Series, Department of Internal Medicine, (New York, NY) |
9/2014 |
| “Navigating Your Way to A Better Back” Weill Cornell Medicine, Myra Mahon Resource Seminars, (New York, NY) |
9/2014 |
| “Core Rehabilitation for Back Pain” Weill Cornell Medicine, Grand Rounds, Division of Pain Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, (New York, NY) |
3/2014 |
| “Exercising for a Healthy Back” Weill Cornell Medicine, Health and Wellness Seminar Series, Weill Cornell Spine Center, (New York, NY) |
10/2013 |
| “Low Back Pain in Young Adults” Weill Cornell Medicine, Resident Seminar, Division of Rehabilitation Medicine, (New York, NY) |
9/2013 |
| “Exercise Physiology” Weill Cornell Medicine, Primary Care Lecture Series, Department of Internal Medicine, (New York, NY) |
9/2013 |
| “Discogenic Pain” Weill Cornell Medicine, Guest Lecture at H&D Physical Therapy, (New York, NY) |
8/2013 |
| “Lumbar Spinal Stenosis” Weill Cornell Medicine, Resident Seminar, Department of Internal Medicine, (New York, NY) |
3/2013 |
| “Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction” Weill Cornell Medicine, Grand Rounds, Division of Pain Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, (New York, NY) |
3/2013 |
| “High Intensity Interval Training” Weill Cornell Medicine, Grand Rounds, Division of Rehabilitation Medicine, (New York, NY) |
2/2013 |
| “Neuropathic Pain and Phantom Limb Pain” Weill Cornell Medicine, Resident Didactics, (New York, NY) |
1/2013 |
| “Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation of the Aging Spine” Weill Cornell Medicine, Grand Rounds, Division of Geriatric Medicine, (New York, NY) |
11/2012 |
| “Running Biomechanics and Injuries” Weill Cornell Medicine, Resident Didactics, (New York, NY) |
10/2012 |
| “MRI Affects Physician Decision Making Prior to Initial Spinal Injection.” University of Colorado-Denver, Sports Medicine Research Symposium, (Denver, CO) |
6/2012 |
| “Femoral Acetabular Impingement.” University of Colorado-Denver, Multidisciplinary Sports Medicine Conference, (Denver, CO) |
4/2012 |
| “Thoracic Outlet Syndrome: Where’s the Evidence.” University of Colorado-Denver, Multidisciplinary Sports Medicine Conference, (Denver, CO) |
1/2012 |
| “Spondylolysis in Adolescent Athletes.” University of Colorado-Denver, Multidisciplinary Sports Medicine Conference, (Denver, CO) |
11/2011 |
| “Energy Balance in Female Athletes.” University of Colorado-Denver, Multidisciplinary Sports Medicine Conference, (Denver, CO) |
9/2011 |
| “The Effectiveness of Using Lidoderm 5% Patch for Pain in Patients Following Total Knee Arthroplasty.” Association of Academic Physiatrists, (Phoenix, AX) |
4/15/2011 |
| “Leadership in PM&R: Academic and Professional Characteristics of PM&R Chief Residents.” Association of Academic Physiatrists, (Bonita Springs, FL) |
04/2010 |
| “The Use of a Nasal Trumpet in a TBI Patient with Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OsA)”. Pennsylvania Society of PM&R, ( Philadelphia, PA) |
06/2009 |
| “The Role of Platelet Rich Plasma in Tendonopathy” University of Pennsylvania, Department of PM&R- Resident Grand Rounds, (Philadelphia, PA) |
11/2009 |
| “Functional Spine Anatomy and Kinesiology” University of Pennsylvania, Department of PM&R- Resident Grand Rounds, (Philadelphia, PA) |
09/2009 |
| “Discography: Where’s the Evidence?” University of Pennsylvania, Department of PM&R- Resident Grand Rounds, (Philadelphia, PA) |
06/2009 |
