Spine Surgeon
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois
B.S Biomedical Engineering 1999
Minor: Economics
Dean's List
Finch University: Chicago Medical School
North Chicago, IL
M.D. 2003
Alpha Omega Alpha honor society
Chicago Medical School Board of Trustee Scholarship Award for highest rank in medical school class
Stanley Renner Scholarship for practice of compassionate medicine
RESIDENCY
Residency
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
Orthopaedic Surgery 2008
Elected Chief Resident – Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certified
Fellowship
New England Baptist Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
Neurosurgical and Orthopaedic Spinal Surgery 2009
BOARD CERTIFIED
Diplomate American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
RESIDENT AWARDS
Travel grant to Buga, Colombia with Shriners Hospital for Children to provide orthopaedic surgical treatment for children with skeletal deformities.
AO Resident Research Grant to study biomechanics of locking plates.
Winner of 2005 UIC’s Resident Clinical Research Conference – Femoral implant templating and design in total hip arthroplasty.
SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
North American Spine Society
AO Spine
RESEARCH AND PRESENTATIONS
Podium presentation at American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 2010 meeting (New Orleans, LA)
-Risk factors associated with retroperitoneal seroma formation after anterior lumbar surgery
Podium presentation at American Academy of Pediatrics National Meeting 2008 (San Francisco, CA) and Orthopaedic Research & Education Foundation 2008 Meeting (Chicago, IL)
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Preoperative traction radiograph for pelvic obliquity correction in neuromuscular scoliosis
Podium presentation at American Academy of Pediatrics National Meeting 2007 (Boston, MA) and poster presentation at AAOS 2008 (San Francisco, CA)
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Long-term outcome after comprehensive release of clubfoot deformity
PUBLICATIONS
Prove It! Evidence Based Analysis of Common Spine Problems
Co-Authored Chapter 5: Cervical Radiculopathy
Harvard Medical School Publications 2009; Boston, MA
The Cervical Spine: Textbook of Cervical Spine Research Society
Co-Authored Chapter: Metastatic Tumors of the Cervical Spine
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Boston, MA 2010 (5th ed.)
The Cervical Spine: Textbook of Cervical Spine Research Society
Co-Authored Chapter: Pathologies that Mimic Cervical Pathology
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Boston, MA 2010 (5th ed.)
TEACHING
Taught neurological physical examination skills to Harvard Medical School students (Boston, MA)
Taught musculoskeletal anatomy to UIC medical students (Chicago, IL)
LANGUAGES
Fluent in Hindi and Gujarati languages
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