EDUCATION/TRAINING
| DEGREE | YEAR(s) | FIELD OF STUDY | |
| Humboldt-Univ. Medical School, Berlin, Germany | M.D. | 1987-92 | Medicine |
| Research Fellow, MGH, Boston MA | 1992-94 | Orthopaedic Surgery | |
| Surgical Resident, Ruhr-Univ., Bergmannsheil, Germany | 1995-96 | General Surgery, Traumatology | |
| Surgical Resident, Boston University, Boston MA Research Fellow | 1996-97 | General Surgery | |
| Resident in Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Program | 1999-2003 | Orthopaedic Surgery | |
| Fellow in Spinal Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation Staff Surgeon, Spine Center | 2003-2004 | Neurological / Orthopaedic Spinal Surgery | |
| Tucson Orthopaedic Institute, Tucson, Arizona Staff Surgeon, Center for Advanced Spine Care | 2004-2006 | Orthopaedic Spine Surgery | |
| Clinical Assistant Professor in Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Arizona | 2006 | Orthopaedic Spine Surgery | |
| Division Chair Orthopaedic Surgery, St. Mary’s Hospital, Tucson Arizona | 2014 | Orthopaedic Spine Surgery |
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
6/1992
Dissertation: “Concomitant meniscus and articular cartilage lesions in the femoro-tibial joint” (german), Humboldt University, Charité Medical School, 1992
9/1992 – 12/1994
Research Fellow, Orthopaedic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston , MA („Kinetics of Demineralization of Human Cortical Bone“; „Orthotopic Allograft Rat Diaphyseal Transplantation“; „Immune Response to large frozen bone allografts in humans“ „Electron Microscopic Studies on the Process of Cortical Bone Demineralization“)
1/1993 – 12/1994
Associate Research Fellow, Wellman Laboratories of Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston , MA („ Osteoinduction in Cortical Bone Allografts by Er:YAG Laser-Holes“;„ Improved Plating in Maxilliofacial Surgery by Use of an Er:YAG Laser“)
3-4/1993
Visiting Research Fellow, Bone & Joint Research Laboratory, Ottawa General Hospital, University of Ottawa („Flexural Rigidity of Partially Demineralized Diaphyseal Bone Grafts“)
6/1994
Visiting Research Fellow, Abteilung für Biomechanik, University of Ulm, Germany („Mechanical Test Methods for Long Bones“)
10/1994
Visiting Research Fellow, Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, Case-Western University, Cleveland, OH („Allograft Bone Transplantation in a Canine Animal Model“)
3/1995 – 6/1996
Surgical Intern, Ruhr-University, Bergmannsheil Trauma Center, Bochum, Germany („Acceleration of Bone Allograft Incorporation. A Histological, Biomechanical, and Immunological Study in Sheep“)
4/1995 – 5/1996
Collaboration with AO Research Institute, ARI, Davos, Switzerland („Techniques of International Fixation for Transplantation of Long Bones in Sheep“)
5/1995 – 3/1997
Collaboration with Immunology Dep. University of Essen, Germany, („Tissue Typing and Crossmatching of Recipients of Bone Allografts. An Experimental Study in Sheep“)
6/1995 – 4/1996
Collaboration with Biophysics Institute, University of Münster, Germany („Er:YAG Laser Drilling of Cortical Bone Allograft“)
8/1996 – 4/97
Orthopaedic Research Fellow, Orthopaedic Surgery, MGH, Harvard Medical School („Stimulators of Bone Resorption in Cortical Bone Allografts“)
6/1997
Resident, Department of Surgery, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA
7/1998 – 6/1999
Research Fellow, Orthopaedic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston , MA Clinical study on the use of perforated and demineralized cortical bone allografts
6/1999 –07/2003
Resident, Orthopaedic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston , MA Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Residency Program
08/01/2003 – 07/31/2004
Fellow in Spinal Surgery at Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Combined Neurosurgical/ Orthopaedic Fellowship
08/01/2005
Staff surgeon, Tucson Orthopaedic Institute, Tucson, Arizona
01/31/2006
Staff surgeon, Center for Advanced Spinal Surgery, Tucson, Arizona
01/31/2006
Clinical Assistant Professor in Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
12/05/2013
Director for Clinical Education International Intradiscal Therapy Society (IITS)
12/08/2013
Coordinator Clinical Education America Norte, Sociedad Interamericana de Cirugía de Columna Mínimamente Invasiva (SICCMI)
07/16/2016
Inducted Corresponding Foreign Member of the Brazilian Military Medical Academy
BOARD STATUS:
The American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, 2009
The American Board of Spinal Surgery, 2009
LICENSURE:
State of Ohio
State of Arizona
State of New Mexico
Licensed to Practice Medicine in Germany (Approbation als Arzt)
MEMBERSHIP:
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)
Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS)
North American Spine Society (NASS)
Sociedad Interamericana de Cirugía de Columna Mínimamente Invasiva (SICCMI)
International Intradiscal Therapy Society (IITS)
World Congress Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery and Techniques (WCMISST)
Brazilian Military Medical Academy
LANGUAGES: English, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Russian, Polish
VOLUNTEER WORK: Visiting professor Centro de Coluna e Dor do Hospital Gaffrée e Guinle (HUGG) and coordinator of Professional Master in Science of Videoendoscopic Spinal Surgery at Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro – UNIRIO incepted November 2015.
Hospital das Clínicas de Ribeirão Preto, Riberao Preto, SP Brazil, August 18 – 28, 2013, visiting professor, volunteer work on Pediatric Scoliosis and Deformity Service with Prof. Helton Delfino
Volunteer Enducational Course Faculty for Comitê de Cirurgia Minimamente Invasiva de Coluna, Brazil, Praia de Forte, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, August 18, 2012
Visiting Professor with Prof. Anthony Daher, Departamento de Neurocirugía, Hospital C. A. Esculapio, Calle Rondon Nr 9549 Valencia, Venezuela, volunteer work on reconstructive spinal cancer surgery, July 20-24, 2008
Visiting Professor, volunteer work establishing videoendoscopic surgery program at Hospital TijuTrauma, Hospital Badim, and Centro Cirúrgico at Barra Dor Hospital, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, July 15-21, 2016.
INTERESTS: Music, Piano, Foreign Languages, Travel, Cooking, Sailing, Writing, Bee Keeping
HONORS/AWARDS/GRANTS:
9/1992 – 4/1993
Fellowship, Rotary Foundation
7/1993 – 1/1994
Fellowship MGH Laser Center, Grant from the Department of Energy (DE-FG02-91 ER61228) 4/1995 Young Investigators Award of the European Surgical Research Society
3/1995 – 4/1995
Small grant „Mechanical Evaluation of Healing in Cortical Bone Allografts“, from the German- Canadian Science & Technology Foundation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs & International Trade, PI Lewandrowski
4/1996
Grant “Allogeneic Bone Transplantation” from the Hauptverband der gewerblichen Berufsgenossenschaften (German Foundation), PI Lewandrowski
6/1997
Milheim Foundation: – „Limb Salavage in the Treatment of Bone Tumors“, PI Lewandrowski, 9/1997 – NIH/NIAMS Grant AR45062 „Improvement of Incorporation of Bone Allografts“, PI Lewandrowski,
1/1999
Osteotech/OREF Award for Excellence in Bone Allograft Resarch
7/2016
Inducted Corresponding Foreign Member of the Brazilian Military Medical Academy