Professional Background

Credentials

• Board-Certified, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
• Licensed to Practice Medicine, States of Missouri, Nevada
• Licensed to Practice Law, State of Missouri
• MD:  Weill Cornell Medical College. New York, New York
• JD:  University of Missouri School of Law, Columbia, Missouri
• PhD: Engineering & Materials Science; Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto, Japan
• MBA: Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
• 1999-2017:  Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
• 2000-2017:  Adjunct Professor of Material Sciences, Missouri S&T University, Rolla, Missouri
• 2014-2024:  Chief Executive Officer & President, SINTX Technologies, Salt Lake City, Utah
• 2024-present: Medical Director, Orthopaedic Surgery, AETNA-CVS, Hartford, Connecticut
• Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
• Fellow of the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons