Professional record
Awards, certifications and scholarly work.
- Board-Certified Plastic Surgeon
- American Board of Plastic Surgery
- CAQ - Surgery of the Hand
- Subspecialty certification in surgery of the hand
- Hand & Microsurgery Training
- Fellowship training in Pittsburgh
- Phoenix Since 1999
- More than two decades of practice in Arizona
Training & education
Tulane University & Louisiana State University
Undergraduate education associated with both institutions
Louisiana State University School of Medicine
MD · New Orleans · 1990
LSU / Charity Hospital
General surgery training · Chief resident · New Orleans
University of Pittsburgh
Plastic surgery training · Hand & microsurgery fellowship
University of Arizona College of Medicine–Phoenix
Faculty associated with the Hand Surgery Fellowship
Recognition
Awards
Phoenix Magazine Top Doc
Hand Surgery · 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012
Professional membership
Societies
American Society of Plastic Surgeons
Professional association listed in the physician profile.
American Society for Surgery of the Hand
Professional association listed in the physician profile.
Peer-reviewed work
Publications
Neuroanatomical Analysis of the Carpus and the Base of the Thumb: Advancing Denervation-Based Interventions
Cureus · 2025 · DOI 10.7759/cureus.89142
Operating room times differ for surgical fixation of metacarpal fractures: An analysis of two principally different techniques
Surgery in Practice and Science · 2025 · DOI 10.1016/j.sipas.2024.100266
The Learning Curve in Digital Replant Surgery: 46 Prospectively Collected Cases From a Single Surgeon Over a 10-Year Period
Cureus · 2024 · DOI 10.7759/cureus.66133
Digital Tip Amputations from the Perspective of the Nail
Advances in Orthopedics · 2016 · DOI 10.1155/2016/1967192
The Detrimental Effect of Decentralization in Digital Replantation in the United States: 15 Years of Evidence From the National Inpatient Sample
The Journal of Hand Surgery · 2016 · DOI 10.1016/j.jhsa.2016.02.011
Factors in Free Fasciocutaneous Flap Complications: A Logistic Regression Analysis
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery · 2015 · DOI 10.1097/PRS.0000000000001377
Surgical fasciectomy of the trapezius muscle combined with neurolysis of the spinal accessory nerve; results and long-term follow-up in 30 consecutive cases of refractory chronic whiplash syndrome
Journal of Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Injury · 2010 · DOI 10.1186/1749-7221-5-7
Conference record
Conference abstracts
Can ChatGPT Help Hand Surgeons Answer Patient Questions, Streamline Billing, and Conduct Diagnostic Coding?
American Association for Hand Surgery · 2026 program abstract
Lateral versus Dorsal Plating for Metacarpal and Phalanx Fractures
American Association for Hand Surgery · 2016 oral presentation abstract
The Effect of Decentralization in Digital Replantation: A Study of the National Inpatient Sample
American Association for Hand Surgery · 2016 ePoster abstract P97
Research note
This page reflects records located in publicly indexed physician profiles, PubMed and American Association for Hand Surgery program archives reviewed September 23, 2026. It is not presented as a substitute for a current curriculum vitae.
The practice can update this page from a current CV or publication list after the additional records are confirmed.