Undergraduate Studies
- University of California, San Diego
- Major: Animal Physiology & Neuroscience
- Graduated Summa Cum Laude, #1 in class
Medical Degree
- Harvard Medical School
- Cum Laude in the Special Field of Orthopedic Surgery
Residency
- University of California, San Diego
- 1-year in-folded research year
- Academic Chief resident (2014-2015)
Fellowship
- Mary S. Stern Upper Extremity Fellowship
- Mentor: Peter J. Stern, MD
Awards & Recognition
2014 OREF Resident Award at the California Orthopaedic Association, 2014 Annual Meeting
2013 Scholarship to attend the Adrian E. Flatt Residents and Fellows Conference, ASSH
2013 Resident Award Winner at the Western Orthopaedic Association, 2013 Annual Meeting
2012 Winner – 2012 San Diego Resident Research Day Competition, May 16th, 2012
2011 2nd Place – Basic Science Presentation at the ORS/OREF Southwest Regional Conference
2011 OREF/DePuy Resident Research Project Grant from the Orthopaedic Research & Education
2011 Lloyd W. Taylor, M.D. Resident Award at the California Orthopaedic Association
2010 Scholarship to attend the Adrian E. Flatt Residents and Fellows Conference, ASSH
2009 Scholarship to attend the Adrian E. Flatt Residents and Fellows Conference, ASSH
2009 Cum Laude – Graduation with Honors, Harvard Medical School – Boston, MA
2008 Best Overall Poster: Julian M. Bruner Award; American Society for Surgery of the Hand
2008 First Place Poster: Practice Management/Rehabilitation; American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery
2007 Honorable Mention – 2nd Annual Research Poster Symposium, Harvard Medical School
2007 Pasteur Clinical Research Grant ($1,775) – Harvard Medical School
2006 Class of 1955 Research Fellowship ($1,775) – Harvard Medical School
2006 Co-Investigator, Small Bone Innovations Research Grant ($96,000) – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical
2006 Pasteur Clinical Research Grant ($4,000) – Harvard Medical School
2005 Summa Cum Laude – University of California, San Diego
2005 Outstanding Graduating Senior, Thurgood Marshall College – University of California, San Diego
2005 Provost’s Award, Thurgood Marshall College – University of California, San Diego
2005 Outstanding Senior, Division of Biological Sciences – University of California, San Diego
2004 Elected to Phi Beta Kappa Honors Society – University of California, San Diego
2003 Howard Hughes Research Fellowship ($2,500) – University of California, San Diego
2003 Madge Lawhead Scholarship – University of California, San Diego
2002 Scholar of the Day – National Society of Collegiate Scholars
2001-2004 Outstanding Achievement Award, Thurgood Marshall College – University of California, San Diego
2001-2004 Provost’s Honors – University of California, San Diego
2001-2004 Honors Program, Thurgood Marshall College – University of California, San Diego
