Undergraduate Studies
- University of California at Berkeley
- Major: Chemical Biology
- Graduated High Honors
Medical Degree
- University of California at San Diego School of Medicine
Residency
- Boston University
- Orthopedic Residency
Fellowship
- University of California at Irvine
- Hand & Upper Extremity Surgery Microsurgery Fellowship
Awards & Recognition
• The Daisy Foundation Award – Excellence in Patient Care (2022) • J Ortho Trauma – Featured article with invited commentary by Dr. Caprini for June 2019 edition – Is the Caprini Score Predictive of VTE Events in Orthopaedic Fracture Patients? (2019) • Sumner Koch Award – Chicago Society for Surgery of the Hand – Prospective Evaluation of an Opioid Reduction Protocol in Hand Surgery (2018) • J Hand Surgery – Editor’s Choice – Prospective Evaluation of an Opioid Reduction Protocol in Hand Surgery (2018) • ASSH Annual Conference “Best Papers: Top 6” Award – Prospective Evaluation of an Opioid Reduction Protocol in Hand Surgery (2017) • Resident Research Award in Orthopaedic Surgery – Lahey Hospital (2017) • Resident Research Award – Massachusetts Orthopedic Association – Finalist: “Statistical Fragility in Shoulder Research: Can P Values Be Trusted?” (2017) • Arciero-Warner Award – New England Shoulder and Elbow Society – Finalist: “Statistical Fragility in the Sports Medicine Literature: Can P Values Be Trusted?” (2017) • Kilfoyle Award – New England Orthopedic Society – Finalist: “Volar Approach to the Proximal Third of the Distal Radius” (2017) • Kilfoyle Award – New England Orthopedic Society – Finalist: “Statistical Fragility in the Sports Medicine Literature: Can P Values Be Trusted?” (2016) • Adrian E Flatt Residents and Fellows Conference Scholarship Winner – ASSH Annual Meeting (2016) • Foundation of Orthopedic Trauma (FOT) Resident Scholar Award – Upper Extremity Course. Philadelphia, PA. (2015) • New England Orthopedic Society’s Kilfoyle Award for Best Scientific Paper: “Statistical Significance in Trauma Research: Too Unstable to Trust?” (2014) • Gold Humanism Honor Society (AOA Equivalent at UC San Diego SOM) (2012) • Commencement Student Speaker at UC San Diego SOM Graduation (2012) • Outstanding Contributions to Medical School Community for Class of 2012 (2012) • Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship for Research Excellence (2006-2008) • UC Berkeley Merck Index Award for Research Excellence (2008) • University of California: Berkeley Alumni Scholar (2004-2008) • E. & J. Gallo Winery Internship & Scholarship (2004–2006)
