Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire,
1967-1971. Bachelor of Arts, Phi Beta Kappa, Magnum Cum Laude.

University of Iowa Medical School, Iowa City, Iowa,
1971-1975, Medical Doctor, Alpha Omega Alpha honor society.

McKennan Hospital, Sioux Falls, South Dakota,
1975-1976, Internship – General Rotating.

University of Wisconsin Hospitals, Madison, Wisconsin,
1976-1980, Orthopaedic Residency.

Board Certified, September 1981.

Fellow of AAOS, February 1984.

Societies

• Arthroscopy Association of North America.
• International Society Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery & Orthopaedic Sports Medicine.
• American College of Sports Medicine.
• Dane County Sports Medicine Society.
• American Medical Association.
• State Medical Society of Wisconsin.
• Wisconsin Orthopaedic Society.
• Dane County Medical Society.
• Madison Orthopaedic Society.

Secretary, Board of Directors, Arthroscopy Association of North America,
2004-2007.

Vice Chairman, Orthopaedic Learning Center Committee,
Arthroscopy Association of North America,
2004.

Health Policy Committee, Arthroscopy Association of North America,
2003-2004.

Orthopaedic Learning Center Committee, Arthroscopy Association of North America,
2002-2004.

Assistant Clinical Professor, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine,
1980-2004.

Editorial Review Board for Arthroscopy – The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Research,
1999-2001

Member Board of Directors of Arthroscopy Association of North America,
1996-1999.

Chairman of Membership Committee of the Arthroscopy Association of North America,
1995-1999.

Membership Committee of Arthroscopy Association of North America,
1993 & 1994

Education Committee of Arthroscopy Association of North America,
1991-1993.

Chief of Orthopaedics, Meriter Park Hospital,
1982-1984.

Head of Residency Teaching Program, Meriter Park Hospital,
1980 & 1985.

Areas of Subspecialty

Arthroscopic surgery of shoulder and hip. Hip resurfacing arthroplasty and metal on metal big femoral head hip replacement.

Publications

“Current Techniques in Arthroscopy”
Chapter 12: “Avoiding Complications Associated with Subacromial Decompression, Distal Clavicle Resection and Rotator Cuff Repair.”
Editor: J. Serge Parisien.
Publisher: Current Medicine, Philadelphia, PA. 1997.

“Advanced Arthroscopy”
Chapter 2.1: “Arthroscopic Subacromial Decompression: Lateral Approach.”
Chapter 10: “Acromioclavicular Joint Arthroscopy and Distal Clavicle Excision.”
Editor: James Chow.
Publisher: Springer – Verlag, New York. 2001.

“Surgical Techniques for the Shoulder and Elbow”
Chapter 10: “Arthroscopic Subacromial Decompression: Posterior (cutting block) Approach.”
Editors: E Alan Barber, M.D. and Scott Fisher, M.D.
Publisher: Thieme. 2003

Presentations

1) AANA 10th Annual Meeting, April 24-27, 1991, San Diego, California.
Coordinator of “Shoulder Arthroscopy Techniques.”

2) Williamsburg Total Knee and Total Hip Course, May 8-11, 1991.
Moderator: “Interesting Case Presentations.”

3) AANA 11th Annual Meeting, April 23-26, 1992, Boston, Massachusetts.
Instructional Course Coordinator on Shoulder Arthroscopy: “Surgery in the Subacromial Space, Including Impingement, AC Joint, and Rotator Cuff Disease.”

4) AANA Fall Conference, November 19-22, 1992, Monterey, California.
“Shoulder Arthroscopy: Impingement Syndrome and Indications for Subacromial Decompression.”

5) AAOS Specialty Day, ANNA, February 21, 1993, San Francisco, California.
Moderator: “Subacromial Bursoscopy and Rotator Cuff Surgery Section.”

6) AANA 12th Annual Meeting, April 1-4, 1993, Palm Desert, California.
Course Coordinator: “Potpourri of Shoulder Pathology.” Presentation: “Normal Variation versus Pathology in the Glenohumeral Joint.”

7) 10th Annual San Diego Arthroscopic Surgery of the Shoulder Course, June 16-19, 1993,LaJolla, California.

“Subacromial Decompression: Technique.”

Cadaveric Surgical Demonstration: “Arthroscopic Subacromial Decompression.”

8) AANA Fall Course, October 7-9, 1993, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Course Chairman: The Shoulder: Arthroscopic Evaluation and Treatment.
Presentation: “Shoulder Arthroscopy, Normal Anatomy versus Pathology in the Glenohumeral Joint.”

9) AAOS Specialty Day, AANA, February 17, 1994, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Moderator: “Use of Arthroscope in Shoulder Instability Surgery.”
Presentation: “Avoiding Complications in Subacromial Surgery.”

10) AANA 13th Annual Meeting, April 28 – May 1, 1994, Orlando, Florida.
Presentations: Shoulder Arthroscopy:

“Impingement Syndrome and Indications for Subacromial Decompression.”

“Subacromial Decompression and AC Joint Resection Technique.”

“Avoiding Complications associated with Arthroscopic Subacromial Decompression.”

11) 11th Annual San Diego Arthroscopic Surgery of the Shoulder Meeting, June 15-18, 1994, LaJolla, California.
Presentations:

“Diagnostic Arthroscopy”

“Subacromial Decompression: Technique”

“Arthroscopic Cadaver Surgical Demonstration: Arthroscopic Subacromial Decompression.”

12) AANA Fall Meeting, December 1-4, 1994, Palm Desert, California.
Course Chairman: “Shoulder Arthroscopic Evaluation and Treatment.”
Presentation: “Subacromial Decompression and Distal Clavicle Excision.”

13) AAOS Specialty Day, AANA, February 19, 1995, Orlando, Florida.
Moderator: Use of Arthroscopy in Wrist Surgery.
Presentation: “Arthroscopic Subacromial Decompression and Mini Open Rotator Cuff Repair.”

14) AANA 14th Annual Meeting, May 4-7, 1995, San Francisco, California.
Instructional Course Coordinator: “Basic Principles and Techniques of Shoulder Arthroscopy.”
Presentation: “Normal Anatomic Variation versus Pathology in the Glenohumeral Joint.”

15) Army’s Joint and Soft Tissue Trauma Fellowship, October 28, 1994, West Point, New York. Visiting Professor.
Presentations:

“Impingement Syndrome – Differential Diagnosis and Indications for Surgical Intervention.”

“Techniques of Arthroscopic Subacromial Decompression and Mumford Distal Clavicle Excision.”

“Avoiding Complications in Arthroscopic Subacromial Decompression.”

“The Glenohumeral Joint Normal Anatomic Variation versus Pathology.”

16) AANA Learning Center Shoulder Course Clinical Instructor, March 13-14, 1994, Chicago, Illinois.

17) AANA Learning Center Knee Course Clinical Instructor, May 21-22, 1994, Chicago, Illinois.

18) AANA Fall Meeting, Shoulder Laboratory Clinical Instructor, 1991 – 1997.

19) AANA Fall Meeting, December 7-10, 1995, San Antonio, Texas.
Elbow Clinical Instructor.

20) 13th Annual San Diego Arthroscopic Surgery of the Shoulder Meeting, LaJolla, California, June 26-29, 1996.
Presentations:

“Anatomy, Technique for Diagnostic Arthroscopy.”

“Labrum Variations.”

“Arthroscopic Subacromial Decompression and AC Resection.”

21) Mexican Orthopaedic Society, Committee of the Shoulder and Elbow, October 1996, Pachuca Hidalgo, Mexico.
Visiting Professor.
Presentations:

“Diagnostic Arthroscopy of the Shoulder.”

“Impingement Syndrome – Diagnosis, Treatment and Technique of Subacromial Decompression.”

“Rotator Cuff Disease and Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair.”

“Shoulder Instability and Technique of Arthroscopic Bankart Reconstruction.”

“SLAP and Interval Lesions – Diagnosis and Treatment.”

“Elbow Arthroscopy.”

“Shoulder Arthroplasty.”

22) AAOS Specialty Day, 1997, San Francisco, California.
Moderator:

Symposium 2 – “Use of Arthroscopy in Rotator Cuff Surgery.”

Symposium 3 – “The Stiff and Painful Shoulder.”

Symposium 4 – “Use of the Arthroscope in Elbow Surgery.”

23) AAOS 64th Annual Meeting, 1997, San Francisco, California.

Instructional Course Lecture #417 – “Diagnosis and Treatment of Impingement Syndrome.”

24) AANA 16th Annual Meeting, April 23-26, 1997, San Diego, California. Instructional Course Coordinator: “Assorted Shoulder Conditions.”
Presentations:

“SLAP and Interval Lesions and Anterior Subcoracoid Impingement of the Shoulder.”

“Basic Shoulder Arthroscopy – Arthroscopic Anatomy of the Shoulder, Anatomic Variation versus Pathologic Lesions.”

25) 14th Annual San Diego Arthroscopic Surgery of the Shoulder Meeting, LaJolla, California, June 18-21, 1997.
Presentations:

“Arthroscopic Anatomical Variations.”

“Technique of Arthroscopic Subacromial Decompression.”

26) AANA Orthopaedic Learning Center Shoulder Arthroscopy Course, October 24-26, 1997, Chicago, Illinois.
Course Co-Chairman – Master Instructor.

Diagnostic Shoulder Arthroscopy.

Anatomic Variations versus Pathology.

Technique of Arthroscopic Subacromial Decompression.

Indications and Avoiding Complications in Shoulder Arthroscopy.

SLAP and Interval Lesions.

27) AANA Fall Meeting, 1997, Nashville, Tennessee.
Video presentation: Surgical Demonstration of “Arthroscopic Subacromial Decompression and Distal Clavicle Resection.”

28) Arthrex Learning Center, Naples, Florida, April 2-5, 1998.
Visiting professor.

Presentations:

“Arthroscopic Bankart Shoulder Reconstruction.”

“Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair.”

“Arthroscopic Subacromial Decompression and AC Resection.”

“Avoiding Complications with Subacromial Decompression, Distal Clavicle Excision and Rotator Cuff Repair.”

29) Cherry Blossom Seminar, 1998, Washington, DC.
Presentations:

“Arthroscopic Bankart Repair Using Suture Anchors.”

“Arthroscopic and Mini-Open Rotator Cuff Repair.”

30) AANA 17th Annual Meeting, April 30 – May 3, 1998, Orlando, Florida.
Faculty for “Advanced Subacromial Decompression Techniques Course.”

Acromioclavicular Joint Treatment in Subacromial Decompression.

31) AANA Orthopaedic Learning Center Shoulder Arthroscopy Course, August 14-16, 1998, Chicago, Illinois.
Associate Instructor. “Techniques in Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair.”

32) AANA Orthopaedic Learning Center Shoulder Arthroscopy Course, October 9-11, 1998, Chicago, Illinois.
Co-Chairman – Master Instructor.

Diagnostic Shoulder Arthroscopy.

Anatomic Variations versus Pathology.

Technique of Subacromial Decompression.

Indications and Avoiding Complications in Shoulder Arthroscopy.

33) AANA Fall Meeting, November 19-22, 1998, Palm Desert, California.
Surgical demonstration video: “Arthroscopic Technique of Subacromial Decompression and Distal Clavicle Excision.”

34) 16th Annual Arthroscopic Surgery of the Shoulder Meeting, San Diego, California, June 26, 1999.
“Technique of Arthroscopic Subacromial Decompression.”

35) AANA Orthopaedic Learning Center Shoulder Arthroscopy Course, August 27-29, 1999, Chicago, Illinois.
Co-Chairman – Master Instructor.

Diagnostic Shoulder Arthroscopy.

Anatomic Variations versus Pathology.

Technique of Subacromial Decompression.

Indications and Avoiding Complications in Shoulder Arthroscopy.

36) AANA Fall Meeting, November 18-21, 1999. San Diego, California.

Surgical demonstration video.

“Techniques of Arthroscopic Subacromial Decompression and AC Joint Resection.”

“Shoulder Impingement Differential Diagnosis and Treatment.”

“Avoiding Complications Associated with Arthroscopic Subacromial Decompression, Mumford and Cuff Repair Surgery.”

37) AANA 19th Annual Meeting, April 13-16, 2000, Miami Beach, Florida.
Faculty for “Advanced Arthroscopic Subacromial Decompression.”

Associated Pathology and Arthroscopic Subacromial Decompression.

38) AANA Orthopaedic Learning Center Shoulder Arthroscopy Course, July 14-16, 2000, Chicago, Illinois.
Co-Chairman – Master Instructor.

Anatomic Variations versus Pathology.

Video on ASAD and Mumford.

Indications for ASAD and Avoiding Complications.

39) Mexican Orthopedic Society, Society International Course of Pathology of the Shoulder and Elbow. September 14-16, 2000. Acapulco, Mexico.
Visiting Professor.

Evaluation and Management of Gleno-Humeral Instability. Treatment, Options, and Surgical Techniques.

Multidirectional Instability. Capsular Plication Technique.

Arthroscopic Treatment of Rotator Cuff Disease.

Controversial Issues in Arthroscopic Shoulder Surgery – Thermal Capsular Shrinkage.

Avoiding Complications in Shoulder Arthroscopy.

40) Boston Shoulder Symposium, October 27, 2000, Boston, Massachusetts. Guest Faculty.

Shoulder Impingement: Differential Diagnosis and Treatment

Subacromial Decompression and A-C Joint Resection

41) AANA Fall Meeting, November 16-19, 2000. Palm Springs, California.

Arthroscopic Subacromial Decompression Revisited – Point/Counterpoint Always- Rogerson, Never-Nitsch!

42) AAOS Specialty Day, 2001, San Francisco, California.

“Principles and Technique of Arthroscopic Subacromial Decompression.”

43) AANA Orthopaedic Learning Center Shoulder Arthroscopy Course, March 30-April 1, 2001, Chicago, Illinois.
Co-Chairman – Master Instructor.

ASAD/Mumford – Indications, Technique, Complications and Controversies.

Arthroscopic Treatment of Rotator Cuff Disease.

Capsular Plication and Interval Closure.

Interval Lesions and Subscapularis Repair.

Controversies in Arthroscopic Shoulder Surgery.

44) AANA 20th Annual Meeting, April 19-22, 2001, Seattle, Washington.
Moderator: Shoulder Scientific Session

45) AANA Advanced Shoulder Arthroscopy Course, January 11, 2002. “The Masters Experience.”

“Arthroscopic Subacromial Decompression: Indications and Technique.”

“Avoiding Complications associated with Arthroscopic Subacromial Decompression, Mumford Technique and Rotator Cuff Repair Surgery.”

46) AANA Specialty Day, February 16, 2002, Dallas, Texas. “Subacromial and Rotator Cuff Surgery.”

47) AANA Fall Meeting, November 17-20, 2002, Palm Desert, California.
“Basic to Advanced Portal Placement: Enhancing Visualization and Instrumentation.”

48) AANA Advanced Shoulder Arthroscopy Course, January 17, 2003.

“The Masters Experience.”

“Arthroscopic Subacromial Decompression: Indications and Technique.”

“Avoiding Complications associated with Arthroscopic Subacromial Decompression, Mumford Technique and Rotator Cuff Repair Surgery.”

49) AANA Fall Meeting, November 13-16, 2003, New Orleans, Louisiana.

“Successful Shoulder Arthroscopy: Anatomy, Portals and Optimizing Visualization and Instrumentation.”

50) AANA Advanced Shoulder Arthroscopy Course, February 27-29, 2004, Chicago, Illinois.
Co-Chairman.

“Arthroscopic Subacromial Decompression and Mumford Distal Clavicle Resection: Indications and Technique.”

“Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff and Subscapularis Repair: Indications and Technique.”

“Arthroscopic Distal Clavicle Excision for Osteolysis without Decompression.”

“Arthroscopic Capsular Phiatien and Internal Closure for Multi-directional Instability.”

51) AANA 23rd Annual Meeting, April 22-25, 2004, Orlando, Florida.
Moderator.
Synopsis: “Avoiding Pitfalls in Common Arthroscopic Surgeries.”

“Avoiding/Salvaging Complications in Shoulder Arthroscopy.”

52) 21st Annual San Diego Arthroscopic Surgery of the Shoulder Meeting, July 7-10, 2004, San Diego, California.

“Set-Up and Diagnostic Shoulder Arthroscopy.”

“ASAD – When to Do and When Not to Do.”

53) AANA 23rd Fall Course, December 2-5, 2004. Palm Springs, California.
One-on-One Tutorial – Shoulder.

54) AANA Winter Course, January 8-11, 2005. Whistler, BC, Canada.

“Recognizing/Managing Complications of Shoulder Arthroscopy.”

“The Management of Calcific Tendonitis.”

ALEX Shoulder Model Lab – “Bankart/SLAP Repair, Rotator Cuff Repair.”

55) AAOS Annual Meeting, February 23-25, 2005. Washington, DC.

56) AANA 24th Annual Meeting, May 12-15, 2005, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Moderator: Avoiding Pitfalls in Common Arthroscopic Surgery.
Presenter: “Avoiding Shoulder Arthroscopic Complications.”

57) 22nd Annual San Diego Arthroscopic Surgery of the Shoulder Meeting, June 22-25, 2005. San Diego, California.

“Diagnostic Arthroscopy of the Shoulder .”

“Normal Anatomy versus Pathology in the Glenohumeral Joint.”

58) AANA 24th Fall Course, December 1-3, 2005. Phoenix, Arizona.
“Avoiding Complications in the Subacromial Space.”

59) AANA Orthopaedic Learning Center, Shoulder Arthroscopy Course, February 10-12, 2006. Chicago, Illinois.
Chairman – Master Instructor.

Avoiding Complications in Shoulder Arthroscopy

Arthroscopic Subacromial Decompression and Mumford – Operative Technique and Avoiding Complications

Calcific Tendonitis of the Shoulder

Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair

Arthroscopic Subscapularis Repair and Coracoid Decompression Suture Management

60) AANA 25th Annual Meeting, May 18-21, 2006, Hollywood, Florida.
Moderator:

“Biceps and Rotator Cuff.”

61) 23rd Annual San Diego Meeting: Arthroscopy Arthroplasty Fracture, June 21-24, 2006. San Diego, California.

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