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Curriculum Vitae
Office: 150 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 1400
Chicago, Illinois 60601
Personal Information: Birthplace: Joliet, Illinois
Date of Birth: November 12, 1946
Martial Status: Married
EDUCATION
Undergraduate Work: Lewis University, Laude Lockport, Illinois
B.A. June 1968, Magna Cum
Medical School: College of Medicine
University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois
M.D. 1968-1972
Internship: Rush-Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center
July 1972-July 1973.
Postgraduate Training: Resident, General Surgery
Rush-Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center
July 1973-July 1974
Resident, Orthopaedic Surgery
Michael Reese Hospital
Chicago, Illinois
July 1974-July 1977
Chief Resident, Orthopaedic Surgery
Michael Reese Hospital
July 1976-July 1977
Specialty training in hand injuries
Cook County Hospital Hand Surgery Service
including burns, trauma, microvascular
technique and replantation of digits
March 1977-July 1977
Fellowship: Spinal Surgery Fellowship including care of
spinal trauma, congenital and developmental
spinal disorders
Rush-Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center
July 1977-July 1978
Resident Education and Lectures delivered yearly on Spine
Teaching: Trauma, Scoliosis, Spinal Stenosis and
Spondylolisthesis 1979 to present
Introduction to medicine for premed students
at Michael Reese Hospital summer of 1987/1988
Scoliosis Clinic at Michael Reese Hospital
and Shriner's Hospital for Children
1979 to present.
Miscellaneous: Will F. Lyon Award from Department of General
Surgery, Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical
Center, 1973
Military Service: Eligible but deferred to the voluntary draft
Medical Licensure: Illinois #36-48353, June 1973
Certification: American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
September 1979
Academic Appointments: Rush Medical College, Instructor
July 1972-July 1974 and July 1977-July 1978
University of Chicago, Clinical Instructor
January 1979-1989
Northwestern University Medical School
Clinical Instructor January 1990
Hospital Appointments: Rush-Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center
Adjunct Attending, January 1978-July 1978
Shriner's Hospital for Children
Chicago, Illinois January 1978-July 1978
University of Illinois Hospital
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
January 1978-July 1978
Michael Reese Hospital
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Attending, July 1979 to present
Mercy Hospital and Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois
Courtesy appointment, September 1997
St. Francis Hospital, Courtesy Staff
January 1990-1993, Active Staff 1994
Illinois Masonic Medical Center, September 1994
Societies: Chicago Medical Society
Illinois State Medical Society
American Medical Association
Illinois Orthopaedic Society
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
DeWald Spine Society
Society of Intradiscal Therapy
North American Spine Society
Conferences: Postgraduate courses in Prosthetics and
Orthotics, Northwestern University Medical
Center.
Lower Extremity Prosthetics, October 1974
Lower Extremity and Spinal Orthotics, October 1975
Upper Extremity Prosthetics and Orthotics
October 1976
Postgraduate course in Pediatric Orthopaedics
International Seminar
Children's Memorial Hospital
June 1, 1976-June 6, 1976.
Postgraduate course in Musculoskeletal Pathology, two week course,
University of Florida, Dr. Enneking
Gainesville, Florida, May 1977
Postgraduate Instructional Course
Lectures in General Orthopaedics, Seminars of
The Hip Society and Hand Society at American
Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Meeting
Las Vegas, Nevada, February 2-8, 1977
Instructional Course Lectures in General
Orthopaedics and Spinal Deformities
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Dallas, Texas, February 23-28, 1978
The Spine presented by University of Florida
Miami, Florida, March 20-22, 1978
Pediatric International Seminar
May 26-June 3, 1978
Scoliosis Research Society Meeting
Boston Massachusetts, September 13-15, 1978
Surgery of the Spine: Indications and Techniques, University of Florida
April 5-7, 1979
Fourth Clinical Radiologic and Pathologic
Musculoskeletal Seminar, University of Chicago, August 6-10, 1979
Maine Orthopaedic Review Course, Dr.
Stinchfield, July 15-28, 1979
Scoliosis Research Society Meeting
Seattle, Washington, September 11-14, 1979
Instructional Course Lectures in Spinal Disorders at American Academy of Orthopaedic
Surgeons meeting, Atlanta, Georgia
February 7-12, 1980
Scoliosis Research Society Meeting
Chicago, Illinois, September 1980
Spinal Cord Injuries, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons course, Miami, Florida
December 1980
Scoliosis Research Society Meeting
Montreal, Canada, September 15-18, 1981
Disorders of the Spine--Recent Advances
Snowmass, Colorado, March 1981
Operative Arthroscopy, American Academy of
Orthopaedic Surgeons course, Palm Beach, Florida, June 1981
CT of the Lumbar Spine, San Francisco,
California, May 1982
Common Afflictions of the Adult Lumbar Spine
Seattle, Washington, May 1982
Scoliosis Study Group, Springfield, Illinois
1982
Scoliosis Research Society Meeting
Denver, Colorado, September 1982
Orthotics for Spinal Deformities, Chicago, Illinois, October 1982
Arthroscopic Surgery, Boca Raton, Florida
December 1982
Recent Advances in Scoliosis, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Long Beach,
California, March 1983
Analysis of Spine Lesions, University of
Kentucky, May 1983
Conference on Spine Deformities, University
of Miami, Miami, Florida, November 1983
Recent Advances in Spine Surgery, University
of Washington, Maui, Hawaii, March 1984
Scoliosis Research Society, Orlando, Florida
September 1984
The Spine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, November 1984
Overview of Orthopaedics, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery, Acapulco, Mexico 1985
Scoliosis Conference, Ronald DeWald Spine
Society, Chicago, Illinois May 1985
Spine Study Group, University of Miami,
Miami, Florida, November 1985
Innovative/Controversial Strategies in
Rehabilitation, Miami, Florida, December 1985
Occupational Low Back Pain, Rush University,
Chicago, Illinois December 1985
Frontiers in Low Back Pain, Seventh AOA
International Symposium, Chicago, Illinois
August 1986
Scoliosis Research Society Meeting
Hamilton, Bermuda
Sixth Annual Kenton D. Lesterman Spine Symposium, Louisville, Kentucky November 1986
Fifty-fourth Annual American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Meeting, San Francisco, California, January 1987
Third Annual Chemonucleolysis Resource Center
Network Meeting, Chicago, Illinois March 1987
Seventy-fifth Annual Clinical Orthopaedic Society Meeting, Chicago, Illinois
October 1987
The Spine: Current Concepts, Sponsored by
Vanderbilt University, Maui, Hawaii May 1988
MRI Symposium, Twenty-sixth Annual Meeting
American Society of Neuroradiology
Chicago, Illinois May 1988
DeWald Spine Society Meeting, Guest Professor
Dr. J. DuBousset, Chicago, Illinois May 1988
Automated Percutaneous Diskectomy Workshop
Chicago, Illinois July 1988
Scoliosis Research Society Meeting
Baltimore, Maryland September 1988
Pedicle Fixation of the Lumbar Spine Workshop
sponsored by SRS and NASS, September 1988
Eighth Annual Kenton D. Lesterman Spine
Symposium, Louisville, Kentucky October 1988
Fifty-sixth Annual American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Meeting
Las Vegas, Nevada February 1989
Spine Update--Current Concepts, Dr. Sam Wiesel, Washington D.C. October 1989
Fifty-seventh Annual American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Meeting
New Orleans, Louisiana February 1990
Cotrel-Dubousset Instrumentation Course
Dr. Harry Shuffelbarger, Miami Children's
Hospital March 1990
Dewald Spine Society Meeting
New York, New York May 1990
Techniques in Spinal Fixation, San Antonio, Texas April 1991
Treatment of Surgical Spine Disease
St. Louis, Missouri April 10-13, 1991
Current Methodology of Spinal Instrumentation Degenerative and Deformity Applications, Institute for Medical Studies, Chicago, Illinois August 15, 1992
The Spine, Current Concepts of Diagnosis and Treatment, Naples, Florida April 1993
Lumbar Spinal Fusion, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons course, Chicago, Illinois April 1993
Complex Revision, Quaternary Spine Surgery or Spine Surgery No One Wants To Do, Rush-
Presbyterian St. Luke's Hospital, Chicago, Illinois June 18, 1994
Anterior Surgery of the Spine, Rush-Presbyterian St. Luke's Hospital, Chicago, Illinois November 3-5, 1994
Pathophysiology and Treatment of the Unstable
Lumbar Motion Segment Mass, Summer CME Conference August 3-5, 1995
Contemporary Issues in Advanced Techniques of the Spine sponsored by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Rosemont, Illinois November 17-19, 1995
Tenth Annual American Spine Society Meeting, Washington D.C. October 18-21, 1995
Twelfth Annual North American Spine
Society Meeting
New York, New York October 22-25, 1997
23 cat.1 cme credit hours.
North American Spine Society
13th. Annual Meeting,
San Francisco, California
October 28th.-31st., 1998 25.65 Category 1, credit hours.
Intradiscal Electrothermal Therapy Workshop
at Stanford University Medical Center, 5/15/99
Lumbar Disc Puncture Workshop, Stanford
University Medical Center, 5-16-99, cat 1 3.5 Cme
Practical Strategies in Spine Surgery, Current Applications and Techniques, AAOS
Orthopaedic Learning Center, Rosemont, Il.
August 6-8, 1999.
Coding and Compliance Conference Update, 1999,
Chicago, Illinois October 19, 20 1999.
North American Spine Society 14th. Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois 10-20/10-23 1999.
34.5 CME hours
The Spine: Current concepts and treatment, Spine Study Group, 12th. Symposium Feb 2-6, 2000, Naples Fl (20.5 cat 1 credit hrs)
North American Spine Society, Coding update
2001. Oct 24,25, 2000. New Orleans, La (13cme cat.10
North American Spine Society 15th. Annual Meeting, Oct 25-28, 2000. New Orleans, La (21.75 cme cat.1)
American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons 68th.
annual meeting, San Francisco, Ca 2/28-3/4/01 (28 CME, Cat 1)
Specialty Day Meeting of AAOS, Federation of Spine Associations, San Francisco, Ca 3/3/01 (7.5 CME. Cat 1)
North American Spine Society, coding update
2002: Essentials and controversies of operative and non-operative spine care coding. Oct 30-31, Seattle Washington (cme 14.5,cat1)
North American Spine Society, 16 annual meeting. Nov. 1-3, 2001 Seattle, Washing
cme 21.5, cat1)
American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons 68th. Annual meeting. San Francisco, Ca Feb 28-March 4, 2001 (28 CME Cat. 1)
Specialty Day Meeting of AAOS Federation of Spine Associations. San Francisco, Ca. March 3, 2001 (7.5 CME Cat 1)
University of Southern Florida Clinical Update: Botulinium Toxin Type A in the Treatment of Back Pain and Muscle Spasm
Sept 14, 2002, Chgo Il (5 CME Credits)
North American Spine Society 17th. Annual Meeting, Oct 29-Nov 2, 2002. Montreal, Canada (30.25 CME credits)
Coding Update, 2003: Essentials and
Controversies of operative and non operative
Case coding, Oct. 28,29, 2002, Montreal Canada (16.5 CME credits)
World Spine II: The second Interdisciplinary Congress on Spine Care. Aug 10-13, 2003, Chgo. Il (22.5 CME credits)
World Spine II: Lumbar Degenerative Disease Workshop. Aug 10, 2003, Chgo Il. (4 CME credits)
World Spine II: Contemporary Vertebral Augmentation for Treatment of Spine Fractures Aug 10, 2003, Chgo, Il (4 CME credits)
North American Spine society 18th. Annual Meeting. San Diego, California, Oct 21-25, 2003 (31 CME credits)
North American Spine Society Workshop: Spinal Injections II: Sacrioliac Joint, Intra-Articular Zygoaphophyseal joint and Medical Branch injection. Principles and techniques. Oct 21,2003, San Diego, Ca. (4 CME credits)
North American Spine Society Workshop: Interbody Technologies: PLIF. Oct 21, 2003 San Diego, Ca (3.75 CME credits)
North American Spine Society Workshop: Surgical Approach and Techniques for the Lumbar Spine: A Hands-on course. March 19,20th. 2004. Chgo Il (17 CME credits)
Presentations: Series of lectures given as chief orthopaedic resident to the Michael Reese Hospital emergency room staff regarding initial evaluation and treatment of orthopaedic injuries.
Co-coordinator of three week fracture course, 1976, presented at Michael Reese Hospital for orthopaedic residents
Lecturer at second annual fracture course, 1977, at Michael Reese Hospital on "Fracture
Treatment in Children and the Elderly"
As a senior orthopaedic resident presented a lecture on "The Language of Fracture," Chicago Medical School and University of
Chicago medical students rotating on the
orthopaedic service at Michael Reese Hospital
Case presentations given at Musculoskeletal
Trauma Meetings of The Chicago Committee on Trauma, spring and fall meetings, 1976
Lecturer at EMT, a certification refresher course for paramedics, "Spinal Cord Trauma"
October 1977
Lecture given to Michael Reese orthopaedic
residents "Scoliosis, Classification and Treatment" October 1977
Scoliosis School Screening Program given at Rush-Presbyterian St. Luke's, instructor spring 1978
"Spinal Cord Trauma" refresher
recertification of EMT sponsored by Chicago Committee on Trauma October 1978
Lecture "Head and Spine Injuries in Sports"
At the University of Chicago seminar on Athletic Injuries and Legal Aspects of Collegiate Athletic Programs, May 25, 1979
Conservative Treatment of Scoliosis, lecture delivered and clinical instructor, School Screening of Scoliosis, Seminar at Rush- Presbyterian St. Luke's Chicago, Illinois October 20, 1979
School Screening Seminar (6 hour conference) given at Michael Reese Hospital as part of Medical Research Week, September 1979
Ongoing lecture series on topic of spinal deformities for orthopaedic residents and medical students at Michael Reese Hospital 1979 to present
Case presentation at Chicago Committee on
Trauma Meeting as part of postgraduate course on fractures and other trauma of the American
College of Surgeons, April 10, 1980
Instructor, postgraduate course on Intradiscal therapy, American Academy of
Orthopaedic Surgeons and American Association of Neurological Surgeons 1983
Instructor, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons course on Chemonucleolysis, Chicago, Illinois 1984
Cervical and dorsal spine injuries in sports medicine and workers compensation, Forty-
Fifth Annual Midwest Clinical Conference,
Chicago Medical Society 1989
Illinois State Medical Society, Midwest Clinical Conference, "Dorsal and Lumbar Spine Injuries in the Workplace" February 25, 1989
Michael Reese Hospital, Premier Years Program, "Staying Active with Low Back Pain" August 29, 1990
St. Francis Hospital Professional Lecture Series, Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Diagnosis and
Treatment, May 1993
St. Francis Hospital Professional Lecture Series, "Sports and the Lower Back" April 1994
Primary Care Update: Orthopaedics for the Family Practitioner, "Examination of the Back and Recognition of Common Spinal Afflictions" August 6, 1994
Presentation to Allied Rehabilitation Health
Association, Low Back Pain and the Injured Worker, Naperville, Illinois September 23, 1994
Michael Reese Hospital, Department of
Pediatrics Grand Rounds Presentation: "Scoliosis and Other Spinal Afflictions for the Pediatrician" February 10, 1995
St. Francis Hospital Professional Lecture Series, "Diagnosis and Treatment of Common Spinal Afflictions" January 1995
Pediatric grand rounds presentation to University of Illinois pediatric staff at Michael Reese Hospital "Scoliosis and Other Common Spinal Conditions" September 20, 1996
Lecture to Rush-Illinois Masonic family practice residents "Recognition and Treatment of Common Spinal Afflictions January 14, 1997
Lecture "Scoliosis in Marfan's Syndrome," at
meeting of the Northern Illinois branch of the National Marfan Foundation at Michael Reese Hospital, February 21, 1998
Lecture "Evaluation Principles for Lower Back
Disorders" at a meeting of Risk Managers for Effective Injury Management presented by CNA Insurance, April 23, 1998
Lecture, "Low Back Pain" at the General Medicine-Primary Care Lecture Series, Department of Medicine, Michael Reese Hospital, November 11, 1998
Case Management Seminar at Clyborn Physical Therapy Center. Lecture: Lumbar Spine: Differential Diagnosis. May 21, 2002 Chgo, Il
Research Projects: Literature review of "Double Outlet Right Ventricle"
Literature review ventral septal defect, unpublished research for Dr. Maurice Lev of Congenital Heart Disease Institute of Hockton Institute, Cook County Hospital, June- September 1969, June-September 1970
Research (abstract) "The Problem of Kyphosis in Operated Idiopathic Scoliosis," a review of 318 consecutive cases submitted to AAOS, spring 1978
Clinical investigator, Chymopapain Project of Smith Laboratories. "A Study of Chymopapain in Patients with Herniated Lumbar Discs," beginning October 1981
Investigator, clinical study of electrospinal orthosis system 1983-1984
Comprehensive Therapy Vol. 6 No. 9 September 1980 pp68-74
The Problem of Thoracic Hyperkyphosis in Operated Idiopathic Scoliosis submitted to Scoliosis Research Society, spring 1980
The Long Term Followup of Surgical Treatment of Spinal Deformity in Osteogenesis Imperfecta, paper delivered at Scoliosis Research Society, Chicago, Illinois September 1980
"The Usefulness of Somatosensory Evoked
Responses for the Evaluation of Low Back Pain," S.Perlik, M.Fisher, D.Patel, C.Slack, Arc Neurol Vol. 43 September 1986 pp907-913
"Surgical Stabilization and Scoliosis and
Osteogenesis Imperfecta," D.Trotter, C.Slack, K.Hammerberg, E.Miller, 1983 paper delivered at Scoliosis Research Society New Orleans, LA
Chymodiactin in Patients with Herniated Lumbar Invertebral Disc(s) an open label multicenter study. (Contributor) Spine Vol. 10 No. 3 1985 pp242-249
Thoracic Paraplegia after Lumbar Spinal Surgery, R.T.Tucker, C.M.Slack, Q.Regan, Journal of Spinal Disorders Vol. 8 No. 3
1995 pp195-200
Other Activities: Campaign Chairman for Orthopaedic Research
and Education Foundation 1990, 1991, 1992
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