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Education/Degrees 1964 B.S. -- Columbia College, New York, NY 1968 M.D. -- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA Internships/Residency Internship and two years general surgery residency -- Harvard Surgical Service, Boston City Hospital, Boston, MA Orthopedic surgery residency -- University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, TX and Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas, TX Distinctions/Honors Co-founder, Texas Back Institute; concurrently founder of one of the first back schools in the United States Society for Design and Process Science -- George Kozmetsky Distinguished Achievement Award - 1996 Air Force Commendation Award -- 1974 Clinical Instructor, UT Southwestern Medical School, Department of Orthopedics, Dallas, TX Founding Member of Board of Directors, Spine Arthroplasty Society Founding Member, American Board of Spinal Surgery Chairman, Spinemark Co-founder, Innovative Spinal Technologies Chairman Texas Back Institute Holdings Corporation President Spine Arthroplasty Society 06-07 Advisory Board to MIT's Picower Institute for Memory and Learning Publications Co-Author "The Pocket Spine" Author, "Back In Shape" (1991) Author, "Treat Your Back Without Surgery" (1998) Author, numerous research papers published in international spine journals Professional Organizations American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons American Board of Spine Surgeons American Medical Association Texas Medical Association American Pain Society Texas Spine Society International Intradiscal Therapy Society North American Spine Society Society of International Business Fellows International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine International Society for Minimal Intervention in Spine Surgery Society for Design and Process Science. | 