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I am a board certified, practicing, academic orthopaedic surgeon, and currently hold the positions listed below. CURRENT POSITIONS 1. Professor, Mairs Family Endowed Chair, Orthopedic Surgery, University of Minnesota 2. Head, Section of Adult Reconstructive and Musculoskeletal Tumor Surgery 3. Disease Team Lead, Bone and Soft Tissue Service Line, Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota 4. Lead, Musculoskeletal Service Line, Acute care, M Health-Fairview Health system 5. Director, Adult Reconstruction Joint Replacement Fellowship 6. Chairperson, US-FDA Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee, 9/1/2024-8-31/2028. For over 34 years, my professional activities have been performing surgical procedures on patients with musculoskeletal cancers and/or joint replacements for limb salvage/reconstruction, teaching, research, and consulting services. As an endowed full professor, I have trained surgeons since 1990 (>272 residents and fellows), performed research funded by both the US National Institutes of Health and medical industry, designed medical instruments, provided consultation work for the US Food and Drug Administration, medical device and pharmaceutical industry, and the medical legal community, and have served as president for 2 major international medical specialty societies. I perform medical legal consultations for both defense and plaintiff cases. I have published 98 peer reviewed scholarly papers, 12 non-peer reviewed publications, 11 book chapters, and made 101 professional presentations in addition to numerous lectures. B.S. Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 1981 M.D. Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 1983 Internship General Surgery Northwestern University McGaw Medical Center 1984 Residency General Surgery Northwestern University McGaw Medical Center 1985 Research Fellowship Orthopaedic Oncology Massachusetts General Hospital 1986 Residency, Combined Orthopaedic Surgery Program Harvard University (Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital) Boston, MA 1988 Chief Resident, Orthopaedic Surgery Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, MA 1989 Fellowship, Orthopaedic Oncology Massachusetts General Hospital 1990 Fellowship, Pediatric Orthopaedic Oncology Boston Children’s Hospital Medical Center 1990