Continuing Education

Scoliosis Research Society, 20th Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, September, 1985.

PCA Total Hip and Knee Course, New Orleans, Louisiana, November, 1985.

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 53rd Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, February, 1986.

The Cruciate Ligaments: American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Continuing Education Courses, San Antonio, Texas, October, 1986.

Surgical Association of Louisiana, Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, January, 1988.

Louisiana Orthopaedic Association, 35th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, October, 1988.

Luque Interpedicular Segmental Fixation Course, New Orleans, Louisiana, October, 1988.

Southern Orthopaedic Association, 5th Annual Residents and Fellows' Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, November, 1988.

The Knee - Current Concepts: American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, New Orleans, Louisiana, November, 1988.

Third Annual Irving Redler, M.D. Orthopaedic Memorial Lecture. "Allografts in the Management of Bone Tumors." Lecturer: Henry J. Mankin, M.D., New Orleans, Louisiana, November, 1988.

Scoliosis Research Society, 24th Annual Meeting, Amsterdam, Netherlands, September, 1989.

Louisiana Orthopaedic Association, 36th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, October, 1989.

Basic Concepts in Pediatric Orthopaedics. Course Chairman: G. Dean MacEwen, M.D., New Orleans, Louisiana, October, 1989.

Southern Orthopaedic Association, 6th Annual Residents and Fellows' Conference, Washington, D.C., November, 1989.

Fourth Annual Irving Redler, M.D. Orthopaedic Memorial Lecture. "Rational Limb Salvage -1989." Lecturer: William F. Enneking, M.D., New Orleans, Louisiana, November, 1989.

Tulane University School of Medicine, 1st Annual Total Joint Replacement Symposium, New Orleans, Louisiana, January, 1990.

Orthopaedic Research Society, 36th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, February, 1990.

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 57th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, February, 1990.

Mid-America Orthopaedic Association, 8th Annual Meeting, Point Clear, Alabama, March, 1990.

American Orthopaedic Association, 103rd Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, June, 1990.

Smith and Nephew Richards 8th Annual Invitational Orthopaedic Residents' Conference, Memphis, Tennessee, August, 1990.

Louisiana Orthopaedic Association, 37th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, October, 1990.

Southern Orthopaedic Association, 7th Annual Residents and Fellows' Conference, Nashville, Tennessee, October, 1990.

American Orthopaedic Association Traveling Fellows' Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, October, 1990.

William F. Enneking Clinical Musculoskeletal Pathology Course, St. Augustine, Florida, November, 1990.

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 58th Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California, March, 1991.

American Orthopaedic Association, 24th Annual National Residents' Conference, Kansas City, Missouri, April, 1991.

Mid-America Orthopaedic Association, 9th Annual Meeting, Palm Springs, California, April, 1991.

Southern Orthopaedic Association, 8th Annual Meeting, Colorado Springs, Colorado, August, 1991.

American Academy of Pediatrics, 60th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, October, 1991.

Rancho Los Amigos Annual Winter Orthopaedic Research Meeting, Downey, California, December, 1991.

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 59th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., February, 1992.

AO/ASIF Basic Course, Sun Valley, Idaho, March, 1992.

Mid-America Orthopaedic Association, 10th Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida, April, 1992.

Smith and Nephew-Richards 10th Annual Invitational Orthopaedic Residents' Conference, Memphis, Tennessee, August, 1992.

Dallas Short Course on Orthotics and Prosthetics at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, Dallas, Texas, October, 1992.

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 60th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, February, 1993.

Southwestern Orthopaedic Surgery Review Course, Dallas, Texas, April, 1993.

Mid-America Orthopaedic Association, 11th Annual Meeting, Hilton Head, South Carolina, April, 1993.

Smith & Nephew Richards 11th Annual Invitational Orthopaedic Residents' Conference, Memphis, Tennessee, August, 1993.

Orthopaedic Research Society, 40th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, February, 1994.

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 61st Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, February, 1994.

American Orthopaedic Association, 27th Annual Residents' Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, March, 1994.

Mid-America Orthopaedic Association, 12th Annual Meeting, Southampton, Bermuda, April, 1994.

Distal Radius Fracture Fixation Course, Dallas, Texas, June, 1994.

The University of Texas at Houston Health Science Center, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, 1st Annual Resident Research Day, Guest Lecturer Patrick J. Kelly, M.D., Houston, Texas, June, 1994.

Smith & Nephew Richards 12th Annual Invitational Orthopaedic Residents' Conference
Memphis, Tennessee, August, 1994.

Edward T. Smith Lectureship, Houston, Texas, November, 1994.

Total Shoulder Learning Center, San Antonio, Texas, November, 1994.

Johnston Lectureship in Hip Reconstruction, 2nd Biannual Meeting, Iowa City, Iowa, October, 1994.

Willis C. Campbell Club Triennial Meeting, Memphis, Tennessee, October, 1994.

Eighth Annual Josefina Santos Lectureship, Galveston, Texas, January, 1995.

Orthopaedic Research Society, 41st Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida, February, 1995.

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 62nd Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida, February, 1995.

Academic Orthopaedic Society Interim Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, April, 1995.

Mid-America Orthopaedic Association 13th Annual Meeting, West Palm Beach, Florida, April, 1995.

American Orthopaedic Association 108th Annual Meeting, White Sulpher, West Virginia, June, 1995.

The University of Texas at Houston Health Science Center, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, 2nd Annual Resident Research Day, Guest Lecturer Henry J, Mankin, M.D., Houston, Texas, June, 1995.

Texas Orthopedic Association Strategy Session, Dallas, Texas, July, 1995.

Smith & Nephew Richards 13th Annual Invitational Orthopaedic Residents’ Conference, Memphis, Tennessee, August, 1995.

Ilizarov Methods Course: Essential Concepts and Techniques, St. Louis, Missouri, September, 1995.

Texas Orthopaedic Association Interim Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, September, 1995.

Outcomes and Effectiveness in Musculoskeletal Research and Practice, San Diego, California, September, 1995.

Impairment Evaluation Under Workers’ Compensation, Dallas, Texas, October, 1995.

Texas Medical Association Outcomes Measurement Project, Austin, Texas, November, 1995.

Society of Military Orthopaedic Surgeons 37th Annual Meeting, Vail, Colorado, December, 1995.

3rd Annual Ilizarov Trauma Course, Steamboat, Colorado, February, 1996.

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 63rd Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, February, 1996.

Orthopaedic Trauma Association Specialty Day, Atlanta, Georgia, February, 1996.

Texas Orthopedic Association Interim Meeting, Dallas, Texas, March, 1996.

Joe W. King Colloquia on Applied Science and Sports Medicine, Houston, Texas, April, 1996.

Colorado Orthopaedic Review Course, Colorado Springs, Colorado, April, 1996.

1996 Duncan Lectureship and Resident Research Day, St. Lukes Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, May, 1996.

Texas Orthopaedic Association Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, May, 1996.

The University of Texas at Houston Health Science Center, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, 3rd Annual Resident Research Day, Guest Lecturer Joseph M. Lane, M.D., Houston, Texas, June, 1996.

Texas Orthopedic Association Interim Meeting, Dallas, Texas, July, 1996.

Problem Fractures: Challenges in Fracture Care Conference, Houston, Texas, August, 1996.

Advanced Trauma Forum, EBI Medical Systems, Inc., Parsippany, NJ, August, 1996.

Baltimore Limb Deformity Course, Baltimore, Maryland, September, 1996.

Texas Orthopedic Association Interim Meeting, Austin, Texas, September, 1996.

Orthopaedic Trauma Association Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, September, 1996.

AO/ASIF Nursing Continuing Education, Houston, Texas, October, 1996.

International Congress on Advances in the Ilizarov Method, Houston, Texas, November, 1996.

Association for the Study and Application of the Methods of Ilizarov 7th Annual Scientific Meeting, San Francisco, California, February, 1997.

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 64th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, February, 1997.

Texas Orthopedic Association Interim Meeting, Dallas, Texas, March, 1997.

Texas Society of Radiologic Technologists Annual Meeting, Houston, Texas, April, 1997.

1997 Duncan Lectureship and Resident Research Day, St. Luke’s Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, May, 1997.

The Cleveland Orthopaedic Society, St. Luke’s Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, May, 1997.

Colorado Orthopaedic Review Course, Colorado Springs, Colorado, May, 1997.

AO/ASIF Advanced Course on the Operative Treatment of Fractures and Nonunions, Colorado Springs, Colorado, May, 1997.

Texas Orthopaedic Association Annual Meeting, Houston, Texas, May, 1997.

Essential Concepts of the Ilizarov Method Course, Atlanta, Georgia, June, 1997.

Maine Orthopaedic Review Course, Waterville, Maine, June, 1997.

Texas Orthopedic Association Interim Meeting, Dallas, Texas, July, 1997.

Smith & Nephew Richards 15th Annual Invitational Orthopaedic Residents= Conference, Memphis, Tennessee, August, 1997.

Texas Orthopaedic Association Interim Meeting, Dallas, Texas, September, 1997.

Texas Chapter National Association of Orthopaedic Technologist, Houston, Texas, October, 1997.

Orthopaedic Trauma Association 13th Annual Meeting, Louisville, Kentucky, October, 1997.

Edward T. Smith Lectureship, Houston, Texas, November, 1997.

Taylor Spatial Frame Clinicians= Meeting, Memphis, Tennessee, December, 1997.

Texas Orthopaedic Association Interim Meeting, Dallas, Texas, January, 1998.

Association for the Study and Application of the Methods of Ilizarov 8th Annual Scientific Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, March, 1998.

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 65th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, March, 1998.

Texas Orthopaedic Association Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas, April, 1998.

1998 Annual Duncan Orthopaedic Lectureship and Resident Research Day, St. Luke's Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, May, 1998.

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Monthly Regional Orthopaedic Meeting, Cleveland, Ohio, May, 1998.

Colorado Orthopaedic Review Course, Colorado Springs, Colorado, May, 1998.

The American Orthopaedic Association 111th Annual Meeting, Asheville, North Carolina, June, 1998.

Specialty Review in Orthopaedic Surgery, Baltimore, Maryland, June, 1998.

Maine Orthopaedic Review Course, Waterville, Maine, June, 1998.

The University of Texas at Houston Health Science Center, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Grand Rounds. “Treatment of the Failed Club Foot and Other Deformities With The Ilizarov Method.” Lecturer: Joseph J. Gugenheim, M.D., Houston, Texas, July, 1998.

The Houston Orthopaedic Society. “Ethics in Orthopaedics.” Lecturer: Charles Epps. M.D., Houston, Texas, July, 1998.

Society of Military Orthopaedic Surgeons 40th Annual Meeting, Vail, Colorado, December, 1998.

Texas Society of Radiologic Technologists Annual Meeting, Houston, Texas, January, 1999.

Association for the Study and Application of the Methods of Ilizarov 9th Annual Scientific Meeting, Dana Point, California, February, 1999.

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 66th Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California, February, 1999.

The University of Texas at Houston Health Science Center, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Grand Rounds. “Ilizarov Method of Fracture Treatment.” Lecturer: Joseph J. Gugenheim, M.D., Houston, Texas, April, 1999.

Texas Orthopaedic Association Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas, May, 1999.

Colorado Orthopaedic Review Course, Colorado Springs, Colorado, May, 1999.

Maine Orthopaedic Review Course, Waterville, Maine, June, 1999.

Texas Orthopaedic Association Interim Meeting, Austin, Texas, August, 1999.

Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Grand Rounds. “Treatment of Tibial Plafond Fractures: Internal Fixation, External Fixation, or Both.” Lecturer: Douglas Dirschl, M.D., Houston, Texas, August, 1999.

Orthopaedic Trauma Association 15th Annual Meeting, Charlotte, North Carolina, October, 1999.

Taylor Spatial Frame Clinicians’ Meeting, Dallas, Texas, December, 1999.

Texas Orthopaedic Association Meeting, Dallas, Texas, January, 2000.

Lecturer, Grand Rounds, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Texas at Houston
Medical School, Houston, Texas, March, 2000.

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 67th Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida, March, 2000.

Colorado Orthopaedic Review Course, Colorado Springs, Colorado, May, 2000.

The American Orthopaedic Association 113th Annual Meeting, Hot Springs, Virginia, June, 2000.

Maine Orthopaedic Review Course, Waterville, Maine, June, 2000.

Orthopaedic Trauma Association 16th Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, October, 2000.

Medical Ethics: Informed Consent, Stacey Tovino, Attorney at Law, Vinson and Elkins, Houston, Texas, November, 2000.

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 68th Annual Meeting, Orlando, San Francisco, California, February, 2001.

Association for the Study and Application of the Methods of Ilizarov 11th Annual Scientific Meeting, Berkeley, California, February, 2001.

Texas Orthopaedic Association Meeting, Houston, Texas, May, 2001.

Hughston Society Meeting Registration, Columbus, Georgia, 2001.

American Orthopaedic Association Annual Meeting, Palm Beach, Florida, June, 2001.

Maine Orthopaedic Review Course, Waterville, Maine, June, 2001.

Texas Orthopaedic Association Interim Meeting, Austin, Texas, August, 2001.

Orthopaedic Trauma Association 17th Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, October, 2001.

The Joe W. King Orthopedic Institute. “The Legal and Ethical Implications Involved in Appropriate Medical Chart Documentation.” Lecturer: Charles Raymond Cain, M.D., Houston, Texas, November, 2001.

Edward T. Smith Lectureship, University of Texas at Houston Medical School, Houston, Texas, November, 2001.

Texas Orthopaedic Association Meeting, Dallas, Texas, January, 2002.
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 69th Annual Meeting, Dallas, Texas, February, 2002.

Texas Orthopedic Association Meeting, Dallas, Texas, April, 2002.

National Orthopaedic Leadership Conference, Washington, DC, April, 2002.

Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Society 12th Annual Meeting, Irving, Texas, June, 2002.

Essentials of Limb Lengthening, Limb Reconstruction and External Fixation, Irving, Texas, June, 2002.

Seventeenth Annual Smith & Nephew Resident Research Competition, Memphis, Tennessee, August, 2002.

Smith and Nephew Richards 17th Annual Invitational Orthopaedic Residents' Conference, Memphis, Tennessee, August, 2002.

Orthopaedic Trauma Association 18th Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, October, 2002.

Annual Edward T. Smith Orthopaedic Lectureship: Articular Cartilage. Houston, Texas, November 2002.

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 70th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, February, 2003.

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Board of Counselors Leadership Orientation, Rosemont, Illinois, March 2003.

Texas Orthopaedic Association Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, April, 2003.

Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Grand Rounds. “The Effects of Femoral Shaft Malrotation Following Intramedullary Nailing.” Lecturer: J. J. Gugenheim, M.D., Houston, Texas, April, 2003.

Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Grand Rounds. “Ethical challenges of Informed Consent” Lecturer: Laurence B. McCullough, Ph.D., Houston, Texas, April, 2003.

National Orthopaedic Leadership Conference, American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, Washington, D. C., April, 2003,

Taylor Spatial Frame Masters Course, San Antonio, Texas, June, 2003.

American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 2003 Fall Meeting. Austin, Texas, October, 2003.

Edward T. Smith Orthopaedic Lectureship: Problem Fractures and Nonunions. Houston, Texas, November, 2003.

National Orthopaedic Leadership Conference, American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, Washington, D. C., April, 2004.

Texas Orthopaedic Association Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, May, 2004.

Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Society 14th Annual Meeting, Toronto Ontario, Canada, July, 2004.

Nineteenth Annual Smith & Nephew Resident Research Competition, Memphis, Tennessee, August, 2004.

Orthopaedic Trauma Association 20th Annual Meeting, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, October, 2004.

American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 2004 Fall Meeting. Austin, Texas, October, 2004.

Society of Military Orthopedic Surgeons, Vail, Colorado, December, 2004.

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 72nd Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., February, 2005.

Taylor Spatial Frame Foot and Ankle Course, Memphis, Tennessee, March, 2005.

National Orthopaedic Leadership Conference, American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, Washington, D. C., April, 2005.

Texas Orthopaedic Association Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, May, 2005.

American Orthopaedic Association Annual Meeting, Huntington Beach, California, June, 2005.

Twentieth Annual Smith & Nephew Residents’ Research Competition, Memphis, Tennessee, August, 2005.

The Joe W. King Orthopedic Institute. “Behaviors that Protect Patient Safety.” Lecturer: William T. Choctaw, M.D., J.D., Houston, Texas, November, 2005.

American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons Fall Meeting, Williamsburg, Virginia, October, 2005.

Houston Orthopedic Society, “Difficult Upper Extremity Fracture Management Utilizing Ring Fixator Techniques.” Houston, Texas, November, 2005.

Houston Orthopedic Society and The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, “Maintenance of Certification." Houston, Texas, March, 2006.

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 73th Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, March, 2006.

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Board of Counselors, Chicago Meeting, Illinois, March, 2006.

Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Society Sixteen Annual Scientific Meeting. San Diego, California, July, 2006.

Twenty-First Annual Smith & Nephew Residents’ Research Competition, Memphis, Tennessee, August, 2006.

Orthopaedic Trauma Association 22nd Annual Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona October, 2006.

Houston Orthopedic Society, “Medicare: Past, Present and Future.” Houston, Texas, October, 2006.

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Board of Counselors, Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico, October, 2006.

The Joe W. King Orthopedic Institute. “They’ve Activated the Hospital Disaster Plan? What am I Supposed to do? A Guide for Physicians.” Lecturer: Richard N. Bradley, M.D., Houston, Texas, November, 2006.

Houston Orthopedic Society, “Advanced Indications of the Reverse Shoulder Prosthesis.” Houston, Texas, January, 2007.

Texas Orthopedic Association Meeting, Houston, Texas, January, 2007.

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 74th Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, February, 2007.

Houston Orthopedic Society, “Fracture Care: Access, On-Call, $$, & Patient Safety.” Houston, Texas, April, 2007.

National Orthopaedic Leadership Conference, American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, Washington, D. C., May, 2007.

Texas Orthopaedic Association Meeting, Austin, Texas, May, 2007.

Orthopaedic Trauma Association 23rd Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, October, 2007.

Edward T. Smith Orthopaedic Lectureship: Frontiers in Orthopaedic Trauma: Present & Future, Houston, Texas, October, 2007.

The Joe W. King Orthopedic Institute. “Building a Team” Lecturer: David Dufour, MA, MS, Houston, Texas, November, 2007.

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 75th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, March, 2008.

The University of Texas Medical Branch Austin Visiting Professor Lectureship, Austin, Texas, March, 2008.

National Orthopaedic Leadership Conference, American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, Washington, D. C., April, 2008.

Grand Rounds: “Treatment of Diaphyseal Tibial and Nonunions, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, May, 2008.

American Orthopaedic Association Annual Meeting, Quebec, Canada, June, 2008.

American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 2008 Fall Meeting. Dallas, Texas, October, 2008.

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 76th Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, February, 2009.