Credentials and honors

Board certification, leadership and recognition.

Taken from my curriculum vitae, dated October 24, 2026.

CertificationBoard CertifiedAmerican Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, 2025Fellow, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (FAAOS)

LicensureRhode IslandMedical License MD18416 · ActiveNew YorkMedical License 307992 · Active since December 2020

PatentU.S. Patent 12,746,039 B2Automated machine learning design of orthopedic implants. Issued September 29, 2026. Co-inventors: Alan H. Daniels, M.C. Wilson. A related application is published as US 2026/0224247 A1.

Distinctions

2026 · 2027“Oscars of Spine” awardTwo consecutive years · Barrow Neurological Institute, Sonntag Spine Center
2023Lutz Biedermann AwardFor innovation in spinal deformity · Scoliosis Research Society
2023Lucas-Palumbo AwardFor excellence in orthopaedic spine surgery · Brown University
202210 Spine Surgeons Under 45 to KnowBecker’s Spine Review
202020 Under 40North American Spine Society
2019Leon L. Wiltse AwardBest overall paper · International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery
2019Alpha Omega AlphaHonor Medical Society, house staff inductee

Appointments and leadership

CurrentCo-Director, Spine Center of ExcellenceBrown University Health · The Miriam Hospital
2023–Assistant Professor of OrthopaedicsWarren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Teaching Scholar Track
2023–Director, Spine Research and Innovation · Director, Spine Research FellowshipBrown University
2024Visiting ProfessorJohns Hopkins University · University of Illinois College of Medicine · Columbia Och Spine Hospital · Lenox Hill Hospital, Northwell Health
2021Emerging LeaderAmerican Orthopaedic Association
2016Co-Founder, Orthopaedic Laboratory of BrooklynSUNY Downstate

Committees and editorial

2026–2030Corporate Relations CommitteeScoliosis Research Society
2026–Editorial BoardJournal of Clinical Medicine
2022Group Leader, Annual Meeting Review CommitteeScoliosis Research Society
2020Program DelegateAmerican Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
2018Program Committee ReviewerScoliosis Research Society
2013–Journal reviewerSpine, Scientific Reports, Global Spine Journal, PLOS ONE, World Neurosurgery and others

Societies

Each card opens the society’s website. The ISSG card opens my member profile.

Research awards and best-paper selections

2025Russell A. Hibbs Clinical Research nominationSRS · Sarcopenic obesity in adult spinal deformity
2024Best Paper sessions (2)NASS Annual Meeting, Chicago
2024Best Abstract PresentationSpine Summit, Las Vegas
2020Best Spine PosterAAOS Annual Meeting
2018Highest Scoring PostersCOA/CORS Annual Meeting · John H. Moe Award nomination, SRS
2017Best Papers sessionNASS · Louis A. Goldstein Award nomination, SRS
2015Best Papers sessionNASS · Best CSRS clinical poster featured at AAOS
2014Best Clinical PosterCSRS · John H. Moe Award nomination, SRS