Dr. Mick J. Perez-Cruet's CV
OFFICE LOCATIONS Southfield-Providence Novi RELATED ITEMS See All Doctors		OFFICE ADDRESS Michigan Head and Spine Institute Providence Medical Center 22250 Providence Dr. Suite 300 Southfield, MI 48075 Phone: 248-440-2162 Fax: 248-440-2201 POSITIONS Director, Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Michigan Head and Spine Institute Providence Medical Center, 2003-present Director, Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Assistant Professor 2002-2003 Rush-Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center Chicago Institute of Neurosurgery and Neuroresearch Chicago, Illinois Associate Director, Institute for Spine Care, CINN Silver Cross Hospital, Joliet, IL 2002-present Minimally Invasive and Reconstructive Spine Fellowship 2001-2002, Rush-Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago Institute of Neurosurgery and Neuroresearch, Chicago, Illinois Vice-Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery 1998-2001 United States Air Force Wilford Hall Medical Center Lackland Air Force Base, Texas Director of Spinal Research 1998-2001 Wilford Hall Medical Center Director of Resident Education 1998-2001 Wilford Hall Medical Center Director of Quality Assurance 1997-2001 Wilford Hall Medical Center Staff Neurosurgeon 1997-2001 Wilford Hall Medical Center MILITARY SERVICE Major, United States Air Force 1997-2001 Captain, United States Air Force 1991-1997 Lieutenant, United States Air Force 1987-1991 Commissioned, United States Air Force 1987 EDUCATION Doctor of Medicine 1991 Tufts University Boston, MA Master of Science, Chemistry 1986 University of South Florida Tampa, FL Bachelor of Arts 1983 Grinnell College Grinnell, IA TRAINING Fellowship, Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery 2001-02 Rush University, CINN Chicago, IL (under Dr. Richard G. Fessler) Neurological Surgery Residency 1992-1997 Baylor College of Medicine Houston, TX (under Dr. Robert Grossman) General Surgery Internship 1991-1992 Baylor College of Medicine Houston, TX (under Dr. Michael DeBakey) ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS Director, Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery and Spine Program Director, Neurosurgical Resident Education and Research Section of Neurosurgery Michigan Head and Spine Institute Providence Hospital and Medical Center Southfield, MI 2003-present Director, Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Assistant Visiting Professor 2002-present Rush-Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center Chicago Institute of Neurosurgery and Neuroresearch Chicago, Illinois Clinical Instructor 2001-2002 Department of Neurosurgery Rush-Presbyterian St. Lukes Medical Center Chicago, IL Clinical Assistant Professor 1998-2001 Department of Neurosurgery University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, TX Clinical Assistant Professor 1997-2001 Uniformed Services University of Health Science Bethesda, MD Instructor 1998-2001 Trauma Course for Military Surgeons PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENT Council of State Neurosurgical Societies(CSNS) Michigan representative, LLDC, Washington DC 2004-present Delegate, State of Michigan 2004-present Michigan State Representative DMLR 2004-present Corresponding Secretary 2004-present CSNS Liason to CNS Scientific Program Committee 2002-present CSNS Liason to CNS Education Committee 2002-present Member Ad-Hoc Committee on Allied Health Professionals in Neurosurgery 2003-present Member Ad-Hoc Committee on Resident Socioeconomic Education 2003-present Chairman, Workforce Committee 2002-2004 Vice-Chairman, Communications and Education Committee 2002-present CNS Meeting Section Course Moderator 2002-present Board Member, ANS PAC 2001-present Executive Committee 2001-present Chairman, Young Physicians Committee 2000-2002 Vice-Chairman, Young Physicians Committee 1999-2000 Chairman, Ad-Hoc Committee on Neurosurgical Undergraduate Medical Education 2000-2002 Medical Legal Committee 1998-2002 Member, Northwest Quadrant 2002-present Member, Southwest Quadrant 1998-2002 Ad-Hoc Committee on CSNS Resident Membership 1998 Congress of Neurological Surgeons Member Publications Committee 2004-present Scientific Program Committee 2002-2004 Education Committee 2001-2004 CSNS Liaison 2001-present CNS Appointee to CSNS 1999-2004 Host Committee, 50th CNS Meeting, San Antonio,TX 2000 Sergeant-at-Arms, CNS Meeting, Boston, MA 1999 Assistant Editor, Neurosurgery News 1999-present American Association of Neurological Surgeons Appointed Neurosurgery On-Call Web page Committee 2003-present Appointed Public Relations Committee, 3yr term 2003-2006 Scientific Program Committee 2002-2004 Public Relations Committee 2002-present Ad-hoc Committee on Education 2001 Liaison, Young Neurosurgeons Committee 2000-2003 Michigan Association of Neurological Surgeons (MANS) Member at Large (Officer) 2004-present Gene Mitchell Neuroscience Research Foundation Board and Founding Member 2003-present HONORS AND AWARDS Neurosurgery Reference Card: Sent to all 2nd year medical students in the United States 2003 Neurosurgery Gray Matter: A General Overview, posted on CNS Web Page 2004 Recognition Award for Service on Public Relations Committee, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, April 2003 "Best Seller" textbook Outpatient Spinal Surgery, GMP, St. Louis, MO 2002 Recognized Signature Archival Series Text "Outpatient Spinal Surgery", North American Spine Society 2002 United States Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with bronze oak leak cluster 2001 Longevity Service Award Ribbon 2001 Training Ribbon Award 1987 Expert Marksmanship Ribbon (9mm Barretta) 2000 Expert Marksmanship Ribbon (38 Cal. Colt) 1991 Service Ribbon, Desert Storm Honor Squadron Award 1987 Air Force Top Contributor Award 1987 Nominated to CNS Member-at-Large by CSNS 2001 Created logo adopted by CSNS 2001 Marquis Who's Who World 2003 International 2001 America 2000 Medicine and Healthcare 1999-2001 Science and Engineer 2004 Metronic Sofamor Danek Spine Fellows Program 2000 Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA William Dameshek Undergraduate Research Award 1991 Merck Manual Outstanding Medical Student Award 1991 Commencement Committee Award 1991 American Federation of Clinical Research Award 1991 Student Body Recognition Award 1991 First Place Award, Tufts Research Symposium 1989 Air Force Health Professions Scholarship 1987-1991 RESEARCH AWARDS Adenoviral-mediated gene therapy of experimental brain tumors (gliomas) CNS Tumor Section, Chicago, IL 1994 American Federation of Clinical Research 1987 Purification and activity of Ptychodiscus brevis (red tide) toxin associated with respiratory problems Sigma Xi Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award 1987 American Association for the Advancement of Science, Outstanding Student Paper Award 1986 American Chemical Society, Outstanding Student Paper Award 1986 Florida Academy of Science, Best Student Paper Award 1986 Elected to Sigma Xi Research Society 1986 American Association for the Advancement of Science 1986 Preparation of sterile sea water through photodynamic action Aquatic Plant Management Society, Student Paper Awards 1986 Effect of selected dyes on the growth of the filamentous Blue-green alga Lyngbya majescula Aquatic Plant Management Society, Student Paper Awards 1984 Courses, Seminars, and Symposiums Faculty, Endoscopic Spinal Surgery, International Congress of Neurological Surgery, Marakesh, Marocco, June, 2005 Faculty, Establishing a Minimally Invasive Spine Center of Excellence, World Research Federation Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, Febuary, 2005 Faculty, 2nd Annual Mazama Spine Course, Mazama, Washington, January 2005 Guest Speaker, Building Neuroscience Centers of Excellence, Las Vegas Nevada, May 24-26, 2004 Faculty, Surgical Anatomy of the Thoracic and Lumbar Spine, 72nd Annual Meeting of the AANS, Orlando FL, May1-5, 2004 Faculty, Recent Clinical Developments in Endoscopic Surgery of the Spine, AANS, Orlando FL, May 1-5, 2004 Faculty, Vertebroplasty: Indications, Controversies and Credentialing, AANS, Orlando FL, May 1-5, 2004 Faculty, The Neurosurgical Experience at an Echelon 5 Facility During Operation Iraqi Freedom, Scientific Session VI, AANS, May 1-5 2004 Key Note Speaker, First Annual Mazama Spine Summit, Mazama Washington, January 23-25, 2003 Faculty, New Frontiers and Current Advances in Spine Surgery, Biltmore Hotel, Sponsor Healthstream, November 6-8, 2003 Abstract grader, 2004 American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting, Orlando FL 2004 Director: How to Evaluate a Job: Navigating Unfamiliar Territory, American Association of Neurological Surgeons Meeting, Orlando, FL May 1-5th, 2004 Moderator: Council of State Neurosurgical Societies Session, Congress of Neurological Surgeons Meeting, Denver, CO, October 20, 2003 Course Faculty: Emerging Technologies in Lumbar Fusion, Congress of Neurological Surgeons Meeting, Denver, CO, October 19, 2003 Faculty: ACI National Conference: Neuroscience Center of Excellence for Hospital and Health Systems, Chicago, IL, July 17, 2003 Course Moderator: Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, Session V. World Spine II, Chicago, IL August 13, 2003 Panelist: Vertebroplasty: indication, controversies, and credentialing. American Association of Neurological Surgeons Meeting, San Diego, CA May 1, 2003. Panelist: Lumbar spine fusion: indications, patient selection, and current techniques. American Association of Neurological Surgeons Meeting, San Diego, CA April 30, 2003 Chairman, AAP Minimal Access Spinal Technologies Hands-on Program, MERI Facility, Memphis, TN, March 2003 Co-Director, Minimally Invasive Spine Technologies Course, Practical Anatomy Workshop, Pathfinder Beta Site Course, St. Louis, MO, February 2003 Course Faculty: Sugical Anatomy of the Thoracic and Lumbar Spine, American Association of Neurological Surgeons Meeting, San Diego, CA April 26, 2003 Course Faculty: Modern Techniques and Future Trends in Lumbar Interbody Fusion, American Association of Neurological Surgeons Meeting, San Diego, CA April 26, 2003 Course Faculty: Vertebroplasty: Indications and Treatment Options, American Association of Neurological Surgeons Meeting, San Diego, CA April 27, 2003 Director: How to Evaluate a Job: Navigating Unfamiliar Territory, American Association of Neurological Surgeons Meeting, San Diego, CA April 27, 2003 Panelist: Recent Clinical Developments in Endoscopic Surgery of the Spine, American Association of Neurological Surgeons Meeting, San Diego, CA April 30, 2003 Section Moderator: Council of State Neurosurgical Societies Socio-economic Section, Congress of Neurological Surgeons Meeting, Denver, CA 2003 Section Moderator: How to Evaluate a Job: Navigating Unfamiliar Territory, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, San Diego, CA, April 2003 Faculty, Instructor Minimal Access Spine Technologies Course, Sofamor Danek, Memphis, TN, January 2003 Course Instructor: Global Spine, Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion, Sofamor Danek, Dana Point, CA, October 2002 Course instructor: Beyond Residency course, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Chicago, IL, October 2002 Minimal Access Spinal Technologies Outcomes Focus Group, Sofamor-Danek 2002 Course Instructor, Mobile Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Workshop, Chicago, IL 2002 Instructor, Sofamor-Danek, Minimal Access Spinal Technologies Course, Memphis, TN 2002 Course Instructor: Minimally Invasive Microendoscopic Discectomy, American Association of Neurological Surgeons Meeting, Chicago, IL 2002 Section Moderator: Socio-economic section of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons Meetings 2002-present Course Instructor: How to Evaluate a Job: Navigating Unfamiliar Territory, American Association of Neurological Surgeons Meeting, Chicago, IL 2002 Course Instructor: Surgical Anatomy of the Thoracic and Lumbar Spine, American Association of Neurological Surgeons Meeting, Chicago, IL 2002 Course Instructor: Vertebroplasty, American Association of Neurological Surgeons Meeting, Chicago, IL 2002 Course Instructor: Vertebroplasty, Congress of Neurological Surgeons 2001 Meeting, San Diego, California Course Instructor: How to Evaluate a Job (for Residents), AANS Meeting, Toronto, Canada 2001 Director, Neurosurgical Air Transportable Hospital, US Air Force 1999-2001 Director, Neurosurgery/Orthopedic Spine Conference 1997-2001 Coordinator Neurosurgery Outreach Telecommunications 1999 Wilford Hall Medical Center, San Antonio, TX Coordinator, Image Guided Surgical Team 1998-2001 Team Chief , Neurosurgical Division 1999 Air Force Air Transportable Hospital F-4 Exercise Nellis Air Force Base, NV Chairman - The Society of 1999 Air Force Clinical Surgeons Meeting San Antonio, TX Director - Spinal Symposium 1998 Strategies and Techniques of Spinal Instrumentation Wilford Hall Medical Center, San Antonio, TX Flight Leader, Officer Training School 1997 Maxwell AFB, Alabama Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA Chairman, 10th Class reunion 2001 Chairman, 5th Class reunion 1996 President, Student Council 1990-1991 Class President 1987-1991 President and Founder, Student Research Society 1987-1988 Student Representative, Executive Council 1988-1991 Student Representative, Board of Trustees 1988-1991 Grinnell College,Grinnell, Iowa Director, Class Funds 1999-present Alumni Representative, College Fair, San Marcos, TX 1998 ORGANIZATIONS AANS/CNS Joint Section on Spine Congress of Neurological Surgeons American Association of Neurological Surgeons North American Spine Society American Medical Association American College of Surgeons Illinois State Neurosurgical Society Texas Medical Association Houston Neurological Society Bexar County Medical Society Sigma Xi Research Society CERTIFICATION Board Certified in Neurological Surgery 2001 Advance Cardiac Life Support 1997 Amer. Board of Neurological Surgeons Written Examination 1995 Diplomat National Board of Medical Examiners 1991 GRANTS Sofamor Danek Educational Grant 2004 Spinal Concepts Minimally Invasive Spine Fellowship sponsor 2004 Providence Medical Center, Spinal Cord injury research grant 2004 Spinal Concepts Educational Grant 2003 Council of State Neurological Surgery Societies 2002 Metronics-Sofamor Danek Education Grant 1999, 2002 Sofamor Danek Spinal Seminar Educational Grant 1998 Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid 1985 TEXT BOOKS 1. Outpatient Spinal Surgery, editors Perez-Cruet MJ, and Fessler RG., Quality Medical Publishing, Inc. St. Louis, MO, 2002. 2. Anatomical Approach to Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, editors Perez-Cruet MJ, Khoo L, Fessler RG. Quality Medical Publishing, Inc. St. Louis, MO, In Press.

Dr. Mick J. Perez-Cruet's CV

OFFICE LOCATIONS

Southfield-Providence
Novi

RELATED ITEMS

OFFICE ADDRESS
Michigan Head and Spine Institute
Providence Medical Center
22250 Providence Dr.
Suite 300
Southfield, MI 48075
Phone: 248-440-2162
Fax: 248-440-2201

POSITIONS
Director, Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
Michigan Head and Spine Institute
Providence Medical Center, 2003-present
Director, Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
Assistant Professor 2002-2003
Rush-Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center
Chicago Institute of Neurosurgery and Neuroresearch Chicago, Illinois
Associate Director, Institute for Spine Care, CINN
Silver Cross Hospital, Joliet, IL 2002-present
Minimally Invasive and Reconstructive Spine Fellowship 2001-2002,
Rush-Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center,
Chicago Institute of Neurosurgery and Neuroresearch, Chicago, Illinois
Vice-Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery 1998-2001
United States Air Force
Wilford Hall Medical Center
Lackland Air Force Base, Texas
Director of Spinal Research 1998-2001
Wilford Hall Medical Center
Director of Resident Education 1998-2001
Wilford Hall Medical Center
Director of Quality Assurance 1997-2001
Wilford Hall Medical Center
Staff Neurosurgeon 1997-2001
Wilford Hall Medical Center

MILITARY SERVICE
Major, United States Air Force 1997-2001
Captain, United States Air Force 1991-1997
Lieutenant, United States Air Force 1987-1991
Commissioned, United States Air Force 1987

EDUCATION
Doctor of Medicine 1991
Tufts University
Boston, MA
Master of Science, Chemistry 1986
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL
Bachelor of Arts 1983
Grinnell College
Grinnell, IA

TRAINING
Fellowship, Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery 2001-02
Rush University, CINN
Chicago, IL (under Dr. Richard G. Fessler)
Neurological Surgery Residency 1992-1997
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX (under Dr. Robert Grossman)
General Surgery Internship 1991-1992
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX (under Dr. Michael DeBakey)

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Director, Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery and Spine Program
Director, Neurosurgical Resident Education and Research Section of Neurosurgery
Michigan Head and Spine Institute
Providence Hospital and Medical Center
Southfield, MI 2003-present
Director, Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
Assistant Visiting Professor 2002-present
Rush-Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center
Chicago Institute of Neurosurgery and Neuroresearch
Chicago, Illinois
Clinical Instructor 2001-2002
Department of Neurosurgery Rush-Presbyterian St. Lukes Medical Center
Chicago, IL
Clinical Assistant Professor 1998-2001
Department of Neurosurgery
University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, TX
Clinical Assistant Professor 1997-2001
Uniformed Services University of Health Science
Bethesda, MD
Instructor 1998-2001
Trauma Course for Military Surgeons

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENT
Council of State Neurosurgical Societies(CSNS)
Michigan representative, LLDC, Washington DC 2004-present
Delegate, State of Michigan 2004-present
Michigan State Representative DMLR 2004-present
Corresponding Secretary 2004-present
CSNS Liason to CNS Scientific Program Committee 2002-present
CSNS Liason to CNS Education Committee 2002-present
Member Ad-Hoc Committee on Allied Health Professionals in Neurosurgery 2003-present
Member Ad-Hoc Committee on Resident Socioeconomic Education 2003-present
Chairman, Workforce Committee 2002-2004
Vice-Chairman, Communications and Education Committee 2002-present
CNS Meeting Section Course Moderator 2002-present
Board Member, ANS PAC 2001-present
Executive Committee 2001-present
Chairman, Young Physicians Committee 2000-2002
Vice-Chairman, Young Physicians Committee 1999-2000
Chairman, Ad-Hoc Committee on Neurosurgical Undergraduate Medical Education 2000-2002
Medical Legal Committee 1998-2002
Member, Northwest Quadrant 2002-present
Member, Southwest Quadrant 1998-2002
Ad-Hoc Committee on CSNS Resident Membership 1998

Congress of Neurological Surgeons Member Publications Committee 2004-present
Scientific Program Committee 2002-2004
Education Committee 2001-2004
CSNS Liaison 2001-present
CNS Appointee to CSNS 1999-2004
Host Committee, 50th CNS Meeting, San Antonio,TX 2000
Sergeant-at-Arms, CNS Meeting, Boston, MA 1999
Assistant Editor, Neurosurgery News 1999-present

American Association of Neurological Surgeons
Appointed Neurosurgery On-Call Web page Committee 2003-present
Appointed Public Relations Committee, 3yr term 2003-2006
Scientific Program Committee 2002-2004
Public Relations Committee 2002-present
Ad-hoc Committee on Education 2001
Liaison, Young Neurosurgeons Committee 2000-2003
Michigan Association of Neurological Surgeons (MANS) Member at Large (Officer) 2004-present
Gene Mitchell Neuroscience Research Foundation Board and Founding Member 2003-present

HONORS AND AWARDS
Neurosurgery Reference Card: Sent to all 2nd year medical students in the United States 2003
Neurosurgery Gray Matter: A General Overview, posted on CNS Web Page 2004
Recognition Award for Service on Public Relations Committee, American
Association of Neurological Surgeons, April 2003
"Best Seller" textbook Outpatient Spinal Surgery, GMP, St. Louis, MO 2002
Recognized Signature Archival Series Text "Outpatient Spinal Surgery", North American Spine Society 2002

United States Air Force
Outstanding Unit Award with bronze oak leak cluster 2001
Longevity Service Award Ribbon 2001
Training Ribbon Award 1987
Expert Marksmanship Ribbon (9mm Barretta) 2000
Expert Marksmanship Ribbon (38 Cal. Colt) 1991
Service Ribbon, Desert Storm
Honor Squadron Award 1987
Air Force Top Contributor Award 1987

Nominated to CNS Member-at-Large by CSNS 2001
Created logo adopted by CSNS 2001
Marquis Who's Who
World 2003
International 2001
America 2000
Medicine and Healthcare 1999-2001
Science and Engineer 2004
Metronic Sofamor Danek Spine Fellows Program 2000
Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
William Dameshek Undergraduate Research Award 1991
Merck Manual Outstanding Medical Student Award 1991
Commencement Committee Award 1991
American Federation of Clinical Research Award 1991
Student Body Recognition Award 1991
First Place Award, Tufts Research Symposium 1989
Air Force Health Professions Scholarship 1987-1991

RESEARCH AWARDS
Adenoviral-mediated gene therapy of experimental brain tumors (gliomas) CNS Tumor Section, Chicago, IL 1994
American Federation of Clinical Research 1987
Purification and activity of Ptychodiscus brevis (red tide) toxin associated with respiratory problems Sigma Xi Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award 1987
American Association for the Advancement of Science, Outstanding Student Paper Award 1986
American Chemical Society, Outstanding Student Paper Award 1986
Florida Academy of Science, Best Student Paper Award 1986
Elected to Sigma Xi Research Society 1986
American Association for the Advancement of Science 1986
Preparation of sterile sea water through photodynamic action Aquatic Plant Management Society, Student Paper Awards 1986
Effect of selected dyes on the growth of the filamentous Blue-green alga Lyngbya majescula Aquatic Plant Management Society, Student Paper Awards 1984

Courses, Seminars, and Symposiums
Faculty, Endoscopic Spinal Surgery, International Congress of Neurological Surgery, Marakesh, Marocco, June, 2005
Faculty, Establishing a Minimally Invasive Spine Center of Excellence, World Research Federation Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, Febuary, 2005
Faculty, 2nd Annual Mazama Spine Course, Mazama, Washington, January 2005
Guest Speaker, Building Neuroscience Centers of Excellence, Las Vegas Nevada, May 24-26, 2004 Faculty, Surgical Anatomy of the Thoracic and Lumbar Spine, 72nd Annual Meeting of the AANS, Orlando FL, May1-5, 2004
Faculty, Recent Clinical Developments in Endoscopic Surgery of the Spine, AANS, Orlando FL, May 1-5, 2004
Faculty, Vertebroplasty: Indications, Controversies and Credentialing, AANS, Orlando FL, May 1-5, 2004
Faculty, The Neurosurgical Experience at an Echelon 5 Facility During Operation Iraqi Freedom, Scientific Session VI, AANS, May 1-5 2004
Key Note Speaker, First Annual Mazama Spine Summit, Mazama Washington, January 23-25, 2003 Faculty, New Frontiers and Current Advances in Spine Surgery, Biltmore Hotel, Sponsor Healthstream, November 6-8, 2003
Abstract grader, 2004 American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting, Orlando FL 2004
Director: How to Evaluate a Job: Navigating Unfamiliar Territory, American Association of Neurological Surgeons Meeting, Orlando, FL May 1-5th, 2004
Moderator: Council of State Neurosurgical Societies Session, Congress of Neurological Surgeons Meeting, Denver, CO, October 20, 2003
Course Faculty: Emerging Technologies in Lumbar Fusion, Congress of Neurological Surgeons Meeting, Denver, CO, October 19, 2003
Faculty: ACI National Conference: Neuroscience Center of Excellence for Hospital and Health Systems, Chicago, IL, July 17, 2003
Course Moderator: Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, Session V. World Spine II, Chicago, IL August 13, 2003
Panelist: Vertebroplasty: indication, controversies, and credentialing. American Association of Neurological Surgeons Meeting, San Diego, CA May 1, 2003.
Panelist: Lumbar spine fusion: indications, patient selection, and current techniques. American Association of Neurological Surgeons Meeting, San Diego, CA April 30, 2003
Chairman, AAP Minimal Access Spinal Technologies Hands-on Program, MERI Facility, Memphis, TN, March 2003
Co-Director, Minimally Invasive Spine Technologies Course, Practical Anatomy Workshop, Pathfinder Beta Site Course, St. Louis, MO, February 2003
Course Faculty: Sugical Anatomy of the Thoracic and Lumbar Spine, American Association of Neurological Surgeons Meeting, San Diego, CA April 26, 2003
Course Faculty: Modern Techniques and Future Trends in Lumbar Interbody Fusion, American Association of Neurological Surgeons Meeting, San Diego, CA April 26, 2003
Course Faculty: Vertebroplasty: Indications and Treatment Options, American Association of Neurological Surgeons Meeting, San Diego, CA April 27, 2003
Director: How to Evaluate a Job: Navigating Unfamiliar Territory, American Association of Neurological Surgeons Meeting, San Diego, CA April 27, 2003
Panelist: Recent Clinical Developments in Endoscopic Surgery of the Spine, American Association of Neurological Surgeons Meeting, San Diego, CA April 30, 2003
Section Moderator: Council of State Neurosurgical Societies Socio-economic Section, Congress of Neurological Surgeons Meeting, Denver, CA 2003
Section Moderator: How to Evaluate a Job: Navigating Unfamiliar Territory, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, San Diego, CA, April 2003
Faculty, Instructor Minimal Access Spine Technologies Course, Sofamor Danek, Memphis, TN, January 2003
Course Instructor: Global Spine, Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion, Sofamor Danek, Dana Point, CA, October 2002
Course instructor: Beyond Residency course, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Chicago, IL, October 2002
Minimal Access Spinal Technologies Outcomes Focus Group, Sofamor-Danek 2002
Course Instructor, Mobile Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Workshop, Chicago, IL 2002
Instructor, Sofamor-Danek, Minimal Access Spinal Technologies Course, Memphis, TN 2002
Course Instructor: Minimally Invasive Microendoscopic Discectomy, American Association of Neurological Surgeons Meeting, Chicago, IL 2002
Section Moderator: Socio-economic section of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons Meetings 2002-present
Course Instructor: How to Evaluate a Job: Navigating Unfamiliar Territory, American Association of Neurological Surgeons Meeting, Chicago, IL 2002
Course Instructor: Surgical Anatomy of the Thoracic and Lumbar Spine, American Association of Neurological Surgeons Meeting, Chicago, IL 2002
Course Instructor: Vertebroplasty, American Association of Neurological Surgeons Meeting, Chicago, IL 2002

Course Instructor: Vertebroplasty, Congress of Neurological Surgeons 2001
Meeting, San Diego, California Course Instructor: How to Evaluate a Job (for Residents), AANS Meeting, Toronto, Canada 2001
Director, Neurosurgical Air Transportable Hospital, US Air Force 1999-2001
Director, Neurosurgery/Orthopedic Spine Conference 1997-2001
Coordinator Neurosurgery Outreach Telecommunications 1999
Wilford Hall Medical Center, San Antonio, TX Coordinator, Image Guided Surgical Team 1998-2001
Team Chief , Neurosurgical Division 1999
Air Force Air Transportable Hospital F-4 Exercise Nellis Air Force Base, NV Chairman - The Society of 1999
Air Force Clinical Surgeons Meeting San Antonio, TX Director - Spinal Symposium 1998
Strategies and Techniques of Spinal Instrumentation Wilford Hall Medical Center, San Antonio, TX Flight Leader, Officer Training School 1997
Maxwell AFB, Alabama
Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
Chairman, 10th Class reunion 2001
Chairman, 5th Class reunion 1996
President, Student Council 1990-1991
Class President 1987-1991
President and Founder, Student Research Society 1987-1988
Student Representative, Executive Council 1988-1991
Student Representative, Board of Trustees 1988-1991
Grinnell College,Grinnell, Iowa
Director, Class Funds 1999-present
Alumni Representative, College Fair, San Marcos, TX 1998

ORGANIZATIONS
AANS/CNS Joint Section on Spine
Congress of Neurological Surgeons
American Association of Neurological Surgeons
North American Spine Society
American Medical Association
American College of Surgeons
Illinois State Neurosurgical Society
Texas Medical Association
Houston Neurological Society
Bexar County Medical Society
Sigma Xi Research Society

CERTIFICATION
Board Certified in Neurological Surgery 2001
Advance Cardiac Life Support 1997
Amer. Board of Neurological Surgeons Written Examination 1995
Diplomat National Board of Medical Examiners 1991

GRANTS
Sofamor Danek Educational Grant 2004
Spinal Concepts Minimally Invasive Spine Fellowship sponsor 2004
Providence Medical Center, Spinal Cord injury research grant 2004
Spinal Concepts Educational Grant 2003
Council of State Neurological Surgery Societies 2002
Metronics-Sofamor Danek Education Grant 1999, 2002
Sofamor Danek Spinal Seminar Educational Grant 1998
Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid 1985

TEXT BOOKS
1. Outpatient Spinal Surgery, editors Perez-Cruet MJ, and Fessler RG., Quality Medical Publishing, Inc. St. Louis, MO, 2002. 2. Anatomical Approach to Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, editors Perez-Cruet MJ, Khoo L, Fessler RG. Quality Medical Publishing, Inc. St. Louis, MO, In Press.