Main Office Address: Mid County Orthopaedic - Ballas 621 S. New Ballas Rd Suite 63B St. Louis, MO 63141 Phone: 314-983-4700 Fax: 314-983-9174

Other Offices Mid County Orthopaedic - CityPlace 5  314-983-4700 Mid County Orthopaedic - Progress West   314-983-4700

Hospitals

Mercy Hospital 314-251-6000 Progress West 636-344-1000

Education
Med School:	State University of New York - Syracuse
Residency:	University of Iowa Hospital
Fellowship:	DuPont Hospital for Children
Internship:	University of Iowa Hospital
Licenses:	MO, CA
Board Certs:	American Board of Orthopedic Surgery, National Board of Medical Examiners, Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America, American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, Scoliosis Research Society

Practice Focus

Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery

AARP (All)	Aetna Aetna HMO Aetna Choice POS & POS II Elect Choice (EPO) Managed Choice (POS) Open Access (HMO) Open Access Elect Choice (EPO) Open Access Managed Choice (POS) Open Choice (PPO) Quality POS US Access
America's Health Plan (All)	BCE Emergis Admar Formost Select Health Network Medical Network Pro America UP & UP Wellmark Health Network bps Healthcare
Beech Street (All)	Anthem BCBS Access Access Choice Blue Preferred Blue Card Blue Choice Health Net Blue Federal Employees Program Preferred Care Blue Wal-Mart Basic Blue
Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway (All)	Capp Care (All)
Community Care Network (All)	Central States - Teamcare (All)
Champus - ChampVA (All)	Choice Care - Humana (All)
Cigna HMO Network Open Access Network Open Access POS Open Access HMO Open Access Plus Open Access POS POS, PPO, PPO Plus, EPO	Comp Pro - Med View (All)
Core Source (All)	Corvel (All)
Epoch Group (All)	Ethix (All)
Essence (Esse Medicare HMO) (All)	First Health (All)
Focus Work Comp (All)	Galaxy Health Network (All)
Great West Healthcare Gen Am Benefits Great West Life New England Financial One Health Plan Alta Health	Group Health Plan HMO, POS Advantra HMO & PPO CMR GHP-ASO Gold Advantage HMO Health Assurance Open Access HMO & POS Sensicare & Sensicare Plus
Health Care Club of America (All)	Health Dynamics (All)
Healthlink HMO, PPO, POS, Access Health Comp Management	Health Management Network (All)
HealthSouth Network (Surgicomp) (All)	Mail Handlers (All)
Managed Care, Inc. (All)	Matrix Managed Care (All)
Medicaid Community Care Plus Mercy MC+ Healthcare USA	Medicare (All)
MedView Services (All)	Mercy Health Plan Open Access HMO Open Access POS Premier Plus Access HMO Access POS Mercy MC+
Missouri Pacific Employees Association (All)	MultiPlan (Preferred) (All)
Mutual of Omaha (All)	Mutually Preferred (All)
NPPN Work Comp (All)	Pension Associates (All)
PHC Physician Network (All)	PHCS - Private Healthcare Systems (All)
ppoNEXT/HealthStar (All)	Railroad Medicare (All)
Three Rivers (All)	Tricare (Humana Military) Tricare Standard Tricare Prime Tricare for Life (Medicare Supplement)
Union Pacific Railroad Employees Health System (All)	United HealthCare Choice Choice Plus Medicare Complete Options PPO Select Select Plus, EPO & POS
USA Managed Care (All)	United Mine Workers (All)
Unicare (Unity) (All)	Wabash Memorial Hospital Assocation (All)
Wellmark Health Network (All)	Westport Benefits (All)

Documents & Forms

Notice of Privacy Pediatric Medical History Patient Registration Patient Consent Form

Additional Information
Additional Information:	Served on Medical Executive Committee at St Louis Children’s Hospital. Also, served as by-laws committee chairman of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society, participated on the Nominating Committee, served as Treasurer Elect and Treasurer, former Orthopedic Surgeon-in-Chief at St. Louis Children's Hospital.
Accepting Patients:	Yes