Professional Activities

Academic appointments:

• Clinical Instructor (Resident) in Surgery, New York University School of Medicine, July 1980 to June 1983
• Clinical Instructor (Resident) in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Texas, Galveston, July 1983 to June 1986
• Scientific Staff, Shriners Hospitals for Crippled Children, July 1985 to July 1986
• Fellow in Craniofacial Surgery, Harvard University, Boston, July 1986 to June 1987
• Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, July 1987 to August 31, 1993
• Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, September 1, 1993 to Present

Hospital and university committees:

• Infection Control Committee, Children's Memorial  Hospital, 1988-1997
• Fetal Assessment Team, Northwestern University Perinatal Center, 1988-Present
• Department of Surgery Committee on Research, Northwestern University Medical  School, 1990-1992
• Institutional Review Board, The Children's Memorial Institute for Education and Research, 1990-1992
• Ad Hoc Task Force on AZT Post HIV-Exposure Prophylaxis, Children's Memorial   Hospital, 1991
• Animal Care Committee, Children's Memorial Hospital, 1991-1992
• Faculty/Student Advisory Group, Northwestern University Department of Surgery, 1991-1997
• Robert H. Lurie Cancer Center, Northwestern University Medical School,
• 1992-Present
• Search Committee for Head, Division of Neurosurgery, Northwestern University
• Medical School, 1994
• Operating Room Committee, Evanston Hospital, 1995-1996

National committees:

• Scientific Program Evaluator, ASPRS Annual Meeting, October 2-7, 1988
• Maxillofacial News Committee, American Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons (ASMS), l990-Present
• Associate Editor, Maxillofacial Newsletter, ASMS, l990-Present
• Membership Committee, ASMS, l990-1991
• Alternate Delegate of the ASMS to the Young Physicians Section of the AMA, l991-1992
• Delegate of the ASMS to the Young Physicians Section of the AMA, Dec. l992-1994
• Best Paper Award Committee, ASMS, 1992-1995
• CPT Subcommittee, Section of Plastic Surgery, American Academy of Pediatrics, 1995
• Chairman, Maxillofacial News Committee, ASMS, 1996-1997
• Auditing Committee, ASMS, 1996-1997
• Chairman, Practice Parameters Committee, ASMS, 1997-2000
• Quality Advisory Committee, Aetna U.S. Healthcare, 1997-Present
• ASMS Representative, ASPRS Guidelines Subcommittee of Medical Effectiveness
• Research Committee, 1997-1999
• Web Page Ad Hoc Committee, ASMS, 1999-2000
• 2000 Nominating Committee, Society of University Surgeons, 2000

Memberships:

• American Board of Plastic Surgery
• American College of Surgeons
• American College of Surgeons, Metropolitan Chicago Chapter
• American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Inc.     
• American Society of Plastic Surgeons [ASPS]
• (formerly American Society of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeons [ASPRS])
• Blocker-Lewis Plastic Surgery Society
• Chicago Medical Society
• Chicago Surgical Society
• Illinois State Medical Society
• Midwestern Association of Plastic Surgeons
• Plastic Surgery Research Council
• Sigma Xi, Scientific Research Society
• Society of University Surgeons