Background & Specialties

Board Certification

American Board of Plastic Surgery
American Board of Surgery

Professional Background

Medical School:
M.P. Shah Medical College, Jamnagar, India - 1973

Internships:
Irvine Hospital, Jamnagar, India
St. Francis Hospital, Evanston Illinois

Residency:
Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
Christ Hospital and Medical Center, Oak Lawn, Illinois

Teaching Appointments

Clinical Instructor - Ohio State University 1981-1983
Assistant Professor - Department of Plastic Surgery, Rush Medical College, 1985 -1993.
Clinical Assistant Professor - Department of Surgery - University of Illinois in Chicago, 1993 to present.

Publications and Presentations

Publications/Presentations:
"Rush Review of Surgery" - Co-Author Chapter of Plastic Surgery
"Clinical Use of Goretex Graft for Femoro-popliteal Bypass" American Journal of Surgery, March 1990.
"Pheochrocytoma: Operative Strategies" Surgery, November, 1985.
"Max Thorek: A Surgeon for All Seasons" Clinics in Plastic Surgery, October 1983.
"Emergency Management of Soft Tissue Injury" The Ohio State University Series on Emergency Medicine, Famous Teaching in Modern Medicine, Published by Med Com, 1983.
"Reconstruction of Lower Extremity Defects with the Free Latissimus Dorsi Flap" Presented at the Ohio Valley Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons Meeting, March 1982, Columbus, Ohio

Speaking Engagements:
Multiple

Hobbies and Interests

Golf
Singing
Stand up Comedy
Acting