Accomplishments

• Special Advisor / Medical Consultant to The President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports (1st Bush Administration"Arnold Schwarzenegger, Chairman).
• Board of Directors, the American Council on Exercise (ACE)
• Spokesperson - American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) and the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM).
• Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.
• Author, The Exercise Prescription and Review Panel " The Surgeon General’s Report on Physical Activity and Health.
• Recipient of the HAFL Award (Healthy American Fitness Leaders).
• Chairman, Orthopaedic Surgery, Delaware County Memorial Hospital.
• National Representative for AAOS & AOSSM to “Healthy People 2000/2010”
• Aetna U.S. Healthcare (1990-2002) " Associate Medical Director, and Chairman, Orthopaedic Surgery Specialty Advisory Committee.
• Member: American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons; American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine; Association of Professional Team Physicians; American College of Sports Medicine; International Cartilage Repair Society; American College of Physician Executives; American Health Care Journalists; National American Fitness Leaders; US Tennis Association
• Medical Consultant and editorial Advisor to “Ask Arnold” (Arnold Schwarzenegger’s syndicated column in USA WEEKEND magazine, 1993-1995).
• Editor, “Exercise is Medicine” series in The Physician and Sportsmedicine (past).
• Editorial Advisory Board: The Physician & Sportsmedicine; Muscle & Fitness; Shape; Men’s Health; Men’s Fitness; AAOS Now.
• Lectures and consults nationally on topics of Sports Medicine, Health & Fitness as well as a variety of healthcare issues.