A fellowship trained pediatric orthopaedic surgeon, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Pediatrics
with the University of New Mexico’s Carrie Tingley Children’s Hospital, I am chief of the division of
Pediatric Orthopaedics. We treat the range of children’s bone and joint problems, from fractures to club
foot.
The UNM Carrie Tingley Pediatric Bone Health Center, a complete DXA facility dedicated to children, was
founded in 2003 and I am founder and director. The Center performs bone density testing for children
as well as research, treatment, and counseling for children with low bone density and osteoporosis. I
am certified as a clinical densitometrist by the International Society for Clinical densitometry.
Training:
Residency in orthopaedics, University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio, 1978-83
Fellowship, Pediatric Orthopaedics , Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, Dallas 1983-84
Primary interests: Pediatric bone density and osteoporosis, Clubfoot, Pediatric Hip and Limb deformities