Midwestern University/Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine
Affiliations:
North American Spine Society
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery
American Osteopathic Academy of Orthopedics
American Osteopathic Association
Honors and Awards:
Salute to Service Award : 2007
Medical Society of Virginia Foundation. Presented to those directly involved in the patient care and for the "compassionate response to the shooting at Virginia Tech" on April 16, 2007.
Instructor : 2006
Anterior Lumbar Spine: Exposure Strategies and Techniques for the Treatment of Degenerative Disc Disease June 10, 2006 Dallas Texas.
Bob Green Memorial Award : 2006
AOAO awarded to the highest combined score of part one and two orthopedic surgery board exam, 2005.
Albert Schweitzer Fellowship : 1999-2000
Developed and implemented a program consisting o over 200 hrs of community service focused on the physical rehabilitation of Chicago homeless victims of orthopedic trauma.
Publications:
Book Chapter- Singh, Yakel, Wojewnik, Vaccaro, Ohnmeiss, Blumenthal: Lumbar Spine Arthorplasty Operative Techniques: Spine Surgery. Alexander Vacaro. Elsevier Health Sciences, 2007
