A neurological surgeon with 10 years of clinical experience, this expert witness specializes in complex spine surgery, adult spinal deformity, neurotrauma, and conditions affecting the spinal cord and brain. The expert has two years of expert witness consulting experience involving neurological surgery and related spine issues. Clinical and subject-matter expertise includes spinal spondylosis, spinal lesions, cervical myelopathy and other cervical spine disorders, spinal cord injury, cranial lesions, cerebral networks and architecture, and recovery following neurological and spinal surgery.

Educational attainment includes a Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry, a Doctor of Medicine, and a Doctor of Philosophy in neuroscience. Postgraduate preparation comprises an internship and residency in neurological surgery, service as chief resident, and fellowship training in spine surgery through departments of neurological and orthopedic surgery. An active Missouri medical physician and surgeon license at the time it was prepared and lists the expert as board eligible through the American Board of Neurological Surgery.

The expert is an assistant professor in neurological surgery, orthopedic surgery, neuroscience, and biomedical engineering, as well as Director of an Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Program for spine surgery. His technical and research experience addresses cervical myelopathy, degenerative spondylolisthesis with spinal stenosis, adult degenerative scoliosis, minimally invasive spine procedures, cerebral networks and architecture, and changes in brain connectivity following spinal cord injury. He has served as principal investigator on research involving cervical spine disorders, spinal cord injury, functional recovery, and cerebral network reorganization, and as site principal investigator for a clinical trial involving degenerative spondylolisthesis and spinal stenosis. He has also contributed to patented medical technologies, reviewed manuscripts for neurological surgery and neuroscience journals, and presented and published work concerning spine disorders, cranial lesions, brain tumors, neuroimaging, cerebral connectivity, and recovery following neurological injury.