Washington & Lee University, 1973
Med School: University of Tennessee-Memphis, 1976
Residency: UT-Campbell Clinic, 1981
Fellowship:
- Pediatric Orthopaedics, A.I. DuPont Institute, Wilmington, DE, 1982
- American Orthopaedic Association North American Traveling Fellowship, 1984
- American Orthopaedic Association ABC-Traveling Fellow 1991
Board of Certification: American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

University Appointment: Professor, UT-Campbell Clinic, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Other:
- Chairman, Board of Trustees , Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 2016-2018
- Harold B Boyd, Professor and Chairman, University of Tennessee, Campbell Clinic, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Biomedical Engineering
- Co-Editor, Campbell’s Operative Orthopaedics
- Ed. Board, Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics
- Co-Editor, Operative Pediatric Orthopaedics
- Co-Editor, Fractures In Children, 6th Edition, Beaty and Kasser
- Editor, Orthopaedic Knowledge Update VI, AAOS
- Chief of Staff, Campbell Clinic, 2001-2010
Professional Societies:
- President, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 2007-2008
- President, Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of N. America, 2000-2001
- President, MidAmerica Orthopaedic Association, 2002-2003
- President, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, 2003-2004