Gregory W. Stocks, M.D.

Fellowships

• Major Joint Reconstruction

  University of California,
  San Diego
  San Diego, CA
  Richard D. Coutts, M.D., Co-Director
  Richard F. Santore, M.D., Co-Director
  July 25, 1994 - July 31, 1995

• Joint Replacement and Research

  Honorary Clinical Assistant
  Royal London Hospital
  Bone and Joint Research Unit
  London Clinic, Harley Street
  London, England
  Michael A. R. Freeman, M.D., FRCS, Director
  September, 1993 - July, 1994

• Ilizarov’s Methods
  

  Clinical and Research Fellow
  Ospedale Di Lecco
  Lecco, Italy
  Maurizio Catagni, M.D., Co-Director
  Roberto Cattaneo, M.D., Co-Director
  July, 1993 - August, 1993

Residency

• Chief Resident
  Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
  Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
  Lubbock, Texas
  Eugene J. Dabezies, M.D., Chairman
  July, 1991 - June, 1992

• Resident
  Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
  Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
  Lubbock, Texas
  Eugene J. Dabezies, M.D., Chairman
  Gerald S. Laros, M.D., Chairman
  July, 1988  - June, 1991

• Rotating Flexible Internship
  Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
  Lubbock, Texas
  Gerald S. Laros, M.D., Chairman
  July, 1987 - June, 1988

Medical School

• Baylor College of Medicine
  Houston, Texas
  M.D., May, 1987

Undergraduate

• Duke University
  Durham, North Carolina
  BA, Chemistry, May, 1983
  Summa Cum Laude

• University of Copenhagen
  Copenhagen, Denmark
  General Studies, September-December, 1982

High School

• Memorial High School
  Houston, Texas, May, 1979

Publications:  Book Chapter

• Elkousy H, Stocks GW: Hip and Pelvis Problems, in Current Diagnosis & Treatment: Sports Medicine; McMahon P, ed; LangeMedical Books / McGraw-Hill, 2007.

Publications: Peer Reviewed Journals

• Ellis AR, Noble PC, Schroder SJ, Thompson MT, Stocks GW; The Cam Impinging Femur Has Multiple Morphologic Abnormalities. J Arthrolasty 26(6): Suppl 1:59-65, September 2011.
• Stocks GW, Self SD, Thompson BT, Marcek J, O’Connor DP; Directed Air Flow to reduce Airborne Particulate and Bacterial Contamination in the Surgical Field during Total Hip Arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty,26(5):771-6, August, 2011.
• Stocks GW, Self SD, Thompson BT, Adame XA, O’Connor DP; Predicting bacterial populations based on airborne particulates: A study performed in nonlaminar flow operating rooms during joint arthroplasty surgery. Am J Infect Control, 38:199-204, 2010.
• Bardakos N, Cil A, Thompson B, Stocks GW;  Mechanical Axis Cannot be Restored in Total Knee Arthroplasty With a Fixed Valgus Resection:  A Radiographic Study.  J Arthroplasty, 22(6) Supplement 2:85–89, 2007.
• Stocks GW; Letter to the editor Re: “Reverse Obliquity Fractures of the Intertrochanteric Region of the Femur”, JBJS, 84A(5):869-70, 2002.
• Stocks GW, Janssen HF; Infection in Patients after Implantation of an Orthopaedic Device. ASAIO Journal, 46:S41-S46, 2000.
• Stocks GW; Letter to the editor Re: “Acetabular Involvement in Osteonecrosis of the Femoral Head”, JBJS, 82A(2):291-2, 2000.
• Swanson KE, Stocks GW, Warren PW, Hazel MR, Janssen HF; Does Axial Rotation Affect the Alignment Measurements in Deformed Limbs? CORR, 371:246-252, 2000.
• O’Connor JV, Stocks GW, Crabtree, JD, Galasso, P, and Wallsh, E; Popiteal Pseudoaneurysm Following Total Knee Arthroplasty.  The Journal of Arthroplasty, 13(7): 830-2, 1998.
• Moilanen T, Stocks GW, Freeman MAR, Scott G, Goodier D, Evans SJW; Hydroxyapatite Coating of an Acetabular Prosthesis: Effect on Stability, JBJS,78-B(2): 200-205, 1996.
• Stocks GW, Freeman MAR, Evans SJW; Acetabular Cup Migration: Prediction of Aseptic Loosening, JBJS, 77-B(6): 853-61, 1995.
• Berglund HT, Stocks GW; Muscle Hernia in a Recreational Athlete: A Case Report, Ortho Rev 22(11): 1246-8, 1993.
• De Lee JC, Sports Medicine Committee of Texas Medical Association; Incidence of Injury in Texas High School Football, Am J Sports Med 20(5): 575-80, 1992.
• Stocks GW, Cobb TC, Lewis RC; A New Method to Restore Sensibility in Ulnar Nerve Palsy: Microsugical Digital Nerve Transposition, Yearbook of Hand Surgery, pp.89-91, 1992. 
• Stocks GW, Cobb TC, Lewis RC; A New Method to Restore Sensibility in Ulnar Nerve Palsy: Microsurgical Digital Nerve Transposition, J. Hand Surgery  16A(2): 219-26, 1991.
• Stocks GW, Noble PC, Gabel GT, Hanson GW, Tullos HS, Anterior and Posterior Internal Fixation of Vertical Shear Fractures of the Pelvis, J Ortho Res 9(2): 237-45, 1991.
• Stocks GW; Inspiration, Emulation and our Noble Profession, Texas Resident, August, 1990.
• Cobb TC, Stocks GW, May WF, Lewis RC; Thumb Reconstruction by Metacarpal Lengthening Following Traumatic Loss, Ortho Rev 19(1): 47-51, 1990.

Peer Reviewed Abstract Publications

• Noble PC, Schroder SJ, Ellis AR, Usrey MM, Thompson MT, Kamaric E, Sugano N, Stocks GW; Quantifying Bony Deformity: Femoral Dysmorphisms in Common Orthoperic Conditions,  J Bone Joint Surg. [B], 92-B (SUPP 1): 202, 2010.
• Noble PC, Schroder SJ, Ellis AR, Thompson MT, Usrey MM, Holden JW, Stocks GW; The Morphology of the Femur in Femoro-Acetabular Impingement,  J Bone Joint Surg. [B], 92-B (SUPP 1): 187, 2010.
• Bardakos NV, Cil A, Thompson B, Stocks GW; Mechanical Axis Cannot be Restored in Total Knee Arthroplasty with a Fixed Distal Valgus Resection, J Arthro 22(2): 307, 2007.
• Stocks GW, Freeman MAR, Evans SJW; Prediction of Late Aseptic Acetabular Loosening by Early Prosthetic Migration, Ortho Trans 19, 1995.
• Stocks GW, May WF, Smith RD; Bipolar Hemiarthroplasty: Long-Term Clinical and Radiographic Outcome, Ortho Trans 15, 1991.
• Stocks GW, Cobb TC, Lewis RC; A New Method to Restore Sensibility in Ulnar Nerve Palsy: Microsurgical Digital Nerve Translocation, Ortho Trans 15(1): 49, 1991.
• Stocks GW, Noble PC, Gabel GT, Hanson GW, Tullos HS; Anterior and Posterior Internal Fixation of Vertical Shear Fractures of the Pelvis, Ortho Trans 11(2): 297-8, 1987.

• Texas Orthopedic Hospital
  1999 - Present
  • Chief of Staff
    2013 - Present
  • Chairman Orthopedic Section
    2013 - Present
  • Chairman Surgery Section
    2013 - Present
  • Vice Chief of Staff
    2008 - 2013
  • Board of Trustees, Vice-Chairman
    2013 - Present
  • Medical Executive Committee, Chairman
    2008 - Present
  • Institutional Review Board, Chairman
    2000 - Present
• Houston Methodist Hospital
  1999 - Present

• Musculoskeletal Infection Society
  2011 - present
• American Orthopaedic Association
  2003 - 2011 (Resigned in good standing)
• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery
  1989 - Present; 1998 Fellow
• Orthopaedic Research Society        
  1998 - 2016 (Resigned in good standing)
•  Academic Orthopaedic Society
  1998 - 2003 (Merged w/ AOA)
• Texas Tech Physician Associates (TTPA) Medical Management Committee
  1998-1999
• American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons
  1998 - Present
• Assoc. for the Study & Application of the Methods of
  Ilizarov, North America (ASAMI, NA)
  1995 - 1999
• West Texas Orthopaedic Surgical Society
  1992 - 1999
• Harris County Medical Society
  2000 - Present
• Texas Orthopaedic Association
  1989 - 2009
• American Medical Association
  1989 - 2009
• Texas Medical Association
  1983 - 2009

• Crawley A, Brekke A, Stocks GW, Mathis K, Noble P:  Does a Painful Past Influence the Outcome of TKA?, The Knee Society Members Meeting, Rochester, MN, September 9th, 2010.
• Stocks GW, O’Connor DP, Self, SD, Marcek G, Thompson B; Directed Air Flow Reduces Airborne Particulate and Bacteria in the Surgical Field During Total Hip Arthroplasty, Musculoskeletal Infection Society, Marina del Ray, CA, August 6, 2010.
•  Stocks GW, Self S, Thompson B, Adame X, O’Connor D:  Predicting Bacterial Populations based on Airborne Particulates During Total Joint Arthorplasty, ISTA, Waikoloa, Hawaii, October 23rd, 2009.
• Noble PC, Shimmin AJ, Osadebe UC, Crawley AL, Kannan V, Mathis KB, Stocks GW:  Does Hip Resurfacing really provide patients with Improved Function? – A Critical Analysis, Hip Society, Las Vegas, February 28, 2009.
• Schroeder SJ, Ellis A, Noble PC, Stimac JD, Thompson M, Usury M, Stocks GW:  Radiographic Predictors of the Cam Impinging Femur:  Accuracy, Specificity and Sensitivity, AAOS, Las Vegas, February 25, 2009.
• Schroeder S, Ellis A, Thompson M, Stocks GW, Noble PC;  Femoro-Acetabular Impingement is Caused by Several Bony Abnormalities, AAOS, San Francisco, March 6, 2008.
• Bardacos N, Cil A, Thompson B, Stocks GW; Mechanical Axis Cannot be Restored in Total Knee Arthroplasty with a Fixed Valgus Resection Angle, AAHKS, Dallas, TX, November 5, 2006.
• Stocks GW; Surgical Treatment of Femoral-Acetabular Impingement: Early Results, Texas Orthopaedic Association, Irving, Texas, May 13, 2005.
• Goldsmith S, Parsley B, Stocks GW, Noble P; Femoroacetabular Impingement—Radiographic Analysis, Baylor College of Medicine, Orthopaedic Resident Research Day, June 10, 2004.
• Stocks GW; Thompson B; London J; Gohel V; Acetabular Labral Tears: Etiology & Correlation Between Gadolinium Arthrogram MRI & Findings at Hip Arthroscopy, Texas Orthopaedic Association Annual Meeting, San Antonio, April 4, 2003.
• Bini J, Stocks GW, Janssen H, Cooperman D; Associataion of Femoral Retroversion and Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis, WOA, San Diego, August, 1999.  Winner 1999 Vernon Thompson Award.
• Stocks GW; Why Resect the Neck?, Hip & Knee Replacement: State of the Art,   Lubbock, TX, March 14, 1998
• Stocks GW; Hemi-Surface Replacement Arthroplasty for Osteonecrosis of the Femoral Head, Hip & Knee Replacement: State of the Art, Lubbock, TX,  March    14, 1998
• Stocks GW; Why Resect the Neck?, Total Joint Arthroplasty, Current Issues, Concepts and Considerations (Wright Medical), West Palm Beach, FL, Sept 26 &    27, 1997
• Moilanen T, Stocks GW, Freeman MAR, Scott G, Goodier D, Evans SJW; Hydroxyapetite Coating of an Acetabular Prosthesis: Effect on Stability, EFORT, Munich, July 5, 1995.
• Stocks GW, Freeman MAR, Evans SJW; Acetabular Cup Migration: Prediction of Aseptic Loosening, EFORT, Munich, July 5, 1995.
• Pollock G, Warren P, Stocks GW, Dabezies EJ; Accuracy of Intraoperative Measurement of Knee Laxity Using the KT-1000, AOA Residents Conference,      Pittsburgh, April, 1995.
• Stocks GW, Catagni M, Cattaneo R; Hip Reconstruction According to the Principles of Ilizarov, ASAMI-NA 5th Annual Meeting, Orlando, February 15, 1995.
• Stocks GW, Freeman MAR, Evans SJW; Prediction of Late Aseptic Acetabular Loosening by Early Prosthetic Migration, EORS/BORS: Combined Meeting, London, April 11, 1994.
• Stocks GW, Ananthakrishnan CV; Outcome of Total Knee Arthoplasty: Short-Term Comparison of AMK, PCA and Miller-Galante Components, Texas,   Orthopaedic Association, Austin, May 18, 1992.
• Stocks GW, Ananthakrishnan CV; Short-Term Comparison of Five Types of Total Knee Arthroplasty, West Texas Surgical Society, Lubbock, May 8, 1992.
• Stocks GW, May WF, Smith RD; Bipolar Hemiarthroplasty: Long-Term Clinical and Radiographic Outcome, AOA Residents’ Conference, Kansas City, April 10, 1991.
• Stocks GW, May WF, Smith RD; Bipolar Hemiarthroplasty: Long-Term Clinical and Radiographic Outcome, Assoc Bone Joint Surg, Duck Key, April 4, 1991. 
• Stocks GW, Cobb TC, Lewis RC; A New Method to Restore Sensibility Ulnar Nerve Palsy Using Microsurgical Digital Nerve Transposition, Western Orthopaedic Association, San Antonio, October 16, 1990.
• Stocks GW, Cobb TC, Lewis RC; A New Method to Restore Sensibility in Ulnar Nerve Palsy: Microsurgical Digital Nerve Transposition, America Society for Surgery of the Hand, Residents and Fellows Section, Seattle, September 13, 1989.
• Stocks GW, Noble PC, Gabel GT, Hanson GW, Tullos HS; Anterior and Posterior Internal Fixation of Vertical Shear Fractures of the Pelvis, Ortho Res Soc, 33rd Annual Meeting, January 30, 1987.

• Stocks GW: Utilization of Special Airflow System to Reduce Infection Risk, ICJR Masters Series Anterior Hip Course, Houston, September 15, 2012.
• Stocks GW: Prevention Of Infection, 55th Annual Edward T. Smith Lectureship, Houston, November 3, 2011.
• Stocks GW: OR Environment, Orthopedic Infections: Current Concepts. Methodist Hospital Conference, The Wodlands, October 17th, 2009.
• Stocks GW:  What Angle should you cut the distal femur during TKA?  Why??,  27th Annual GWN Eggers Lectureship, UTMB Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, Galveston, March 27, 2009.
• Stocks, GW;   Birmingham Hip Resurfacing, National Association Orthopaedic Nurses, Texas Gulf Coast Chapter, Houston, TX, April 7, 2008.
• Stocks, GW; Mechanical Considerations and Infectious Complications of Orthopaedic Implants, Sixth Annual Conference of the Center for Poostheses Infection (CPI) and the Multidisciplinary Alliance Against Device-Related Infections (MADRI), San Antonio, Texas, August 5, 2006.
• Stocks GW; Femoral Acetabular Impingement; UT Houston Grand Rounds, Houston, December 16, 2004.
• Stocks GW; Periprosthetic Problems, 2003 Edward T. Smith Lectureship, Problem Fractures and Non-Unions, Houston, November 7, 2003.
• Stocks GW; Prediction of late aseptic Loosening by early Implant migration;
  UT Houston Orthopaedic Grand Rounds, Houston, October 31, 2002.
• Stocks GW; Hip Biomechanics: Clinical Implications, UT Houston Orthopaedic Grand Rounds, Houston, April 18, 2002.
• Stocks GW; Canine Osteolysis Model, SARAS Meeting, Royal London
  Hospital, London England, April 3, 1998.
• Stocks GW, Coutts RD; Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty, Basic Science Lecture, UCSD Orthopaedic Residents, San Diego, May 24, 1995.
• Stocks GW, Coutts RD; What the Surgeon can do today to minimize      Osteolysis, AAOS Symposium, Orlando, February 20, 1995.
• Stocks GW; Osteolysis, UCSD Orthopaedic Grand Rounds, San Diego,
  February 1, 1995.
• Stocks GW; Prediction of Late Aseptic Loosening by Early Prosthetic   Migration, Texas Tech University Orthopaedic Grand Rounds, Lubbock, October 7, 1994.
• Stocks GW; Prediction of Late Aseptic Loosening by Early Prosthetic   Migration, UCSD Orthopaedic Grand Rounds, San Diego, August 21, 1994.
• Stocks GW; Femur Fractures, Medical Student Lecture, Royal London College of Medicine, London, January 12, 1994.
• Stocks GW, Freeman MAR, Prediction of Late Aseptic Loosening by Early Prosthetic Migration, SARAS, London, November 11, 1993.
• Stocks GW; Ilizarov Methods, Texas Tech University Surgery Club, Lubbock, February 24, 1993.
• Stocks, GW; Ilizarov Methods, Lubbock Radiology Technologist Association, Lubbock, November 19, 1992.
• Stocks GW; General Orthopaedics, Junior Medical Student Core Lecture Lubbock, June and September, 1992.
• Stocks GW; Fractures, General Surgery Resident Core Lecture, Lubbock, June 15, 1992.
• Stocks GW, Hartman JT; Low Back Pain: A Fact of Life, Texas Tech MEDNET, Lubbock, March 4, 1992.
• Stocks GW; What a Surgeon Ought to be, Surgery Club, Texas Tech University HSC, Lubbock, February 18, 1992.
• Stocks GW; Application of a Spica Cast, Texas Tech MEDNET, Lubbock, September 4, 1991. 
• Stocks GW, May WF; Splinting and Casting Workshop for Family Medicine Residents, Lubbock, July 1, 1991. 
• Stocks GW, Hartman JT; Simple Fractures, Texas Tech MEDNET, Lubbock, March 27, 1991.
• Stocks GW; Resident Hours, In-Service Examination and Maternity Leave, accordContentl Member, Texas Medical Association, Resident Physician Section Council     Forum on Medical Issues, Austin, March 2, 1991.
• Stocks GW; Low Back Pain, Family Medicine Resident Lecture, Lubbock, February 10, 1991.
• Stocks GW; Generalized and Inflammatory Diseases, Degenerative Diseases and Metabolic Disorders, Physical and Occupational Therapy Student Lecture, Lubbock, September 12, 1990 and September 10, 1991.
• Stocks GW; Low Back Pain, Introduction to Physical Diagnosis, Sophomore Medical Student Lecture, Lubbock, October 1, 1990.
• Stocks GW, Gabel GT, Noble PC, Hansen GW, Tullos HS;  Anterior and Posterior Internal Fixation of Vertical Shear Fractures of the Pelvis,  Baylor          College of Medicine Orthopaedic Grand Rounds, Houston, May 14, 1986.

International Consensus accordContentl on Periprosthetic Joint Infections or Environment

• Philadelphia, PA
  July, 2013
  July, 2018

Texas Orthopedic Hospital

• Board of Trustees, Vice-Chairman
  2013 - Present
• Medical Executive Committee, Chairman
  2008 - Present
• Institutional Review Board, Chairman
  2000 - Present

American Academy Orthopaedic Surgeons:

• Evidence Analysis Work Group
  1999 - 2005
• Evidence Analysis Work Group: Knee Section,
  Chairman
  1999 - 2005

American Association Hip & Knee Surgeons

• Practice Guidelines Committee
  2000 - 2003

Texas Tech University HSC:

• Protection of Human Subjects Committee
  1998 - 1999
• Search Committee: Chairman Anesthesia Dept.
  1998 - 1999    
• Faculty Executive Committee
  1998 - 1999
• Texas Tech Physician Associates (TTPA)
  Medical Management Committee
  1998 - 1999
• Admissions Committee, School of Medicine
  1997 - 1999
• CME Committee  (Special Dean’s Committee)
  1996 - 1998
• Faculty Appointments Committee
  1995 - 1999

University Medical Center

• Rehabilitation Committee
  1996 - 1999
• Trauma Committee
  1992 - 1995
• Medical Records Committee
  1992 - 1993
• Utilization Review Committee
  1992 – 1993

Community

• Lubbock-Crosby-Garza County Medical Society
  Membership Committe, Member
  1998 - 1999                            
• Texas Blood Institute, Steering Committee
  1997 – 1999

• Megahed R, Stocks O, Noble P, Ismaily S, Stocks GW; Femoral Bowing is Main Determinant of the Proper Alignment to Restore Mechanical Axis in Total Knee Arthroplasty,  ORS, Las Vegas, March, 2015.
• Noble PC, Stimac JD, Schroder SJ, Conditt MA, Thompson MT, Usrey MM, Stocks GW, Ellis AR; The CAM Impinging Femur Has Multiple Morphologic Abnormalities, AAOS, San Diego, February, 2011.
• Stocks GW, O’Connor DP, Self, SD, Marcek G, Thompson B; Directed Air Flow Reduces Airborne Contamination in the Surgical Field During Total Hip Arthroplasty, Orthopedic Research Society, Long Beach, CA, January 13, 2011.
• Thompson M, Noble PC, Ellis AR, Usury M, Doherty S, Stocks GW;  Small Variations in Femoral Morphology can Significantly Affect Functional Hip Motion, AAOS, Las Vegas, February 25, 2009.
• Schroeder S, Ellis A, Noble PC, Thompson M, Usury M, Stocks GW; The Bony Abnormality of the Impinging femur Extends Beyond the Head-Neck Junction, AAOS, San Francisco, March 6, 2008.
• Schroder SJ, Ellis AR, Noble PC, Thompson MT, Usrey MM, Stocks GW; Femoro-Acetabular Impingement is Caused by Several Different Bony Abnormalities, ORS, San Francisco, March, 2008.
• Ellis AR, Noble PC, Usrey MM, Thompson M, Huang EH, Stimac JD, Miller AR, Brown N, Stocks GW;  The Morphology of the Femur in Femoro-Acetabular Impingement, AAOS, San Diego, February 14 – 18, 2007.
• Ellis AR, Noble PC, Johnston MS, Stimac BA, Thompson M, Usery M, Alexander J, Holden C, Miler A, Brown N, Stocks GW;  A New Radiographic Predictor of Cam Impingement in Femora of Abnormal Appearance, ORS, San Diego, February 12 – 14, 2007.
• Ellis AR, Noble PC, Usrey MM, Thompson M, Huang EH, Stimac JD, Miller AR, Brown N, Stocks GW;  The Morphology of the Femur in Femoro-Acetabular Impingement, ORS, San Diego, February 12 – 14, 2007.
• Henry B, Stocks GW, Heinrich, M; Reverse Obliquity Intertrochanteric Hip Fractures, WOA, San Diego, July 1999.
• Henry B, Stocks GW, Westkaemper J, Heinrich, M; Reverse Obliquity Intertrochanteric Hip Fractures: Suggestions for Management in the Elderly, OTA 14th Annual Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada,     October, 1998.
• Warren P, Stocks GW, Pollack G, Yost R, Janssen H; Accuracy of Intra-operative Anterior Knee Laxity Measurements, ORS 41st Annual Meeting, Orlando, February 13, 1995.
• Stocks GW, De Lee JC, Farney WO, Sports Medicine Committee Texas Medical   Associaton, University Interscholastic League High School Football Injury Report, Texas Medical Association 123rd Annual Session, Corpus Christi,
  May 15, 1990.  1st PLACE AWARD for Scientific Exhibit.
• Stocks GW, Cobb TC, Lewis RC; A New Method to Restore Sensibility in Ulnar Nerve Palsy: Microsugical Digital Nerve Cross Re-enervation, American Society for Surgery of the Hand, Seatttle, September 13, 1989.

• Houston Methodist: Total Joint Arthroplasty: State Of the Art,
  Houston, January 7-8, 2013.
• ICJR Masters Series Anterior Hip Course,
  Houston, September 15, 2012.
• Metal-Metal Hip Resurfacing with the Birmingham Implant,
  Houston, March 30, 2007.
• Tissue Sparing Treatment of Degenerative Joint Disease, 
  Houston, October 6 - 8, 2005.
• Minimally Invasive Joint Replacement: State of the Art
  Houston, September 17-18, 2004.
• 2003 Edward T. Smith Lectureship, Problem Fractures and Non-Unions,
  Houston, November 7, 2003.
• Smith & Nephew 18th Annual Residents’ Research Competition, MemphisTN,
  August 22-23, 2003.
• Hip and Knee Replacement: State of the Art
  Faculty:  Michael Freeman, MD, FRCS; Dickey Jones,                                                       
  MD; David Blaha, MD; Greg Stocks, MD
  Lubbock, TX , March 14, 1998
  Course Chairman
• Early Fall Clinical Course: Total Joint Arthroplasty:
  Current Issues, Concepts and Considerations.
  West Palm Beach, FL  Sep 26 & 27, 1997    
• 9th Freeman-Samuelson Knee Meeting
  London, Great Britian, June 16 & 17, 1994
• AO Course for Operating Room Personnel
  Lubbock, Texas, August 8, 1992
  Course Chairman
• AO Course for Operating Room Personnel
  Lubbock, Texas, April 11, 1992
  Course Chairman
• Second Texas Tech Podiatric Seminar
  Lubbock, Texas, October 10 & 11, 1991

Chapelwood United Methodist Church

• Board of Stewards
  2016 – Present
• Finance Committee
  2016 – Present

Bible Study Fellowship

• Group Leader
  2011- Present

Palestine Children’s Relief Fund (pcrf.org)

• Medical Director, Houston Chapter
  2011 – Present
• Surgical team leader to West Bank Palestine: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
• Trained only specialty trained Joint Replacement Specialist in West Bank of Palestine

Bellaire Little League

• Member Board of Directors
  Member Executive Committee
  Safety Officer
  2007 - 2010

Duke University: Alumni Admissions Advisory Committee
Houston

• 1999 – Present

Duke University: Alumni Admissions Advisory Committee
West Texas Region

• Founder and Chairman
  1988 - 1999

Special Olympics

• Coordinator, Pre-Participation Examinations
  1990 - 1991

Texas Medical Association, Residents Physician Section Executive Council Member

• July, 1990 - June, 1991

Texas Medical Association

• Sports Medicine Committee Member
  1988 - 1993

• Summa Cum Laude Duke University.
• Dean’s List, 6 semesters, Duke University.
• National Honor Society, Duke University, 2 years.
• Phi Lambda Upsilon, National Chemistry Honorary Society.
• Phi Eta Sigma, Freshman Honor Society, Duke University.
• 1st Place Award, Texas Medical Association Scientific Poster Exhibit, May, ‘90.
• The Best Doctors in America, 2001 – 2002, 2003-2004, 2005 – 2006, 2007-2008, 2009 – 2010, 2011 – 2012, 2013 – 2014, 2014-2015, 2015-2016, 2016-2017.
• Top Doctors in Houston (Top 2%), H Magazine, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017.
• Texas Super Doctors, Texas Monthly, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017.
• Patients’ Choice Award, 2013, 2014. 2015. 2016, 2017.

University Texas Medical Branch: 2008 - 2010

• Clinical faculty Total Joint Resident rotation

Baylor College of Medicine: 2005 - 2010

• Clinical faculty Total Joint Fellow clinical rotation
• Clinical faculty Total Joint Fellow research rotation
• Clinical faculty Total Joint Resident rotation

Texas Tech University HSC: 1994 - 1999

• General Surgery Rotation
  Orthopaedic Lecture Series
• Introduction to Clinical Medicine
  Orthopaedic Lecture Series
• Musculoskeletal Research Elective
• 4 Week Orthopaedic Elective for MS IV
• 2 Week Orthopaedic Elective for MS III
• Physical Therapy Clinical Lectures

Texas Tech University HSC
Orthopaedic Residency: 1994 - 1999

Director Resident Education (Program Director)

• Coordinator Core Conference Lectures
• Coordinator Clinical Lecture Series
• Coordinator Basic Science Lecture Series
• Coordinator Anatomy Lecture Series
• Coordinator Grand Rounds
• Moderator:  Morning report, Indications conference,
  Complications conference