Undergraduate Studies

  • University of California at Berkeley
  • Major: Chemical Biology
  • Graduated High Honors

Medical Degree

  • University of California at San Diego School of Medicine

Residency

  • Boston University
  • Orthopedic Residency

Fellowship

  • University of California at Irvine
  • Hand & Upper Extremity Surgery Microsurgery Fellowship

Awards & Recognition

• The Daisy Foundation Award – Excellence in Patient Care (2022)

• J Ortho Trauma – Featured article with invited commentary by Dr. Caprini for June 2019 edition – Is the Caprini Score Predictive of VTE Events in Orthopaedic Fracture Patients? (2019)
• Sumner Koch Award – Chicago Society for Surgery of the Hand – Prospective Evaluation of an Opioid Reduction Protocol in Hand Surgery (2018)
• J Hand Surgery – Editor’s Choice – Prospective Evaluation of an Opioid Reduction Protocol in Hand Surgery (2018)
• ASSH Annual Conference “Best Papers: Top 6” Award – Prospective Evaluation of an Opioid Reduction Protocol in Hand Surgery (2017)
• Resident Research Award in Orthopaedic Surgery – Lahey Hospital (2017)
• Resident Research Award – Massachusetts Orthopedic Association – Finalist: “Statistical Fragility in Shoulder Research: Can P Values Be Trusted?” (2017)
• Arciero-Warner Award – New England Shoulder and Elbow Society – Finalist: “Statistical Fragility in the Sports Medicine Literature: Can P Values Be Trusted?” (2017)
• Kilfoyle Award – New England Orthopedic Society – Finalist: “Volar Approach to the Proximal Third of the Distal Radius” (2017)
• Kilfoyle Award – New England Orthopedic Society – Finalist: “Statistical Fragility in the Sports Medicine Literature: Can P Values Be Trusted?” (2016)
• Adrian E Flatt Residents and Fellows Conference Scholarship Winner – ASSH Annual Meeting (2016)
• Foundation of Orthopedic Trauma (FOT) Resident Scholar Award – Upper Extremity Course. Philadelphia, PA. (2015)
• New England Orthopedic Society’s Kilfoyle Award for Best Scientific Paper: “Statistical Significance in Trauma Research: Too Unstable to Trust?” (2014)
• Gold Humanism Honor Society (AOA Equivalent at UC San Diego SOM) (2012)
• Commencement Student Speaker at UC San Diego SOM Graduation (2012)
• Outstanding Contributions to Medical School Community for Class of 2012 (2012)
• Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship for Research Excellence (2006-2008)
• UC Berkeley Merck Index Award for Research Excellence (2008)
• University of California: Berkeley Alumni Scholar (2004-2008)
• E. & J. Gallo Winery Internship & Scholarship (2004–2006)