CURRICULUM VITAE
Douglas E. Garland, M.D.
EDUCATION
High
School: Dowling High School, 1958-62
Des Moines,
Iowa
Undergraduate: Creighton University, 1962-65
Omaha,
Nebraska
Medical: M.D., Creighton University 1965-69
Omaha, Nebraska
Internship
Medical: Creighton University Hospitals 1969-70
Omaha,
Nebraska
Residency
Orthopedic Tulane University 1972-76
Surgery: New Orleans, Louisiana
Fellowship
Neuromuscular Rancho Los Amigos Medical 1976-77
Diseases: Center, Downey, California
Visiting Professorship
Visiting Professor,
UCSF at San Francisco General Hospital,
San Francisco, CA December 1978
Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
Osteoporosis in Spinal Cord Injury, March 1993
Certificates & Licenses
Certification
National Board Medical Examiners 1970
State of
California 1974-present
Board
Certified American Board Orthopedic Surgery 1978
American
Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons 1981
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
Academic Appointments
Clinical
Instructor in Orthopedics 1978-81
University of Southern California
Associate
Clinical Professor of Orthopedics 1981-88
University of Southern California
Clinical Professor of
Orthopedics
1988-present University
of Southern California
Rancho Los Amigos
Medical Center, Downey, California
Chief,
Problem Fracture Service 1977-81
Co-Chief,
Stroke Service 1977-81
Chief,
Head Trauma Service 1978-85
Orthopedic
Consultant,
Spinal Cord Injury
Service 1979-81
Co-Chief,
Spinal Cord Injury Service 1982-85
Chief,
Spinal Cord Injury Service 1985-93
Director,
Division of Neurotrauma 1993-present
Committee Assignments
Rancho Los Amigos
Medical Center, Downey, California
Treasurer,
Professional Staff Association 1981-82
President-Elect,
Professional Staff Association 1981-83
President,
Professional Staff Association 1983-85
Advisory
Board, National Head Injury 1982-90
Foundation,
Boston, Massachusetts
Professional Advisory
Board, Southern California
Head
Injury Foundation 1982-89
Medical Director, Villa
Serena, Transitional Living
Center for
Head Injures Adults, Long Beach,
California 1983-86
Medical Director, Center
for Rehabilitation Medicine
Long Beach
Community Hospital, Long Beach,
California 1984-89
Professional Advisory
Board, Clooney Foundation -
Transitional
Living Head Injury Center,
Los
Angeles, California 1985-89
Editorial Board,
Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation 1986-91
Committee Assignments (continued)
American Spinal Injury
Association (ASIA)
Program
Committee 1989-1996
Board
of Directors 1992-present
Prevention
Committee - Chairperson 1994-1999
FOSA/COMSS
- Chair 1995-present
Secretary-Treasurer 1995-1997
Budget
and Finance Committee, Chairperson 1995-present
Directors
Nominating Committee 1995-present
Strategic
Planning Committee 1995-present
President-Elect 1997-1999
President 1999-2001
Federation of Spine
Associations (FOSA)
Chairperson 1995-1996
Teaching Assignments
Principal Organizer:
Rehabilitation of the Head Injured
Adult-Physical Management. Los Angeles,
August 1979.
Rehabilitation of the Head Injured Adult-Comprehensive
Management. Palm Springs, November 1980.
Rehabilitation of the Head Injured
Child and Adult-Select Problems. Palm
Springs, November 1982.
Issue Editor:
Orthopedic
Management. J. Head Trauma Rehabil
2:1987.
Issue Co-Editor:
Heterotopic
Ossification. Clin Orthop 263, 1991.
Military
Captain United States Army Medical Corps 1970-72
SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS
American
Spinal Injury Association (ASIA)
1986-present
American Orthopaedic Association (AOA) 1991-present
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