Education
Needham High School, Needham, Massachusetts, 1966 - 69
Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, 1969 - 73
Tufts Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, 1973 - 74
(Research Assistant)
St. Loius University, St. Louis, Missouri (MD), 1974 - 78

Degrees
B.S. Boston College Magnu Cum Laude, 1973
M.D. St. Louis University, 1978

Personal
Born July 20, 1951, St. Louis, Missouri
Married: May 20, 1978 to Jeannine LaCroix
Children:  Kaitlin, Megan and Eric

Offices and Societies
Executive Vice President Boston College Gold Key Society, 1973
Member Order of the Cross & Crown Honor Society, 1972
Treasurer Phi-Chi Medical Fraternity, 1976
Class Officer St. Louis University, 1977 - 78

Boards and Licensures
Diplomat National Board of Medical Examiners, 1979
State of Connecticut Licensure, 1980
Board Certified Orthopedic Surgery, 1987
Recertified Orthopedic Surgery, 1988
Chairman, Department of Orthopedic Surgery,
St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, 1997 - present

Professional Associations
American Medical Association, 1976 - present
Hartford County Medical Association, 1984 -present
Conneciticut State Medical Society, 1984 - present
Hartford Medical Society, 1984 - present
Member American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, 1989 - present
New England Hand Society, 1991 - present
American Association for Hand Surgery, 1991 - present
Arthroscopy Association of North America, 1992 - present

Internship and Residency
PGY 1 University of Connecticut, 1978 - 78
PGY 2 New Britain General Hospital (surgery), 1979 - 80
PGY 3,4,5 University of Connecticut (orthopedics), 1980 - 83

Fellowship and Special Training
3 months sabbatical in operative arthroscopy, 1983
Tufts N.E.M.C. - Hand Fellow, 1983 - 84

Private Practice - Orthopedic and Hand Surgery
John D. Haugh, MD & John J. O'Brien, MD, PC, 1984 - 85
Solo Practice - 1000 Asylum Avenue, #301, Hartford, 1985 - 95
Hartford Orthopedic Surgeons, PC, 1995 - present

Continuing Education
University of Connecticut, NYU Orthotics and Prosthetics Course, 1980
Newington Children's Hospital Research Day, 1981
Boston Orthopedic Club "Fat Embolism", 1981
Baystate Medical Center "Limb Salvage vs Amputation", 1982
Hempstead Long Island "Complications of TKR", 1982
Boston, Massachusetts "Orthotics and Prosthetics Course", 1985
Anaheim, California, AAOS Annual Meeting, 1983
Washington, DC "11th Annual Hand Symposium", 1983
Boston, Massachusetts, AASH Annual Meeting, 1983
Enfield, Connecticut, NEHS Annual Meeting, 1984
Las Vegas, Nevada, AAOS Annual Meeting, 1985
New Orleans, Louisianna, AAOS Annual Meeting, 1986
Colby College, Maine, Orthopedic Reveiw, 1986
Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, "Orthopedic Pathology Review", 1986
Enfield, Connecticut, NEHS Annual Meeting, 1986
Dallas, Texas, "Southern Orthopedic Review", 1987
Newport Beach, California, "Orthopedic Pathology Review", 1987
Enfield, Connecticut, HEHS Annual Meeting, 1987
Sun Valley, Idaho, "AO/ASIF Fracture Course", 1988
Kaui, Hawaii, "International Arthroscopy Meeting", 1988
Sturbridge, Massachusetts, NEHS Annual Meeting, 1988
Sturbridge, Massachusetts, "upper Extremity Trauma", 1989
Sturbridge, Massachusetts, NEHS Annual Meeting, 1989
Toronto, Ontario, AASH Annual Meeting, 1990
Sturbridge, Massachusetts, NEHS Annual Meeting, 1990
Farmington, Connecticut, ATLS Course, 1991
Maui, Hawaii, Shoulder Arthroscopy, 1991
Madrid, Spain, Eastern Orthopedic Association Meeting, 1991
American Association for Hand Surgery-Update Exam, 1992
New York City, New York, Shoulder Update, 1992
Sturbridge, Massachusetts, NEHS Annual Meeting, 1992
Naples, Florida, Campbell Clinic Review, 1993
American Association for Hand Surgery Annual Meeting, 1993
Credentiating Course in Laser Arthroscopy, 1993
S. W. Dallas Board Certification Review, 1994
AAOS Annual Meeting, 1994
Eastern Orthopedic Meeting, Bermuda, 1994
AANA Meeting, Palm Springs, 1994
ATLS ACOS Trauma, 1996
AAOS - The Shoulder, 1997, Bal Harbour, Florida, 1997
NEHS Annual Meeting, 1997
AAHS Annual Meeting, Pheonix, Arizona, 1998
Genzyme Training Seminar, Boston, Massachusetts, 1998

Presentations
Multiple Presentations at Grand Rounds suring Residency, 1980 - 83
NEHS "A Cineradiographic & Clincal Evaluation of the Shuck Test in
Carpal Instability", 1983
NEOS (as above), 1983
University of Connecticut "Fracture of the Ulnar Aspect of the Thumb, A Pitfall to
Diagnosis and Treatment", 1983
University of Connecticut Discussant at graduation of paper on flexor tendon
repair, 1992
Tolland County Dental Society "Orthopedic Hazards of Dentistry", 1992
University of Connecticut Discussant of paper regarding the surgical treatment of
lateral epicondylitis, 1993
Industrial Health Association "Repetitive Stress Syndrome in the Upper
Extremity", 1994

Publications
"Compartment Syndromes Complicating Salter II Fractures of the Distal Radius"
COOR #233 8/88 p226.
"Treatment of Pediatric Skier's Thumb:  A Case Report"  ORTHOPEDICS vl 14N p742

Academic Appointments
Assistant Clinical Professo, University of Connecticut, Department of Orthopedics

Clinical/Administrative Appointments
Credential Committee, St. Francis Hospital, 1990 - 95
Quality Assurance Department of Orthopedics, St. Francis Hospital, 1992 - present
Quality Assurance Board, Healthchoice, 1992 - present
Utilization Review Board, Healthchoice, 1992 - present
Member DOMAIN Committee (Malpractice) HCMA, 1993 - present
Member, Medical Staff Council, St. Francis Hospital, 1994 - present
Chairman, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, St. Francis Hospital, 1997 - present

Teaching
Founded and attend the Hand Clinic at St. Francis Hospital
Monthly rounds with residents, first Thursday of each month.