Curriculum
Professional experience
Orthopedic surgeon by training, then Surgical First Assistant, M.D. in Houston. Every institution is linked to the same places as on the original site.
2026 — present
Founder
EpiGene Rejuvenation L.L.C. · Houston, Texas
- AgePace — a physician-authored protocol built from this surgical and scientific training: clocks, biomarker tracking, and referrals to partner recovery facilities. Not a brick-and-mortar clinic.
- Fifteen-plus years of research in aging biology, integrated with three decades of orthopedic science — not a wellness résumé.
Current
2023 — present
Surgical First Assistant, M.D.
Memorial Hermann Memorial City · Leading Surgical Assistants · Houston, Texas
- Full-time and on-call first assist across joint reconstruction, sports medicine, spine, neurosurgery, hand and microsurgery, trauma, foot and ankle, general surgery, and OB/GYN.
- Assigned to the joint reconstructive unit. Certified on the da Vinci Xi robotic platform.
2021 — present
Medical writer and consultant
Orthofix · Remote
- Health hazard evaluations, CERs and MDRs, SOP and medical-information review, and medical-education support for external partners.
2022 — 2023
Surgical First Assistant, M.D.
University of Miami Hospital · Miami, Florida
- Multispecialty first assist with emphasis on joint reconstruction and robotic surgery (da Vinci Xi).
2021 — 2022
Surgical First Assistant, M.D.
Mercy Hospital, Kendall Regional, Aventura Medical Center · SpecialtyCare · Miami, Florida
- Added cardiovascular and thoracic experience, including endoscopic vein harvest training (Maquet EVH, Terumo EVH).
2016 — 2020
Licensed Surgical First Assistant, M.D.
Universal Surgical Partners and independent placement · Houston, Texas
- Memorial Hermann, Houston Methodist, HCA, and other Houston operating rooms. Robotics, EVH, and high-volume reconstructive work.
2014 — 2016
Clinical Specialist, Sports Medicine & OrthoBiologics
Arthrex, Inc. · Asia-Pacific, Caribbean, and Latin America
- Surgeon education, cadaver labs, product training, and surgical-technique authorship. Wrote and translated techniques, manuals, and video scripts into Spanish and Portuguese.
- Built a global hyperlinked med-ed resource for instruments, animations, and competitive comparison.
2010 — 2014
Orthopedic consultant and clinical educator
Fraser Health · Burnaby Hospital · BD · Vancouver, British Columbia
- Cast clinic and ER fracture care. Redesigned scheduling and materials, cutting cost ~20% and lifting clinic income ~80% while quadrupling patient throughput.
- Hospitalist support for nine staff orthopedic surgeons. In-service training on BD devices across Fraser, Vancouver Coastal, and Island Health.
2007 — 2010
Partner and director · Orthopedic surgeon
Sports Clinic Lomas · Mexico City
- Reconstructive joint surgery and sports medicine in a private clinic dedicated to integral orthopedic care.
2006 — 2011
VP Marketing, Medical Science Liaison, Medical Affairs
Millennium Technology Inc. · Latin America and Spain
- Opened the Latin-American market for the first open MRI on the global market. Negotiated EDC and Royal Bank of Canada credit structures for Mexico and stood up local operations.
2003 — 2007
Medical Science Liaison and clinical fellow
Cambie Surgery Centre · Dr. Brian Day · Vancouver, British Columbia
- Sports medicine and arthroscopy under Dr. Brian Day, later president of the Canadian Medical Association and AANA.
- Implemented a digitally integrated OR system with ConMed/Linvatec across six rooms in Canada’s first private hospital of its kind. Device development with Delfi Medical (James McEwen).
1997 — 2002
Pediatric orthopedic surgeon
IMSS Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI — Pediatric Hospital · Mexico City
- Third-level national referral: bone cancer, hemophilia, congenital spine and limb disease, microsurgery, and hand surgery.
- Led the institution’s first pediatric limb salvage for bone cancer, a mother–child homologous bone transfer protocol, and a national protocol for hemophilic hemarthrosis that cut first-year treatment cost substantially.
1999 — 2002
Partner · Orthopedic surgeon
Ortopedistas Asociados, Hospital Ángeles de las Lomas · Mexico
- Private orthopedic and traumatology practice for children and adults.