Current Status
- Private Practice, Western Orthopaedics, P.C.,1830 Franklin Street, Suite 450, Denver, CO 80218 (303) 321-1333
Education
- Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, Doctor of Medicine, 1988
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Stanford University, Palo Alto, California;
Bachelor of Science, 1983
Master of Science, 1984
Residency
- Orthopaedic Surgery, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 1988 - 1993
Fellowship
- Sports Medicine Fellowship, Frank R. Noyes, M.D., Cincinnati Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center 1993 - 1994
Board Certification
- American Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons, July 1996, Recertification July, 2006
- Fellow American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Appointments
Faculty Appointments
- July, 1998-Present, Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Medicine University of Colorado Health Sciences Center.
- October 1999-Present, Faculty Speaker,Saint Joseph’s Medical Residency Program.
- January 2002-Present, Faculty Speaker, American College of Physicians.
- March 2008 – Present, Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center.
- April 2008 – Present, Chief of Staff, Colorado Orthopedic & Surgical Hospital, Denver, CO.
- 2004-2008, Chairmen of the Department of Orthopaedics – Presbyterian/St.Lukes Medical Center, Denver, CO.
- June, 1997, Designated Orthopaedic Surgeon for "Denver Summit of Eight" international political assembly.
Teaching Experience
- July, 1994 Guest Lecturer and Staff Orthopaedic Surgeon
Meherry Medical College/Nashville Metro general Hospital Nashville, TN
- July, 1994-1996
Guest Speaker
Mercy Family Practice Residency Program
- July, 1994-Present
Guest Speaker
Saint Joseph's Family Practice Residency Program
- 2001 – Present
Featured Speaker: American College of Physicians Regional Annual Meeting, Colorado Springs, CO
- July 2006 - Present
Faculty
University of Colorado Medical School Annual Regional Educational Seminar for Primary Care Providers, Estes Park, CO
- November 2006
Faculty Speaker
State of the Art in Joint Replacement, NY, NY
- March 2007
Faculty Speaker
State of the Art in Orthopedics 2007, Aspen, CO
- July 2007
Faculty Speaker
Rocky Mountain Shoulder and Elbow Course 2007, Boulder, CO
- 2008 Recipient: Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award, University of Colorado School of Medicine
- 2009 Featured Speaker: American College of Physicians Annual National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
Research
Stanford
- "In Vitro Schwann Cell Remyelination of Central Nervous System Axons Demyelinated by Experimental Allergic Encephalomyelitis" – An independent project twice presented at the Symposium for Undergraduate Research in Biology at Stanford.
Yale
- "Quantitative Anatomy of the Ligaments of the Cervical Spine" with Panjabi, M.M. Department of Biomechanics.
- Parks, E.H., Noyes, F.R., Butler, D.: Healing of Patellar Tendon Defects in a Rabbit Model Vivo.
- Parks, E.H., A New Technique for Arthroscopic Capsular Shift
- Sub-Investigator – Bristol-Meyers Squibb Factor Xa Inhibitor Study for DVT/PE prevention
- Sub-Investigator – Bayer Factor Xa Inhibitor Study for DVT/PE prevention
- Sub-Investigator – Rinat RN624-CL006 Osteoarthritis of the Knee
Publications
Parks, E.H., Meals R.A.: Metatarsal and Phalynx Fractures, In: Meals RA: One Hundred Orthopaedic Problems Every Physician Should Understand. Quality Medical Publishing, St. Louis, MO 1992.
Panjabi, M.M., Oxland T.R., Parks E.H.: Quantitative Anatomy of the Ligaments of the Cervical Spine. Part I: Upper Cervical Spine. Part II: Middle and Lower Cervical Spine. J Spinal Disorders, 4(3), 1991.