Orthopedic Medical Education of Dr. William E Mathews

Muir Orthopedic Specialist Dr William E Mathews

The Orthopedic Education of Dr William E Mathews


GROUP AFFILIATION:	Muir Orthopaedic Specialists
OFFICE LOCATIONS: 2405 Shadelands Drive Walnut Creek, CA 94598 (925) 939-8585 5201 Norris Canyon Road #300 San Ramon, CA 94583
EDUCATION:
1957	Ball State University – BS
1961	Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine – DO
1962	University of California Irvine, College of Medicine – MD

INTERNSHIP:
1963	Kirksville Osteopathic Hospital, Kirksville, Missouri Rotating Internship

RESIDENCY:
1967-1967	Los Angeles County General Hospital, Los Angeles, CA Neurological Surgery Residency
1965-1966	Spinal Surgery and Rehabilitation Rancho Los Amigos, Downey, CA

MEMBERSHIPS:
	San Francisco Neurologic Society
	Congress of Neurologic Surgeons
	International College of Surgeons
	American Medical Association
	California Medical Association
	Alameda Contra Costa Medical Association
	Bay Area Spine Association
	Joint Section Neurotrauma and Critical Care, American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons
	Faculty Speaker, Member Speaker Bureau of the U.S. Section. International College of Surgeons
	Think First Foundation, Member and Donor
	American Academy or Neurologic and Orthopedic Surgeons, Past President, 1981. Board of Director, 1982.

HONORS/AWARDS:
	Assistant to the Professor in Biochemistry, Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, 1958 – 1962 National Institute of Health Research Fellow, Part-time medical student NIH research fellow in the Department of Bio-Mechanics, Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, 1958 – 1961 Neuroanatomy Teaching Assistant, California College of Medicine, 1962 – 1964 Chief Neurosurgical Resident, Los Angeles County General Hospital, 1966 – 1967 Meritorious Service Award and Honorable Discharge, Unites States Army, Vietnam, 1969 Distinguished Service Award, United States Army, 1967 – 1969 Chief of Neurological Surgery, Kaiser Permanente Medical Group, Walnut Creek, CA., 1969 – 1977 Fellow of the American Academy of Neurological and Orthopedic Surgeons, elected 1978 President of the Academy of Neurological and Orthopedic Surgeons, 1981 Board of Medical Quality Assurance, California Liaison, 1984 Chairman of the Board of Spinal. Surgery, American Academy of Neurologic and Orthopedic Surgeons, 1998 Chairman of Quality Assurance and Medical Records, Mount Diablo Medical Center, Concord, CA. 1983 - 1987 Congress of Neurologic Surgeons, Member since 1974 Fellow of the Royal Society of Health, 1977 Fellow of the International College of Surgeons, 1986 Trauma Section (Congress of Neurologic Surgeons), 1990 Spine Section (Congress of Neurologic Surgeons), 1989 American Academy of Pain Management, 1991 Editorial Board of The Journal of Neurologic and Orthopedic Medicine and Surgery Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare, 1997 - 2003 Who’s Who in America, 1997 – 1999 The International Who’s Who of Intellectuals, 1989 Life Member of the national Registry of Who’s Who, published in the 2000 edition Associate Clinical Professor in Neurosurgery, Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine, 1999 to current Chairman of the Board of Medical Accreditation, 2000 Physicians Recognition Award, American Medical Association, 2004 Lifetime Achievement Award, International College of Surgeons’ and The American Academy of Neurologic and Orthopedic Surgeons meeting in Hawaii, 1998 Founding Member of the California Association of Nuerosurgeons, 1974

PUBLICATIONS:
	Intracerebral Missile Injuries, Journal of Trauma, 1972 Intrasellar Chordoma, Journal of Neurosurgery, 1976 Intraoperative Myelography, Journal of Neurologic and Orthopedic Surgery, 1982 Thin Slice Computed Tomography of the Cervical Spine, Journal of Neurological and Orthopedic Surgery, 1985 Early Return to Work Following Cervical Disc Surgery, Journal of Neurologic and Orthopedic Surgery, 1991 Iatrogenic Tethering of the Spinal Cord, Journal of Neurologic and Orthopedic Surgery, 1998 Surgical Treatment of Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy, Journal of Neurologic and Orthopedic Surgery, 2002

PAPERS PRESENTED AT MEETINGS:
	Pitfalls of Anterior Cervical Spine Surgery, International College of Surgeons, 1988 Complications with the use of Ray Threaded Fusion Cages, International College of Surgeons, 1997 Neurophysiology of Terror, American Academy of Neurologic and Orthopedic Surgery, 2002 Surgical Treatment of Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy, American Academy of Neurologic and Orthopedic Surgery, 2002 Fusion Options in the Lumbar Spine, American Academy of Neurologic and Orthopedic Surgery, 2003 Lumbar Spinal Stenosis, Mount Diablo Medical Center Staff. 2001 Cranial Cerebral Missile Injuries, American Academy of Neurologic and Orthopedic Surgery, 2003

MEDICAL STUDENT LECTURES:
	Introduction to Surgery, Touro University Second Year Students (yearly) Surgery of the Spine, Touro University Second and Third Year Students (yearly) The Operating Room, Touro University Second and Third Year Students (yearly)

TEACHING:
	Third Year Medical Students are Observers in the Operating Room Under My Tutelage