In addition to being a surgeon in various hospitals in Southern California, I have substantial experience in professional and collegiate sports as a physician. I was on the medical staff directly, as a fellow, or consulting with the following teams: The Oakland Raiders, University of San Francisco Men’s Soccer, San Jose City College Football, FC Dallas Professional Soccer, Kansas City Royals Professional Baseball, San Jose Sharks Professional Hockey, San Jose Sabercats Professional Indoor Football, Texas Rangers Professional Baseball, Red Bull Grand Prix-Mazda Raceway, and others. I was also part of The Oakland Raiders Medical Staff who critically reviewed radiographs and conducted the physicals of former collegiate football players at the 2006 NFL Combine held in Indianapolis, Indiana. As a highly experienced orthopedic surgeon, I have often worked closely with nurses, physical therapists, athletic trainers, occupational therapists, hospital staff, and other healthcare professionals. My involvement has involved customized rehabilitation plans, monitoring a patient’s progress, managing pain, and providing education and support to both the patient/family and caregivers. I am also highly familiar with the various aspects of post-surgical recovery, nursing care, therapy protocols, and hospital documentation related to orthopedic procedures and surgical recovery.  As an orthopaedic surgeon in various hospitals in Southern California, I am highly experienced and knowledgeable with respect to standards related to documentation in acute care hospitals, follow up post-surgical care by hospital staff and physicians, physical and occupational therapy following surgery, and pain management for post-surgical patients. I have qualified as an expert in the field of orthopaedic surgery in California courts. I reviewed sufficient documentation and information to render my opinions with respect to this matter. I was able to review the type of documentation, and to obtain the type of information from my review of case-related documents, to formulate my opinions in this matter. The documentation that I reviewed was the type of documentation that experts in orthopaedic surgery, such as myself, rely upon in order to form the opinion expressed in this Declaration.