An orthopedic surgeon who is in the Carolina Boxing Hall of Fame. He is a past president of the Association of Ringside Physicians and was a member of the U.S. Olympic Committee Sports Medicine Society. Born and raised Catholic, he was a weightlifter back in his college days and has gone on to be involved with sports internationally, serving as a ringside doctor for boxing and MMA to the tune of over ten thousand bouts that he has been present for in his career as a ringside doctor. Some years ago he authored a book called, "Sports Medicine for the Combat Arts," and now, this month, he contributed a full chapter to a new worldwide textbook called, "The Sports Medicine Physician." He now has his sights on creating a website centered around physicians against abortion.