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Here is a brief summary of Dr. Baker's education in the form of a cirriculum vitae

EDUCATION

Orthopedic Residency

Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, TX

July 89 - June 93

Internship

Tulane School of Medicine, Department of General Surgery

New Orleans, LA

July 88 - June 89

Medical School

Tulane School of Medicine

Aug 84 - May 88

College

Tulane University, College of Arts and Sciences

B.S. Biology

Aug 81 - May 84

University of New Orleans

Jan 80 - Dec 80

HONORS AND HONOR SOCIETIES

B.S. Biology, summa cum laude with Departmental Honors in Latin, Tulane University, 1984

Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, Tulane University, elected 1984

Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society, Tulane Medical School, elected 1987

LICENSE AND BOARD CERTIFICATION

Texas Medical Board, M3153

FLEX, passing score 1988

Board-certified, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

July 13, 1995 Re-certified April 2004 and 2013 expiration 2025

TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF WORKER’S COMPENSATION

Certified as a Designated Doctor and IR/MMI Rating Physician, DWC April 2006-present

Impairment Rating/Designated Doctor Training Course, AADEP, Jan. 20-21, 2006

Passing score, TIRSAT April 22, 2006

Approved Doctor’s List, November 2005

Re-cerfications current through May 2023

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIP

Fellow, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

Lifetime Member, American Medical Association

Member, Texas Medical Association and Tri-County Medical Society

MEDICAL STAFF MEMBERSHIP

Central Texas Medical Center

Resolute Health Hospital

Seton Hays Medical Center

MILITARY

U.S. Air Force, Medical Corps, Orthopedic Surgeon, Keesler Medical Center, Keesler AFB, MS, 1993-1997, active duty

U.S. Army Signal Corps, Multi-Channel Communications Operator, Ansbach West Germany, 1976-1979, active duty

PUBLICATIONS

Baker, J.K.; Cain, T.E.; Tullos, H.S.: Intramedullary Fixation for Congenital Pseudarthrosis of the Tibia. J. Bone and Joint Surg., 74-A: 169-178, 1992

Baker, J.K.; Reardon, M.; Reardon, P.; Heggeness, M.: Vascular Injury in Anterior Lumbar Spine Surgery. Spine 18: 2227-2230, 1993

Braly, W.G.; Baker, J.K.; Tullos, H.S.: Arthrodesis of the Ankle with Lateral Plating. Foot and Ankle International 15(12): 649-653, 1994

Baker, J.K.; Hanson, G.M.: Cyst of the Ligamentum Flavum: A Case report. Spine 19(9):1092-1094, 1993

Baker, J.K.; Stephenson, C.T.; Tullos, H.S.: Answer Please: Osteofibrous Dysplasia. Orthopedics 16(11): 1287, 1290, 1292, 1993

Baker, J.K.: Cena of Pseudocyprian, a translation from the Latin with a commentary and review of the critical literature for undergraduate honors thesis. Manuscript in the Tulane University Howard Tilton Library, New Orleans, La., 1984

ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS

Vascular Injury in Anterior Lumbar Spine Surgery, presented at Scoliosis Research Society, Kansas City, Kansas, September 1992

Congenital Pseudarthrosis of the Tibia, presented at Shriner's Hospital Spring Symposium, Houston Unit, April 1991

OTHER ACTIVITIES

Member, Tri-County Medical Society, 2006-present

Member, Texas Medical Association, 2006-present

St. Bernard Parish Medical Society Delegate to the Louisiana State Medical Society Annual Meeting, Baton Rouge, LA 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004

Member, St. Bernard Parish Medical Society, 1997-2005

Member-at-Large, St. Bernard Parish Medical Society, 1998

Secretary, St. Bernard Parish Medical Society, 1999

Vice-President, St. Bernard Parish Medical Society, 2000

President, St. Bernard Parish Medical Society, 2001

Young Physician’s Alternate Delegate to the Interim and Annual Meetings of the American Medical Association, representing Louisiana State Medical Society, 1998

Elected Alternate Counselor, Council on Legislation, Louisiana State Medical Society, 1998-2005

Member, Louisiana State Medical Society Committee on Insurance 1997-2005.

Representative for Louisiana Orthopaedic Association to the National Orthopaedic Leadership Conference, 2001

Representative for Louisiana Orthopaedic Association to the National Orthopaedic Leadership Conference, 2002

My wife and I ventured into my old office building about a month after hurricane Katrina. I practiced in Chalmette which was slightly east of New Orleans (site of the Battle of New Orleans with Andrew Jackson). The area was devastated, and the medical office building and hospital across the street were eventually completely demolished as total loses. Boats were still by the side of the road, and the flood line could be seen on the walls twelve feet high. It was so sad to see this scene played out again every few years, most recently in Houston. Unfortunately poor planning with respect to the potential for flooding can put communities in areas that may be best left to nature.