• Tulane University School of Engineering, New Orleans, LA, B.S.E., 1974
• Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, M.D., 1978

• RESIDENCY: Orthopaedic Surgery, Univ. of N. Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 1979-1983; Pediatric Orthopaedic Residency: Alfred DuPont Institute, Wilmington , DE 1981-82
• FELLOWSHIP: Scottish Rite Fellow in Pediatric Orthopaedics, Scottish Rite Hospital, Atlanta, GA 1983-1984

• Professor of Orthopaedics and Clinical Professor of Pediatrics;
      --Chief, Section of Pediatric Orthopaedics;
      --Director, Pediatric Orthopaedic Fellowship at Tulane University School of Medicine.

Certification:

• Board Certified Orthopaedics, 1986; Recertified, 1993-2006; Recertified 2004-2016
• American Board of Spine Surgeons, 1998; Recertified 2003 -2013

• Fluor and computer-enhanced surgical navigation in spine surgery
• Ponsetti management of club foot deformity

Current Professional Activities/Committees:

• United Cerebral Palsy of Greater New Orleans, Inc.
      --Board of Directors
      --Finance Committee
      --Chairman, Board of Directors 2000-2002

Role in Residency Training Program:

• Head of the Section of Pediatric Orthopaedics responsible for the education of the Tulane residents during pediatric rotation;
• Director of the Tulane University Pediatric Orthopaedic Fellowship Program.

Selected Publications in Refereed Journals:

• Ushmann, H.; Bennett, J.T.: Spontaneous Ankylosis of the Contralateral Hip after Unilateral Adductor Tenotomy in Cerebral Palsy. Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics, Part B. No 8 pp 42-44, 1999.
• Michas, P.A.; Ingrahan, R.; Matzkin, E.; Popham, G.J.; Bennett, J.T.: A Closed Extra-Articular Calcaneal Fracture in a Nine-Year-Old Child: A Case Report. Foot and Ankle Surgery. 5:263-266, 1999.
• Castro, F.P.; Bennett, J.T.; Doulens, K.: An Epidemiological Perspective on Prophylactic Pinning in Patients with Unilateral Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis. Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics. 20(6):745-748, 2000.
• Stoecker, B.; Bennett, J.T.: Stress Fracture of the Talus Following Resection of a Talocalcaneal Coalition: A Case Report. Foot and Ankle International. 22:56-58, 2001.
• Bennett, J.T.; Winder, C.; Rice, J.; Smith, E.; Stuecker, R.D.: Arthrography In Legg Calve Perthes Disease. Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics, Part B. 11(2):110-116, 2002.
• Willis J.; Bennett, J.T.; Rice J.; Davis A.; Morella A.: Forced Use Treatment of Childhood Hemiparesis. Pediatrics 110(1):94-96, 2002.
• Bennett, J.T.; Heilig, M.R.; Matern R.V.; Rosenzweig, S.: Current Management of Idiopathic Clubfoot Questionnaire: A Multicentric Study. Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics 23(6):780-787, 2003.
• Bennett JT; Warren FH; Mast MW; Mayo KA; Darling J: Nonunion of Femoral Neck Fracture and Trochanteric Osteotomy after a Pinned Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis: A Case Report. Submitted, The American Journal of Orthopedics, May 2002.