EDUCATION

• 1959-1962 Iowa Wesleyan College, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, B.S.
• 1964-1968 University of Iowa, School of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, M.D.

POSITIONS

• Rotating Internship
  1968-1969 U.S. Naval Hospital, Jacksonville, Florida
• Military Service
  1967-1972 United States Navy
• Emergency Department Physician
  1970-1973 St. Francis Hospital of Lynwood, Lynwood, California
• Director, Emergency Department
  1972-1973 Paramount General Hospital, Paramount, California
• Surgical Residency
  1973-1976 Los Angeles County Harbor General Hospital / UCLA School of Medicine, Torrance, California
• Chief Resident in Surgery
  1975-1976 Los Angeles County Harbor General Hospital/UCLA School of Medicine, Torrance, California
• Staff Physician, Department of Surgery
  1976-1978 Los Angeles County Harbor General Hospital, Torrance, California
• Staff Physician, Los Angeles County Paramedic Institute
  1976-1978 Los Angeles County Harbor General Hospital, Torrance, California
• Assistant Chief, Department of Emergency Medicine
  1976-1977 Los Angeles County Harbor General Hospital, Torrance, California
• Director, Surgical Emergency
  1976-1977 Los Angeles County Harbor General Hospital, Torrance, California
• Assistant Professor of Surgery in Residence
  1976-1979 UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California
• Acting Chief, Department of Emergency Medicine
  1977-1979 Los Angeles County Harbor General Hospital, Torrance, California
• Associate Director, Department of Emergency Medicine
  1979-1981 Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
• Emergency Department Physician
  1981-1985 Little Company of Mary Hospital, Torrance, California
• Trauma Surgeon
  1985-1987 Daniel Freeman Memorial Hospital, Inglewood, California
• Fellowship Aesthetic Surgery of the Face
  1985 Dr. Bruce F. Connell, Santa Ana, California
• Resident in Plastic Surgery
  1985-1987 UCI School of Medicine, Irvine, California
• Chief, Burn Unit Subcommittee
  1991-1996 Torrance Memorial Medical Center, Torrance, California
• Chief, Plastic Surgery Subdivision
  1991-1992 Little Company of Mary Hospital, Torrance, California
• Medical Director, Burn Center
  1993-1997 Torrance Memorial Medical Center, Torrance, California

Board Certification

• 1991 American Board of Plastic Surgery
• 1983 American Board of Emergency Medicine
• 1977 American Board of Surgery

Licensures

• California Physicians and Surgeons, February, 1970
• Iowa Physicians and Surgeons, June, 1969

Military Service

• 1967-1968 U.S. Navy Senior Medical Student Program, University of Iowa, College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa
• 1968-1969 Intern Rotating, U.S. Naval Hospital, Jacksonville, Florida
• 1969-1970 General Medical Officer, NSA Station Hospital, Danang, RVN
• 1970-1972 General Medical Officer, U.S. Naval Hospital, Long Beach, California
• 1972 Honorable Discharge as LCDR

Professional Activities

• 1989 Member, Pharmacy Committee, Torrance Memorial Medical Center, Torrance, California
• 1981 Member, Los Angeles, County Trauma Study Subcommittee #2
• 1977-1980 Member, California Chapter, American College of Emergency Physicians Education Committee
• 1977-1979 Member, Committee on Trauma, American College of Surgeons
• 1977-1978 Member, Medical Alert Center (MAC) Advisory/Patient Transfer
• Committee, Los Angeles County Department of Health 1972 Participant, Countywide
• Conference on Emergency Medical Services, Los Angeles Convention Center

Professional Societies

• American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
• American College of Emergency Physicians
• Professional Staff Association/Harbor General Hospital
• American College of Surgeons
• American Medical Association
• Los Angeles Plastic Surgery Society
• California Medical Association
• American Burn Association
• Los Angeles County Medical Association
• Research Experience
• Chemist, Development Section, Process Engineering Burlington
• A.E.C. Plant, Iowa, 1962-1963
• Summer Programs, Public Health Services Trainee, Department
• Internal Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine
• Iowa City, Iowa, Metabolism of Lipids, 1965-1966

Publications

• Spenler, C.W. and Benfield, J.F., "Esophageal Disruption From Blunt and Penetrating External Trauma", Arch. Surg. 111:663, 1973
• Spenler, C.W. and Shoemaker, W.C., "Resuscitation Algorithmfor Management of Acute Emergencies", JACEP 7:10, 1978
• Spenler, C.W., Achauer, B.M. and Vander Kam, V.M., "Treatment of Extensive Adenoma Sebaceum with a Carbon Dioxide Laser", Annals of PS 20:586, 1988
  
• Achauer, B.M., Spenler, C.W., and Gold, M.E., "Reconstruction of Axillary Burn Contractures with the Latissiumus Dorsi Fasciocutaneous Flap", Journal of Trauma 28:211, 1988
  
  Randzio, J. and Spenler, C.W., "Monocortical Wire Osteosynthesis for the Midface and Lower Jaw", Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol 65:515, 1988

Hospital Affiliations

• Torrance Memorial Medical Center, Torrance, California
• Little Company of Mary Hospital, Torrance, California