Training:
- Internal Medicine – Saint Vincent Hospital, Worcester MA, USA
- Spinal Cord Injury Medicine Fellowship – VA Medical Center-Harvard Medical School, USA.
- Orthopedic Medicine- Speaker of numerous educational symposiums, USA
- Skin Cancer Medicine and Surgery -The University of Queensland, Australia
- Medical Acupuncture – UCLA, USA
- General Surgery & Orthopedic Surgery – Ukraine and Russia.
In Research:
- Developed device for the treatment of Cervical Vertebrae diseases and injuries
- Study of Cervical Spine Biomechanics
- Urodynamic studies in patients with Spinal Cord Injury
- Study of Osteopenia in Spinal Cord injured patients
- Spinal Cord Injury Fellowship, Harvard Medical School, VMAC-West Roxbury, MA
Dr. Trister is a member of:
- The American Medical Association
- The Osteopathic Cranial Academy – (component society of The American Academy of Osteopathy)
- Hackett-Hemwall-Patterson Foundation
- Participated in the Medical Missions in Honduras (2002-2014) and Mexico (2010-2013)
- International Conferences (Speaker) in the USA, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Honduras, China, Czech Republic
- President of American Association of Orthopaedic Medicine 2011-2013