Xavier University, Cincinnati OH, (B.S. 1979)
Northeastern Ohio Medical University (M.D. 1985)
Allegneny General Hospital General Surgery Residency (1985-90)
Allegheny University of the Health Sciences, Pittsburgh Pa. Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency(1990-93
Research Fellow Allegheny-Singer Research Institute (1991-92)
Management of postop-atrial fibrillation
Skeletal Muscle Cardiac Assist
off pump coronary artery bypass surgery
homograft and stentless valve implantation
thoracic endografts
Adenosine Metabolism and receptors in IR injury
cardiac electrophysiology
Adult Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery
aortic valve/root repair
Surgery for Congestive Heart Failure