Baylor University (B.S. 1985)
Wadley Institute of Molecular Medicine-Research Fellow (1985-1986)
Texas Tech University School of Medicine (M.D. 1990)
Parland Memorial Hospital/ UT Southwestern Medical School- General Surgery (1990-1994)
Parkland Memorial Hospital/ UT Southwestern Medical School-Chief Resident in General Surgery (1995)
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center- Thoracic Oncology Fellowship (7/1995 to 12/1995)
The NY Hospital/ Cornell Medical Center -Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency ( 1/96 to 6/97)
Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center- LVAD/Transplant fellow (7/97-6/98)
Surgical Director of Cardiac Transplantation / Mecahnical Circulatory Support- Medical City Dallas
Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
Thoracic Sympathectomy
Thoracic Oncology
Mechanical Circulatory Support
Cardiac Transplantation
Catheter Based Valve Replacement
Valvular Heart Disease
Endovascular Surgery