Davidson College (BS 1970)
Washington University Medical School (MD 1974)
Duke University Surgery Residency (1974-76)
U. S. Army Medical Corps (Germany and Turkey 1976-79)
General Surgery Residency (1979-84)
University of Minnesota Surgical Research (1980-82)
University of Minnesota Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship (1984-86)
University if Minnesota Cardiac Transplanty Fellow (1986)
Sailing
Golf
Cycling
Mechanical support of the failing heart
Cardiac transplantation
Adult cardiac surgery
Surgical treatment of heart failure