Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Medical School (1987)
Harvard, Boston. MGH, Reaserch in Pulmonary Medicine 1987-1989
University of Toronto, Pulmonary Medicine Residency 1989-1992
Univeristy of Toronto, Lung Transplantation Fellowship 1992-1994
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, General Surgery Residency 1994-2000
Northwestern University, Chicago, Cardiothoracic Surgery 2000-2003
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center; Fellowship Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery, 2003-2004
Associate Professor of Surgery, Northwestern 2004-2104
Professor of Surgery, University of Kentucky
Professor of Surgery, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Professor of Surgery, Section Chief of Thoracic Surgery 2022-present
Critical Care
Robotic Thoracic Surgery
Minimally Invasive Thoracic and Foregut Surgery
GERD and Benign Esophageal Diseases
Thoracic Oncology, Lung and Esophageal Cancer
Tracheal Surgery
Mediastinal Tumors
Interventional Airway Procedures: stents, laser, PDT, APC, Cryotherapy, Electrocautery, Microdebride
Sublobar Resection and Intraoperative Brachytherapy for Lung Cancer
Resident Surgical Education