Troy State University( B.S. 1983)
Uniformed Services University (M.D. 1987)
University of Alabama Birmingham General Surgery Residency (1988-1992)
University of Texas San Antonio/ Brooke Army Medical Center Cardiothoracic Residency( 1992-1994)
Chief Cardiac Surgery Wright PattersonHospital, OH (1994-1999)
Teaching Fellow Complex Aortic Surgery St Louis,MO (1999)
Sparks Hospital Ft Smith ,AR ( 2000-2001)
Baptist Princeton Hospital Birmingham, AL (2001- Current)
Medical License : Alabama, Georgia, Missouri
Atrial Fib Ablation techniques
Beating Heart Surgery
Robotic Surgery
Deep Sea Fishing
Complex Thoracic aortic surgery with Circulatory arrest
Minimal invasive Cardiac, and Thoracic Surgery
Cardiac Support devices
Endovascular AAA repair
Endovascular Interventions / Vascular Surgery
Mitral valve repair