Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (B.S.,summa cum laude, 1984)
SUNY @ Syracuse (M.D., summa cum laude,1988)
General Surgery, University of Michigan (1988-94)
Thoracic Surgery, Univeristy of Iowa (1994-97)
American Board of Surgery Cert. 1995, Recert. 2003
Amercian Boaird of Thoracic Surgery Cert. 1998, Recert. 2008
Thoracoscopic lung and mediastinal surgery
adult cardiac surgery outcome improvement issues
surgery for atrial fibrillation (incl. minimally invasive)
Mitral valve repair
aortic valve and aortic root surgery
Minimally invasive valve surgery (repair/replacement)