Univ of South Carolina, The Honors College (B.S. 1983)
Univ of South Carolina, School of Medicine (M.D. 1987)
L.A.County-Harbor/UCLA-General Surgery Residency (1987-94)
Diplomate - American Board Surgery (1995)
Univ of CA, Davis-Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency (1994-96)
Diplomate - American Board Thoracic Surgery (1998)
STS-AATS Training Course Off-Pump Coronary Revascularization (2001-2002)
International Early Lung Cancer Action Program Principle Investigator (2002-present)
Chief, Thoracic Surgical Oncology, Dorothy Schneider Cancer Ctr (2004-2010)
Lung CA -Surgeon as Interdisciplinary Team Member
Physician and Patient Advocacy at County,State and Federal level
Weightlifting
Multimodality Treatment of Thoracic Oncology
Writing
SCUBA Diving
Outcomes measurement - Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery
Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery
Lung CA - Screening
Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass