Iowa State University, Biochemistry (B.S. 1985-1988)
University of Iowa Medical School (M.D.1988-1993)
American Heart Association Medical Student Research Fellowship (1991-1992)
Mayo Clinic General Surgery Residency (1993-2000)
Mayo Clinic Clinical Investigator Research Fellow (1995-1997)
Mayo Clinic Instructor of Surgery, Dept Surgery (2000-2001)
Mayo Clinic Cardiothoracic Residency (2000-2003)
Tulane Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery (2004 - 2008)
Rockford Surgical Services (2008 - 2015)
OSF Surgical Group - Rockford (2015 - 2019)
OSF Cardiovascular Institute - Rockford (2019 - 2022)
Univ of Illinois Assistant Professor of Surgery (2008 - 2022)
UP Marquette (2022 - present)
Cardiovascular Surgery Associates LLC (2022 - present)
Michigan State University Assistant Professor of Surgery (2022 - present)
Quality improvements in community practice
Robotic cardiac procedures
Outside influences on our specialty and possible reactions
Study of human nature and response to outside influences
Family, Travel, Hunting
MAZE procedure
Endovascular stent grafting of Ascending Thoracic Aorta