Dalriada Grammar School, Northern Ireland (1990)
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Medical School (MBBS 1996)
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospitals, Physicians' Training Program (1997-2000)
Member Royal College of Physicians - MRCP (London 2000)
Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals Basic Surgical Training Programme (2001-2003)
Member Royal College of Surgeons of England - MRCS (2003)
National Training Program, Cardiothoracic Surgery (Guy's,St Thomas' &Royal Sussex Hospitals,2004-08)
Skiing
Mitral Valve Surgery
Triathlon
Golf