Marquette University B.A. cum laude 1973
University of Massachusetts M.D. 1980
Mc Gill University General Surgery 1980-1985
Canadian Heart Foundation Scholar 1986
McGill University Cardiovascular-thoracic Fellow 1987-8
Great Ormond Street Pediatric senior registrar 1989
Yale University Medical school CT surgery assistant clinical profesor1989-
Board member Healthy Heart Foundation, Petersburg, Russ
president, Almazov Foundation of North America
Mitral valve repair
Off-pump coronary bypass
Cardiac surgical education in St Petersburg, Russia
Ross Procedure
aortic valve repair
apical aortic conduits