University of Tennesee at Chattanooga (B.S.)
Wake Forest University School of Medicine (M.D. 1999)
SUNY Buffalo General Surgery Residency (1999-2002)
SUNY Buffalo- Roswell Park Cancer Institute Buswell Research Fellow (2002-2004)
SUNY Buffalo General Surgery Residency (2004-2006)
University of Southern California Cardiothoracic Residency (2006- 2009)
American Board of Surgery 2008
American Board of Thoracic Surgery 2011
American History
Hiking
Aortic Arch Hybrid Procedures
Off pump coronary surgery
Thoracoscopic surgery
Valve Surgery