Cleveland Clinic Foundation; Heart and Lung Transplantation & Mechanical Circulatory Support Fellowship (1995-96)
Case Western Reserve University; Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency (1993-95)
University of Illinois at Chicago; General Surgery Residency (1990-93)
Northwestern University; Research Fellowship in Cardiothoracic Surgery (1988-90)
Cleveland Clinic Research Institute; Research Fellowship in Cardiovascular Neurobiology & Neurogenic Hypertension (1987-88)
American University Medical Center; General Surgery Residency (1982-1987)
American University of Beirut (AUB) School of Medicine , M.D. (1983)
Diplomat, American Board of Surgery (1994, Recert. 2002)
Diplomat, American Board of Thoracic Surgery (1996, Recert. 2004, Recert. 2014)
Mechanical Circulatory Support
Ventricular Assist Devices
Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
ECMO
Surgery of the Aorta
Minimally Invasive Heart Surgery
Valve Reconstruction and Replacement
Thoracoscopic Surgery
Lung and Esophageal Cancer Surgery
Heart and Lung Transplantation