Native of Newkirk, Oklahoma
Undergraduate U of Okla 71-73
M.D. U of Oklahoma Med 74-78
Gen Surg Resident U of Okla Teaching Hosps, 78-83
Research Fellow MGH, Boston, 80-81
CT Surg Resident U of Okla Teaching Hosps, 83-85
Beth Israel Hospital/Harvard Boston, 85-99
Chief Division CT Surg BIDeaconess, 97-99
Chair Dept of Surgery Saint Louis U, 1999-2011
ACS,ACCP,ACC,AATS,SUS,AOA
Surgeon, SRHS, Ocean Springs, MS, 12-present
Master Fellow FCCP, ACCP - 2011
ClinRes: Invasive cardiolog prior to operation
Surgical Education
Thoracic Aortic Surgery
Lab: Lung injury and CPB in sheep model