Kemerovo State Medical Academy, Kemerovo, Russia (M.D., 1989)
Ph.D - Moscow Institute of Transplantology and Artificial Organs, 1991
Saint Joseph Hospital, Denver, CO; General Surgery Residency, 2002
UCLA Medical Center, Residency in Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2004
Congenital Heart Surgery/Heart and Lungs Transplantation, 2005
Attending Cardiothoracic Surgeon, University Hospitals of Cleveland, 2005 -
Attending Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Cleveland VA Medical Center, 2006-
Adult Cardiac Surgery
Thoracic Transplantation
Congenital Heart Surgery
Complex Aortic Surgery
Mitral Valve Repair
Minimally Invasive Coronary Bypass Surgery
Valve-Sparing Aortic Root Reconstruction