University of Texas (Austin) - BS with Honors, College of Natural Sciences
Texas Longhorn Varsity Baseball, T letterman Association
Baylor College of Medicine, Outstanding Student in Surgery
Medical Training
Internship - Johns Hopkins Hospital
Residency - Johns Hopkins Hospital
Halsted Resident - Johns Hopkins Hospital
Senior Registrar in Thoracic Surgery - Bristol Royal Infirmary/ Frenchy Hospital, Bristol, England
Texas Heart Institute
Appointments:
Chief, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, James Harley VA Hospital, Bay Pines VA Hospital, Tampa General Hospital, Moffitt Cancer Center (1985-1987)
Chief, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, the University of Texas at Houston Medical School, Herman Hospital 1987-1989
Director, Peripheral Vascular Surgery, the University of Texas at Houston Medical School, Herman Hospital 1987-1999
Attending Surgeon, St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital 1988-2000
Attending Surgeon, The Methodist Hospital 1999-2022
Membership:
American College of Surgeons
Americal College of Thoracic Surgery
Southern Thoracic Surgical Society
Texas Surgical Society
Society of Thoracic Surgery
Royal Australia/New Zealand College of Surgeons (Honorary Member)