UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION- Creighton University Omaha, Nebraska B.S., Biology, May 1991

MEDICAL EDUCATION- University of South Florida College of Medicine Tampa, Florida M.D., May 1995

INTERNSHIP- General Surgery Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine  Bronx, New York, July 1995-June 1996

RESIDENCY- General Surgery University of South Florida College of Medicine Tampa, Florida, July 1996-June 2000

FELLOWSHIP- Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery University of Oklahoma Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,  July 2000-June 2002

EXTERNSHIP- Aesthetic Surgery Lenox Hill Hospital Manhattan, New York, April 2002-June 2002

LICENSURE- Oklahoma State Board of Medical Licensure No. 21682 (expired); State of Florida Medical License No. ME 86072 (active)

RESEARCH- “Epidemiology of Pediatric Melanoma”, “Cytokine Levels in a Burned Mouse Model and the Effect of Interleukin-1 Receptor Antagonist”, “The Effects of IL-4, GM-CSF, and M-CSF on Wound Healing”, “The Effect of Hyaluronic Acid and Fibrinogen in Early Wound Healing”, “Takedown Pharyngeal Flap: Indications and Results”, “No Vertical Scar Reduction Mammoplasty”

PRIVELEGES- Helen Ellis Memorial Hospital Tarpon Springs, FL; Mease Countryside Hospital Safety Harbor, FL; Mease Dunedin Hospital Dunedin, FL;Morton Plant Hospital Clearwater, FL

AWARDS RECEIVED- Undergraduate: Reinert Scholar, Campaign Creighton Scholar, Dean’s List, Pan Ikarian Undergraduate Scholar; Medical: Honors Course in Surgery (invited), Pan Ikarian Graduate Scholar