Education

• University of Alabama, B.S., Microbiology - May, 1990
• University of Alabama School of Medicine, M.D. - June, 1995

Postdoctoral Training

• General Surgery, University of Alabama Hospitals, Birmingham, AL - June, 1995 - June, 2002
• Administrative Chief Resident, UAB Department of Surgery - July, 2001 - June 2002
• Resident Researcher, UAB Cancer Biology - July, 1997 - June, 1999
• Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor, MI - July, 2002 - July, 2004
• Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery, Cedar-Sinai Hospital, Los Angeles, CA - July, 2004 - December, 2004