Education and Training

• Tulane University, Bachelor of Science
• Tulane University School of Medicine awarded M.D.
• Completed accredited General Surgical Residency Program - Marshal University, School of Medicine, Department of Surgery
• Completed accredited Cardiothoracic Fellowship - Albany, New York, School of Medicine
• UKOOA Certified, Oil & Gas UK Specified Examining Doctor 2011
• COLA accredited Lab Director

• Reversal for Anterior Cervical Arthrodesis, Anterior Cervical Spine Surgery, 1993
• Familial Dissecting Aortic Aneurysm in the Absence of Marfan's, 1990
• Myointimal Hyperplasia in Carotid Artery Disease: A Case Report and Literature Review

• Phi Delta Epsilon: Member 1987-1988, President of Chapter, 1988-1989, Undergraduate Regional Coordinator of the Gulf Coast Region, 1989-1990
• American Medical Association, Medical Student, Member 1987-1991 Postgraduate Member 1991 to present day
• Member of AMA Drug Education Task Force. Duties included lectures to surrounding high schools concerning drug use and pharmacological effects
• Research Assistant in Pharmacology performing Toxicology/Drug Screening for Tulane Medical Center
• Medical Histology, teaching assistant/tutor
• Member Louisiana State Medical Society
• Vice President Lafayette chapter of the Louisiana State Medical Society
• Ouachita Medical Society (2002-2004)
• Member of the Society of Thoracic Surgery