Education
                                 
                                 Medical School:
Doctor of Medicine, 1990-1994
University of California
San Diego, CA
                                 
                                 Residency:
General Surgery Residency, 1996-2001
Washington University School of Medicine, Barnes-Jewish Hospital
St. Louis, MO
                                 
                                 Post-Doctoral Fellowship:
Research Fellow in surgery, 1996-1998
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO
                                 
                                 Clinical Fellowship:
                                 
                                 Lister Fellow in Surgery, 2000
University of Glasgow/ Glasgow Royal Infirmary
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
                                 
                                 Minimally Invasive Surgery, 2001-2002
West Penn Allegheny Health System, The Western Pannsylvania Hospital/Allegheny General
                                    Hospital
Pittsburgh, PA 
                                  
                              
                                 
                                 Hospital Affiliations
                                 
                                 
                                    
                                    - University Medical Center
- Touro Hospital
 
                              
                                 
                                 Clinical Interests
                                 
                                 
                                    
                                    - General Surgery
- Minimally invasive surgery
- Abdominal wall reconstruction
- Endocrine surgery
- Foregut surgery
- Wound care
Research Interests
                                 
                                 
                                    
                                    - Team training
- Simulation-based training
- Human Factors
- Skills acquisition
- Debriefing
- Wound healing