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
