EDUCATION

1984: B.A., Sociology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri

1993: M.D., University of Texas-Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, Texas 

POST-GRADUATE EDUCATION

1993-95: Residency, Preliminary Surgery, Methodist Hospital of Indiana, Indianapolis, Indiana

1995-98: Residency, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Alabama Hospital, Birmingham, Alabama 

1997-98: Chief Resident in Anesthesiology, University of Alabama Department of Anesthesiology

1998-99: Fellowship, Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology, Washington University, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri

1999-2000: Fellowship, Critical Care Medicine, Washington University, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri

2000-01: Fellowship, Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology, University of Maryland Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland

2001-2002: Fellowship, Trauma Anesthesiology, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Baltimore, Maryland 

APPOINTMENTS

Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine

NATIONAL HONORS

Qualifier, 1988 United States Olympic Trials, Track and Field

United States Weightlifting National Champion, 1984, 1990 and 1992