Education & Training:

Clinical Fellow, Colorectal Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, 2004-2005
Chief Residency, Residency, and Internship, Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1998-2004
Research Fellow, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1999-2001
Medical Doctorate, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, 1997
Research Fellow, Transplant Immunology Laboratory, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, 1994
Bachelor of Science, Biology, Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina, 1993

Honors & Awards:

American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgery Speaker’s Bureau, 2007-present
Alpha Omega Alpha, Beta Chapter of Ohio, University of Cincinnati, 2002
Cincinnati Surgical Society, Winner of the Resident Research Competition, 2001
Ohio Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, Winner of the Resident Research Forum, 2001
Phi Beta Kappa, Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina, 1993
Alpha Epsilon Delta, President, Davidson’s Pre-Medical Honor Society, 1992-1993
Service Committee Chairman, Kappa Alpha Order, Davidson College, 1992-1993

Other Activities:

Fellow, American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons
Fellow, American College of Surgeons
Resident Committee Member, American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons
Member, Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons
Member, Central Surgical Society
Member, Oregon Medical Association