Education & Training:

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

Honors & Awards:

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

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