Education & Training

B.A., Chemistry, University of Virginia, 1995
M.D, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, 1999
Internship, General Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), 1999-2000
Residency,Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR, 2000-2006
Fellowship, Minimally Invasive Surgery, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, OH, 2006-2007

Honors & Awards

Young Surgeon Travel Stipend, American College of Surgeons
Award for Excellence in Patient Directed Care, Long Beach VA Medical Center
Society of American Gastroenterology and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES)/Karl Storz, Traveling Fellowship Award
Alpha Omega Alpha, Honor Society

Other Activities

Member, The MacKenzie Surgical Society, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU)
Member, The Zollinger Surgical Society, The Ohio State University
Member, American College of Surgeons, Southern California chapter
Member, American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS), California Chapter
Faculty, Mock Oral Boards, University of California, Irvine, Orange CA
Member, Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB), University of California, Irvine, Orange CA
Editor, University of California, Irvine; Department of Surgery Newsletter
Faculty , Monthly bariatric surgery informational session and support group
Member, Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach, CA
Volunteer, Operation Amped, providing aquatic therapy for Veteran amputees, Long Beach, CA
Volunteer, Special Olympics, healthy hearing screening, Long Beach, CA