Education & Training:

B.S., General Biology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 1986-1990
Doctor of Medicine, University of Washington Medical School, Seattle, WA, 1990-1994
Intern, General Surgery, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR, 1994-1995
Resident, General Surgery, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR, 1995-2000

Honors & Awards:

Best Research Resident Grand Rounds Presentation, 1998
Best Clinical Resident, St. Vincent Medical Center, 1998-1999
Resident Research Award: Pacific Coast Surgical, February 1999
Best Chief Resident, St. Vincent Medical Center, 1999-2000
2007 Honorary Co-Chair Komen Race for the Cure

Other Activities:

CoMedical director Ruth J Spear Breast Center, Providence St. Vincent
Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery, OHSU
National Representative: American College of Surgeons Committee on Young Surgeons
National Representative: American College of Surgeons Advisory Council for General Surgery
Medical Advisory Committee for the Portland branch of the Komen Foundation
Fellow, American College of Surgeons
Member, American Medical Association
Member, Oregon Medical Association
Member, Southwest Oncology Group
Member, Association of Women Surgeons
Member, American Society of Breast Surgeons
Member, Medical Society of Metropolitan Portland
Member, Portland Surgical Society
Member, Washington County Medical Society