Specialty:
Cardiothoracic Surgery

Medical Interests:
Cardiopulmonary transplantation
Mechanical assist devices
Aortic surgery

Board Certification:
American Board of Thoracic Surgery, 2004
American Board of Surgery, 2001
National Board of Medical Examiners, 1993

Education:
Medical School, 1992
Rush Medical College of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Internship:
General Surgery, 1992-1993
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

Fellowship:
Surgical Infectious Disease, 1995-1998
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

Residencies:
General Surgery, 1993-2000
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

Cardiothoracic Surgery and Cardiopulmonary Transplantation, 2000-2003
Stanford University, Stanford, CA

Hospital Privileges:
St. Vincent Health, Indianapolis, IN
St. Elizabeth Hospital, Lafayette, IN
St. Vincent Carmel Hospital, Carmel, IN
St. Vincent Heart Center of Indiana, Indianapolis, IN

Academic Appointments:
University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA, Assistant Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery,
Surgical Director Heart Transplant and Mechanical Assist Device Program, 2003-2006  

Honors and Awards:
Member: Phi Kappa Phi honor society

Recipient, 1998-1999, Earl G. Young Memorial Fellowship, awarded to most outstanding University of Minnesota surgery senior resident

Recipient, 2000, Minnesota Medical Foundation Distinguished Teaching Award

Recipient, 2000, Cassius Ellis Resident Teaching Award, awarded for exemplary teaching and mentoring to junior surgical residents

Recipient, 2000, The Doctor David Gaviser Mount Sinail Hospital Surgical Research Award, awarded for outstanding achievement in surgical research

Medical and Academic Societies:
Fellow, American College of Surgeons, 2007
American Medical Association
American College of Surgeons, Candidate Group
American Association for Cancer Research
Association for Academic Surgery, Candidate Group
Indiana State Medical Association: pending
Indianapolis Medical Society:pending
International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Xenotransplantation Society
Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Western Thoracic Surgical Association