Specialty:
Cardiothoracic Surgery

Board Certification:
American College of Surgery, 2002
American Board of Thoracic Surgery-Board Eligible

Medical Interests:
Minimally invasive surgery
Aortic/mitral valve repair
Lung/heart transplantation
Thoracic vascular

Education:
Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut
B.A., Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, 1992

Finch University of Health Sciences/The Chicago Medical School, North Chicago, Illinois,
Doctor of Medicine, 1996

Internship:
General Surgery
Washington Hospital Center, Washington, D.C.
1996-1997

Residencies:
General Surgery
Washington Hospital Center, Washington, D.C.
1997-2000

Chief Resident of General Surgery
Washington Hospital Center, Washington, D.C.
2000-2001

Resident, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
2001-2003

Chief Resident of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
2003-2004

Honors:
Charles H. Bryan Annual Clinical Excellence Award in Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, 2004
Presentation of the Year, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Research Day, 2002
Chairman's Leadership Award, Washington Hospital Center, 2001
Keshishian Award: Excellence in Vascular Surgery, Washington Hospital Center, 1999

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

Professional Societies:
Candidate, American College of Surgeons
Candidate, Society of Thoracic Surgery
American Medical Association
Indianapolis Medical Society-in process