B.A., Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., 1991.
M.D., George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C., 1998.

Residency/Fellowship: George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C. (general surgery), 1998-2004; Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Mo. (surgical critical care), 2004-2005; Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard University, Boston, Mass. (minimally invasive and bariatric surgery), 2005-2006.

Certified by the American Board of Surgery in Surgery with Added Qualifications in Surgical Critical Care.

Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine, Augusta, Ga., Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, 2006-2009; Associate Professor, 2009-2014; Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Ga., director, Virtual Education and Simulation Laboratory, 2006-2011; Chief, Minimally Invasive and Digestive Diseases Surgery, 2011-2013; Georgia Regents University Medical Center, Augusta, Ga., attending surgeon/surgery faculty, 2006-2013; Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa., Chief, General and Minimally Invasive Surgery, 2014-2017; attending surgeon/surgery faculty, 2014-2018; director, Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Program, 2014-2018; Jeanes Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa., attending surgeon/surgery faculty, 2014-2018; director, Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Program, 2014-2018; Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa., Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, 2014-2019; clerkship director, Department of Surgery, PA Program, 2017-2019.

Appointed to the staff of Mayo Clinic in Florida, 2019; Associate Professor of Surgery, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, 2020-present; Diversity Leader, Department of Surgery, 2019-present.