B.S., The Bo School, Bo, Sierra Leone, 1989.
M.D., Universidad de Montemorelos, Montemorelos Nuevo Leon, Mexico, 1999.
Ph.D., Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, Calif., 2016.

Residency/Fellowship: Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, Calif. (general surgery), 2005-2010; Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass. (surgical critical care), 2012-2013.

Certified by the American Board of Surgery in Surgery and in Surgical Critical Care.

Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, Calif., attending surgeon, Division of Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, 2010-2013 and 2014-2020; Assistant Professor of Surgery, 2011-2018; Associate Professor, 2018-2020; medical director, Surgical Intensive Care Unity, 2014-2020; division chief, Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, 2015-2020; medical director of Trauma Services, 2015-2020.

Appointed to the staff of Mayo Clinic, 2020; Associate Professor of Surgery, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, 2023-present.