B.S., Florida International University, Miami, Fla., 1990.
D.O., Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville, Mo., 1994.

Residency/Fellowship: University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Medicine, Birmingham, Ala. (family practice), 1995-1997; (gerontology), 1997-1998; Duke University, Durham, N.C. (curriculum development), 2005; Stanford University, Stanford, Calif. (ethnogeriatrics), 2008-2009.

Certified by the American Board of Family Medicine.

Columbus Regional Medical Center, Columbus, Ga., attending physician, Family Practice Residency Program, 1998-2000; attending physician, Azalea Trace Nursing Home Center, 1998-2001; attending physician, Hamilton House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 1998-2001; Columbus Regional Healthcare System, Columbus, Ga., attending physician, 1998-2001; Muscogee County Health Department, Georgia Department of Public Health, Columbus, Ga., director, Primary Care Clinic, 1998-2001; University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Birmingham, Ala., Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Gerontology, Geriatrics and Palliative Care, 2001-2012; Health Services Foundation, Birmingham, Ala., director, Anticoagulation Clinic, Spain-McDonald Clinic, 2006-2012; Care First Hospice, Birmingham, Ala., associate director, Care First Hospice, 2007-2009; Alabama VA Health Care System, Guntersville, Ala., medical director, GEC-HBPC, Guntersville VA Clinic, 2010-2012; medical director, GEC-HBPC, Jasper VA Clinic, 2010-2012; Baptist Health, Jacksonville, Fla., medical director, Age Well Center for Senior Health, 2012-2017; vice chair, Department of Family Medicine, Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville, Baptist Health, Jacksonville, Fla., 2015-2017; University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville, Fla., Assistant Professor, Department of Community Health & Family Medicine, 2017-2018; medical director, Department of Community Health & Family Medicine, Kernan Clinic, 2018-2020.

Appointed to the staff of Mayo Clinic in Florida, 2020; Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, 2021-present.