B.A., University of California San Diego, San Diego, Calif., 1985.
M.D., Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, Calif., 1989.
M.B.A., Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, Boston, Mass., 2020.

Residency/Fellowship: University of California Davis, East Bay, Oakland, Calif. (general surgery), 1990-1992 and 1994-1995; (chief resident), 1995-1996; University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas (research fellow, general surgery), 1992-1994; MD Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas, Houston, Texas (fellow), 1996-1998.

Certified by the American Board of Surgery.

Sacramento Veterans Administration Medical Center of Northern California, Mather, Calif., clinical instructor, Department of Surgery, 1999-2023; University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, Calif., Assistant Professor of Surgery, 1998-2004; Associate Professor, 2004-2009; Professor, 2009-2023; cancer liaison physician, Commission on Cancer, 2001-2023; Chief, Division of Surgical Oncology, 2006-2021; clinical director, Comprehensive Cancer Center, 2007-2023; Assistant Clinical Strategy Officer, 2021-2022; Associate Clinical Strategy Officer, 2022-2023.

Appointed to the staff of Mayo Clinic in Arizona, 2023; Deputy Director–Arizona, Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center, 2023-present.