B.A., University of California San Diego, La Jolla, Calif., 1995.
M.D., Albany Medical College, Albany, N.Y., 2000.

Residency/Fellowship: UCLA San Fernando Valley, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Calif. (internal medicine), 2000-2003; Greater Los Angeles, Veterans Administration, Los Angeles, Calif. (integrative palliative care), 2003-2004.

Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in Internal Medicine and Hospice and Palliative Care.

Regal Medical Group, Los Angeles, Calif., palliative care coordinator, 2004-2005; VA Greater Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Calif., associate fellowship director, Palliative Care Fellowship, 2004-2006; Roze Room Hospice, Los Angeles, Calif., physician, 2005-2010; Fairview Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minn., palliative care consultant, 2006-2007; VA Medical Center, Los Angeles, Calif., palliative care consultant, 2007-2010; Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Ariz., supplemental consultant, Section of Palliative Medicine, 2011-2021.

Appointed to the staff of Mayo Clinic in Arizona, 2021; Assistant Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, 2022-present; associate program director, Palliative Medicine Fellowship, 2021-2024; program director, 2024-present.