Education

  • Undergraduate
    Bachelor of Arts, with highest Honors, 1979
    Williams College
    Williamstown, Massachusetts
  • Medical School
    Doctor of Medicine, with Honors 1983
    University of Cincinnati Medical School
    Cincinnati, Ohio
  • Internship
    General Surgery
    University of Michigan Hospital
    Ann Arbor, Michigan
    June 1983 – June 1984
  • Residency
    General Surgery
    University of Michigan Hospital
    Ann Arbor, Michigan
    June 1984 – June 1989

    Chief Resident in General Surgery
    University of Michigan Hospital
    Ann Arbor, Michigan
    June 1989 – June 1990

  • Research Fellowship
    Boston Children’s Hospital
    Harvard Surgical Research Laboratories
    July 1990 – June 1991

    Medical Staff Fellow
    National Cancer Institute
    July 1986 – June 1988

  • Chief Residency
    Pediatric Surgery
    The Children’s Hospital of Buffalo
    July 1991 – June 1993

Academic Appointments

  • Current
    Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics
    University of Rochester School of Medicine
    Rochester, NY
    10/2014 – Current

    Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery
    Morehouse School of Medicine
    Atlanta, Georgia
    06/1996 – 06/2000

  • Past
    Assistant Professor of Surgery, Pediatric Surgery
    Emory University School of Medicine
    Atlanta, Georgia
    06/1993 to 06/1996-2000

Hospital Appointments

  • ATLANTA OUTPATIENT SURGICAL CENTER / PERIMETER SURGERY CENTER
    Atlanta, GA
    Active Staff
    12/30/2011 – Current
  • WELLSTAR COBB HOSPITAL
    Austell, GA
    Courtesy Staff
    11/27/1995 – Current
  • WELLSTAR KENNESTONE HOSPITAL
    Marietta, GA
    Active Staff
    04/21/1994 – Current
  • NORTHSIDE HOSPITAL – ATLANTA
    Atlanta, GA
    Active Staff
    02/01/2000 – Current
  • PIEDMONT – NEWNAN
    Newnan, GA
    Active Staff
    04/21/2011 – Current
  • GWINNETT MEDICAL CENTER
    Lawrenceville, GA
    Active Staff
    11/28/1995 – Current
  • NORTHSIDE HOSPITAL – CHEROKEE
    Canton, GA
    Active Staff
    10/25/2006 – Current
  • NORTH FULTON REGIONAL HOSPITAL
    Roswell, GA
    Active Staff
    03/26/1997 – Current
  • EAST WEST SURGERY CENTER
    Austell, GA
    Active Staff
    09/01/2008 – Current
  • NEWTON MEDICAL CENTER
    Covington, GA
    Active Staff
    02/10/2009 – Current
  • EASTSIDE MEDICAL CENTER
    Snellville, GA
    Active Staff
    04/26/2012 – Current
  • WELLSTAR ATLANTA MEDICAL CENTER
    East Point, GA
    Active Staff
    12/21/2012 – Current
  • SPIVEY STATION SURGERY CENTER
    Jonesboro, GA
    Active Staff
    02/28/2013 – Current
  • WALTER REED NATIONAL MILITARY
    Medical Center
    Bethesda, MD
    Active Staff
    03/2015 – Current

Awards

  • FREDRICK COLLIER SOCIETY
    Traveling Fellowship
  • SOCIETY OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY
    Achievement Award in Basic Research
  • ASSOCIATION OF ACADEMIC SURGERY
  • AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING BASIC RESEARCH
  • JAMES CRUDUP AWARD
    University of Michigan Department of Surgery
  • GOLDEN APPLE AWARD FOR TEACHING
    Achievement Award in Basic Research
  • SOCIETY OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY
    Children’s Hospital of Buffalo

Societies

  • AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS
  • American Association of Pediatric Surgeons
  • American College of Surgeons
  • Medical Association of Atlanta
  • Medical Association of Georgia
  • Georgia Surgical Society
  • Southern Surgical Congress
  • Association for Academic Surgery
  • American Society for Biochemistry and Molecule Biology
  • Wound Healing Society
  • Frederick Collier Surgical Society
  • Society of Critical Care Medicine
  • Pediatric Oncology Group
  • Children’s Cancer Study Group
  • Societe International de Chirurgie
  • British Association of Pediatric Surgeons
  • New York Academy of Sciences
  • Society of Surgical Oncology
  • Academy of Surgical Research
  • Pediatric Surgery Biology Club
  • Canadian Association of Pediatric Surgery
  • International Pediatric Endoscopic Surgery Group

Publications

  • 3 BOOK CHAPTERS
  • 20 ARTICLES
  • OVER 100 ORAL PRESENTATIONS