Medical Education:
Epworth Colelge - B.S. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,1979
Univeristy of Oklahoma College of Medicine, M.D. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,1984

Training:
General Surgery Intern The Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore, Maryland 1984-1987
Junior Clinical Associate in Cardiac Surgery National Heart Lung and Blood Institute Bethesda, Maryland 1987-1988
Senior Clinical Associate in Cardiac Surgery National Heart Lung and Blood Institute Bethesda, Maryland 1988-1989
Registrar in Vascular Surgery Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland The Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland 1989
Senior Assistant Surgical Resident The Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore, Maryland 1990
Chief Surgical Resident The Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore, Maryland 1990-1991
Senior Resident in Cardiac Surgery The Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore, Maryland 1990-1991
Fellowship in Aneurysm and Lung Transplant Surgery Medicine Hochschule Hanover, Germany 1992
Chief Resident in Thoracic Surgery The Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore, Maryland 1993

Board Certification:
American Board of Surgery, 1992 American Board of Thoracic Surgery, 1995

Medical Organizations:
Alpha Omega Alpha - Medical Honor Society
Phi Beta Kappa, Undergraduate Honor Society
Glenn Morrow Society of Cardiovascular Surgeons
Society of Thoracic Surgeons
American College of Surgeons
International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation
Society of Critical Care Medicine
American Heart Association American
Association for Univerisity Professors