Education & Training:

University of Georgia, 1974-1978
M.D., Duke University School of Medicine, 1979-1983
General Surgery, Brown University Department of Surgery, 1983-1989
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, 1989-1992

Honors & Awards:

Alpha Omega Alpha, Medical Honor Society, 1992
Alley-Sheridan scholarship for "Skills for the New World of Health Care", awarded by The Thoracic Surgery Foundation for Research and Education, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, November, 2000
Best poster in the Thoracic Surgery Category: Median Sternotomy for Lung Thoracotomy, 68th Annual Scientific Assembly of the American College of Chest Physicians, San Diego, CA, November 2-7, 2002
Honorary Doctorate, awarded by the National Medical Research Institute of Mongolia, 2009
Portland Monthly Magazine, "Top Doctors," 2010
Director, Providence Thoracic Surgery Program
Co-Director, Providence Thoracic Oncology Program
Sulzer-Carbomedics Unrestricted Educational Grant to support participation in the Harvard Executive Program.

Professional Society Membership:

Fellow, American College of Surgeons
American Association of Thoracic Surgery
Society of Thoracic Surgeons
European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
Western Thoracic Surgical Association
Fellow, American College of Chest Physicians
General Thoracic Surgery Club
Oregon Thoracic Society
Member, Oregon Chapter, American College of Surgeons

Guest Reviewer:

Annals of Thoracic Surgery
Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Chest
Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Journal of Critical Illness
Lung Cancer
Respiratory Medicine
Surgical Innovation
Clinical Pulmonary Medicine