Medical School: Tulane University School of Medicine - Doctor of Medicine (MD), 1985
Internship: Charity Hospital/Medical Center of Louisiana, 1986
Residency: Tulane Medical Center - Surgery (General Surgery), 1987
Residency: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center - Surgery (General Surgery), 1991
Fellowship: University of California San Diego - Surgery, Trauma Surgery, 1992
Fellowship: Frost Street Outpatient Surgical Center - Surgery, Cardiovascular, 1993
Fellowship: St. Lukes Hospital of Kansas City - Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery), 1995