ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
Plastic Surgery Residency, Sutherland Institute, Kansas University Medical Center - Kansas City, Kansas. Completed 2005.
General Surgery Residency, University of Virginia/Carillion Health System – Charlottesville and Roanoke, Virginia. Completed 2003.
∙ Extensive experience in bariatric, vascular, and laparoscopic procedures
∙ Chief Resident 2002-2003
Doctor of Medicine, Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University - Greenville, North Carolina. Completed 1998.
Master of Science, North Carolina State University - Raleigh, North Carolina. Completed 1993.
∙ Areas of Cell Biology and Cell Physiology
∙ Teaching Assistantship/Research Assistantship
Bachelor of Science, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Completed 1991.
∙ Major in Business Administration
∙ Concentration in Economics, Marketing, and Finance
HONORS AND AWARDS
MAP International Scholar
Reader’s Digest Abroad Fellowship
North Carolina Rural Health Scholar
Medical School Dean’s List
Teaching Award – Student’s Choice Award
Undergraduate Dean’s List
CERTIFICATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS
Board Certified, American Board of Plastic Surgery
∙ Qualifying exam completed fall 2007.
∙ Certifying exam completed fall 2008.
∙ MOC (Recertification) completed 2019.
Medical Licensure
∙ North Carolina State Medical Board Permanent License - #2005-00353 ATLS Current
ACLS Current
American Society of Plastic Surgeons
American College of Surgeons
Christian Medical Dental Association
RESEARCH INTERESTS/PRESENTATIONS
Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation Resident Project - Alternative Repair Strategies for Pectus Excavatum.
Resident Research Day - An Early Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass Program, 2004.
Resident Research Day - Early Experience with the Nuss Repair, 2003.
Masters Thesis - Unique Uses for Monoclonal Antibody Formation, 1993.
INTERESTS/EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Happily married with four children.
Abroad Surgical Rotation - two months at Tenwek Hospital, Kenya.
Medical School Admissions Committee - three-year tenure.
Camp Needles in the Pines - medical student staff director.
Previous Head Counselor Staff - Camp Sea Gull and Cary Family YMCA