EDUCATION

• St. Louis University, Fellow, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 1991-1993


• University of Kansas City- Wichita, Wichita, KS, General Surgery Residency, 1986-1991


• University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO(Six-year combined BA/MD program), B.A./M.D., 1980-1986


• University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO, Undergraduate BA Biology/BA Chemistry, 1980-1986

MILITARY SERVICE

• United States Air Force, Rank of Major, Air Force Commendation Medal awarded, July 1993- Sept. 1996, Honorable Discharge

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE

• Perkins Van Natta Center for Cosmetic Surgery and Medical Skincare, Associate, Nov. 2002 - Present


• St. Vincent Wound Treatment Center, Co-Medical Director
  
  Hospital Affiliations: St. Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis, St. Vincent Carmel Hospital, St. Vincent Women's Hospital, Community Hospital North
  
  Outpatient Surgery Centers: Meridian Plastic Surgery Center, Women's Physician Surgery Center, Indiana Surgery Center- North


• Associated Plastic Surgeons, Inc., May 1999 - Oct. 2002
  
  Hospital affiliations: St. Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis, St. Vincent Carmel Hospital, St. Vincent Women's Hospital, Community Hospital North


• Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Wichita Clinic, PA, December 1996 - March 1999
  
  Hospital affiliations: Via Christi - St. Francis Medical Center, Via Christi - St. Joseph Medical Center, Wesley Medical Center, Kansas Surgery and Recovery Center
  
  Outpatient Surgery Centers: Columbia Surgicare(Wichita, KS), Center for Same Day Surgery


• Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Kansas, Medical Consultant, Jan. 1997 - April 1999


• Scott Medical Center, Scott Air Force Base, IL, Staff Plastic and General Surgeon, Aug. 1993 - Sept. 1996

BOARD CERTFICATIONS

• American Board of Plastic Surgery, November 1996
• American Board of Surgery, March 1994

LICENSURE

• State of Kansas, License 21916, Inactive
• State of Missouri, License MD 101583, Inactive
• State of Indiana, License 01050353, Active

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES/MEMBERSHIPS

• American Medical Association
• American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
• American College of Surgeons
• Indiana State Medical Association
• Indianapolis Medical Society

COMMUNITY EXPERIENCE

• Board Member, American Red Cross, Mid-Kansas Chapter, Sept. 1997 - March 1999
• Rotary Club, East Wichita Chapter, March 1997 - March 1999
• Sedgwick County Zoo, Chimpanzee Volunteer, Jan. 1998 - March 1999

PRESENTATIONS

• Angiosarcoma of the Breast presenting as a Mammographically Benign Lesion, Southwestern Surgical Congress; Palm Springs, California, April 1990.


• Tissue Expansion as an Adjunct to Abdominal Wall Reconstruction, Missouri State Medical Association; Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri, April 1993; St. Louis Area Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, May 1993; Senior Resident's Conference, San Diego, CA, May 1993.

AWARDS

• George Mastio Endowment for Excellence in General Surgery, 1991.


• First Place Clinical Presentation: Tissue Expansion as an Adjunct to Abdominal Wall Reconstruction, St. Louis Area Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, May 1993.

PUBLICATION

• Should the Cell Saver Autotransfusion Device be Used Routinely in All Infrarenal Abdominal Aortic Bypass Operations? Journal of Vascular Surgery, August 1993.


• Tissue Expansion as an Adjunct to Abdominal Wall Reconstruction (submitted for publication)