Training

Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship

(July 2006-June 2007)
    Cedars Sinai Medical Center
      Director: Edward Phillips, MD, FACS
    Los Angeles, California

 

General Surgery Residency

(July 2002-June 2006)
    Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital
      Director: Kenneth Waxman, MD, FACS
    Santa Barbara, California
    Chief Resident

 

General Surgery Internship

(June 2001-June 2002)
    Kaiser Permanente
      Director: J.C. Collins, MD, FACS
    Los Angeles, California
    Internship

 

Doctorate of Medicine

(May 2001)
    University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine
    Los Angeles, California

 

Bachelor of Arts, Biology

(May 1997)
    Washington University
    St. Louis, Missouri

 

College

(1993-1994)
    DeAnza and Foothill Colleges
    Cupertino/Los Altos Hills, California