Biography

Medical Director
Cardiothoracic Surgeon

Medical School

·     Duke University School of Medicine, 1984

Residency/Fellowship

·     Massachusetts General Hospital, 1991

Board Certification

·     Thoracic Surgery

·     General Surgery

Hospital Affiliations

·     Sentara Heart Hospital

·     Sentara Norfolk General Hospital

·     Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital

Appointments

·     Director, Sentara Thoracic Surgery Center

·     Assistant Professor of Surgery, Eastern Virginia Medical School

·     Co-Chair, Thoracic Multi-Disciplinary Committee,  Sentara Norfolk General Hospital

·     Sentara Strategic Cancer Committee

·     Cancer Committee, Sentara Norfolk General Hospital

·     Cardiac Executive Committee, Sentara Heart Hospital

Professional
Organizations

·     Society of Thoracic Surgeons

·     American College of Chest Physicians

·     Southern Thoracic Surgical Association

·     American College of Surgeons

Clinical Interests

·     Adult Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery

·     Lung Cancer Surgery

·     Minimally Invasive / Thoracoscopic / Robotic Surgery

·     Airway and Esophageal Surgery

·     Mediastinal and Chest Wall Surgery

·     Pulmonary Volume Reduction

·     Mitral Valve Surgery

·     Radio Frequency Ablation