EDUCATION

1986 Kent State University Honors College
- Bachelor of Science - Cum Laude Northeastern

1980 - 1986 Ohio University's College of Medicine Cum Laude
(combined 6 years B.S./M.D.)

1986 - 1987 Internship -
General Surgery Internship Health Science Center, Syracuse, New York

1987 - 1991 Otolaryngology -
Head and Neck Surgery Residency Health Science Center Syracuse, New York

1991 - 1992 Facial Plastic Surgery Fellowship Mc Collough Reconstructive Plastic Surgery Clinic, Birmingham, Alabama

BOARD CERTIFICATIONS

American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
American Board of Otolaryngology

APPOINTMENTS/HONORS

1991 -1996 Associate Clinical Professor Department of Surgery University of Alabama School of Medicine
1995 - 1996 AMA Young Physician Section Delegate
1995 Chairman, Young Physician Section
1996 Life Saving Award - American Cancer Society
1996 Board of Medical Examiners State of Alabama
1996 Board of Censors - Medical Association of Alabama

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

Fellow, American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Fellow, American College of Surgeons
Fellow, American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
American Medical Association
Georgia Medical Association

RESEARCH

National Science Foundation Grant 1977
Heidelberg College - Measurement of multiple parameters assessing biologic state of Lake Erie.
National Science Foundation Grant 1978
Vascular pharmacology: The effects of ouabain, an antiarrhythmic agent, on the Na+K+ATPase in the dog aorta.
Kent State Research Tech
Biochemical Analysis of membrane composition in the atherosclerotic rat livers vs. control
Summer Research Fellowship Northeastern Ohio University College of Medicine
Neurology: Somatosensory mapping of visual cortex in blind mice
Health Science Center at Syracuse
Electron Microscopic Quantitative Study of the cat abducens interneuron
Western Institutional Review Board
Study of Micronized Acellular Dermal Matrix Augmentation of the Upper Lip

American Board of Otolaryngology	American Board of Facial and Plastic Reconstructive Surgery	American College of Surgeons	National Board of Medical Examiners
American Medical Association Association Medical Association of Georgia American Academy of Facial and Reconstructive Plastic Surgery

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