Professional Experience

2008 - present, Chief, Division of General Oncologic Surgery, City of Hope, Duarte, CA

2004 - present, Member, NIH Clinical Oncology Study Section

2003 - present, Associate Professor, Division of General Oncologic Surgery, City of Hope, Duarte, CA

2000 - present, Program Director, Surgical Oncology Fellowship, City of Hope

1999 - present, Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery, University of California, San Diego

1998 - present, Director of Surgical Education, City of Hope, Duarte, CA

1993 - present, Staff Surgeon, City of Hope, Duarte, CA

1990 - 1991, Chief Resident, General Surgery, University of Cincinnati Hospital, OH

1987 - 1989, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Immunology, University of Chicago, IL

1984 - 1991, Resident, General Surgery, University of Cincinnati Hospital, OH

Education and Training

1991 - 1993, Surgical Oncology Fellowship - Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

1984, Boston University, B.A., Medical Science (Magna Cum Laude)

1984, Boston University School of Medicine, M.D., (combined six-year BA/MD program)


Professional and Scientific Associations

2001, American Society of Clinical Oncology

2001, Pacific Coast Surgical Association

1998, Society of Head and Neck Surgeons/American Head and Neck Society

1996, Fellow of the American College of Surgeons

1993, Los Angeles Surgical Society

1992, Society of Surgical Oncology

1987, American Association for the Advancement of Science

This is an abbreviated document. Full CV available upon request. Information on this page may be self-reported and is subject to change at any time. Last updated: 6/09.

Honors and Awards

2007, Listed in America's Top Doctors for Cancer, 3rd edition, Castle Connolly Medical Ltd.

2006, Listed in America's Top Doctors for Cancer, 2nd edition, Castle Connolly Medical Ltd.

2005, Listed in America's Top Doctors for Cancer, 1st edition, Castle Connolly Medical Ltd.

1999 - 2000, Young Surgeon Representative from the Southern California Chapter to the American College of Surgeons

1993, New York Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, First Place in the Residents Research Presentation

1992 - 1993, American Cancer Society Clinical Oncology Fellowship Award

1990, American College of Surgeons, First Place in the Ohio State Chapter Resident Essay Contest

1987 - 1989, NIH Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Endocrinology and Immunology

1982, Fight for Sight Student Research Fellowship, Boston University

Board Certification

2000, Recertification - American Board of Surgery

1992, American Board of Surgery