Professional Experience

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

2000 - 2008, University of Pittsburgh/UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA


Education and Training

1987 - 1992, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, M.D.

1982 - 1986, Yale University, New Haven, CT, B.S., Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry


Professional Memberships

2005 - present, American Association of Endocrine Surgeons

2005 - present, Central Surgical Association

2004 - present, American College of Surgeons, Fellow

2004 - present, Society of University Surgeons (SUS), Committee on Social and Legislative Issues

2003 - present, Allegheny County Medical Society

2003 - present, Pennsylvania Medical Society

2002 - present, ACS Oncology Group (ACOSOG), Ethics Committee

2000 - present, Southwestern Pennsylvania ACS

2000 - present, Association for Academic Surgery, Program Committee

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: 10/08.

Honors and Awards

2007, Best Doctors in America, Best Doctors, Inc.

2007, Marquis Who’s Who in America

2006, ASCI/AAP Joint Meeting Travel Award

2001, 2002, SUS Foundation Junior Faculty Award Finalist

2002, Aspen Cancer Conference Young Investigator Fellowship

1998, Samuel A. Wells, Jr. Resident Research Award, Washington University Department of Surgery

1997, James Ewing Foundation Trainee Award, Society of Surgical Oncology

1988, Stanford Medical Scholars Award, Stanford University School of Medicine

1986, cum laude, Yale University

1985, FAES Summer Student Fellowship

1982, American Heart Association Fellowship