PRESENT POSITION:

Private Practice General Surgery in McComb, MS
Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery of South West Mississippi, PLLC

PREVIOUS POSITION:

Private Practice General Surgery in Leigh Acres, FL
Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery

MILITARY EXPERIENCE:

12/1986 -12/1988
Active Duty NAVY

12/1988 - 08/1990
Active Reserve NAVY

08/1990 - 0511993
ARMY ROTC

05/1993
Federally Commissioned in ARMY

05/1993 - 0811998
Active Reserve ARMY

08/1998 - 08/2005
Inactive Reserve ARMY

08/2005
Present Active Reserve ARMY

June - September 2008
Served in Afghanistan as Chief Surgeon, Task Force
Med 7th Special Forces Group.

June -September 2010
Served in Afghanistan as Trauma surgeon, Task Force
Med 344th CSH, Salerno Afghanistan

EDUCATION:

University of Akron, Ohio 01/1989 - 05/1994

University of Leicester, England 1989-1990

University of Akron, Ohio 08/1990-05/1993 BA Political Science

University of Akron, Ohio 05-12/1994 BA English Literature

Kent State University, Ohio 08/1994- 05/1996

Research Assistant at Los Alamos National Laboratory
08/1996-05/1997

MEDICAL TRAINING:

• Medical School - The Ohio State University
Columbus Ohio from 08/1997 - 06/2001

• Surgical Internship - Memorial Health University Medical Center
Savannah, GA 07/2001 - 07/2002

• Surgical Residency - Memorial Health University Medical Center
Savannah, GA 07/2002 - 071 2005

• Chief Surgical Resident - Memorial Health University Medical Center
Savannah, GA 07/2005 - 06/2006

• Minimally Invasive Surgical Fellowship - Florida Hospital
Orlando, FL 07/2006 - 0612007

TEACHING APPOINTMENTS:

• Assistant Professor of Surgical Education- South University, Savannah, GA
2003 - 2005

LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION:

Mississippi Medical License
Board Certified

MEMBERSIDPS IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:

The American College of Surgeons

The Southern Medical Society