Education

Under Graduate

1984

University of Arizona - B.S. in Psychology (Honors thesis in Humanities), magna cum laude.

1985

University of Arizona - B.S. in Biology (Honors thesis in Humanities), magna cum laude.

Graduate

1989

University of Arizona School of Medicine - M.D

1997

Tulane University School of Medicine, Pharmacology, 3.9 G.P.A. - Ph.D

Post Graduate

1989-90

Internship in Internal Medicine, Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation and Clinic, New Orleans, Louisiana

1990-91

Resident in Anesthesiology, Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, Massachusetts (Clinical Fellow Harvard Medical School)

1992-93

Resident/Chief Resident in Anesthesiology, Tulane Medical Center, Clinical Scientist Track, New Orleans, Louisiana (including 9 months of CV & rotation at Texas Heart Institute)

2001-03

Pain Fellowship (ACGME accredited), Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (Dr. Gabor B. Racz, Dr. Miles Day, Dr. Leland Lou, and Dr. P. Prithvi Raj), International Pain Institute, Lubbock, Texas