EDUCATION:

Bachelor of Science (B.S.) 1979       

University of Minnesota, College of Biological Sciences

Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) 1984       

Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

Post Doctorate Training:

Internship: General Surgery, 7/1/84 to 6/30/85

Medical College of Wisconsin, Affiliated Hospitals, Milwaukee WI

Residency: General Surgery, 7/1/85 to 6/30/88       

Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals

Chief Resident, General Surgery, 7/1/88 to 6/30/89      

Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals

Military:

United States Air Force, Medical Corp, 1980-93      

Active Duty: 7/1/89 to 7/1/93       Rank: Major      

Title: Chairman Dept. of Surgery, 5th Medical Group

Licensure: State of Minnesota

Certification:

National Board of Medical Examiners, 7/1/85

American Board of Surgery, 12/12/90, Recertification 10/2000 Laparoscopic Gastric Banding, Certified 02/2004

Professional Societies:

American College of Surgeons Fellow 

American Society for Bariatric Surgery 

Minnesota State Medical Society 

Upper Mississippi Medical Society

Positions held:

Member, Committee on Applicants, American College of Surgeonst

Clinical Instructor in Surgery, University of Minnesota Medical School

Clinical Instructor in Surgery, Augsburg Physician Assistant Program 1994-present

Chief of Surgery, Chairman Dept. of Surgery        

5th Medical Group Regional Hospital, Minot AFB        

Medical Director Intensive Care Unit,  5th Medical Group

Chairman Dept. of Surgery, St. Gabriel's Hospital, 1994-95

Chief of Staff, St. Gabriel's Hospital, 1996

Delegate State Medical Society Convention, 1994

Employment:

Upper Mississippi Surgical Associates, July 1993 to present