Background & Specialties

Board Certification

Certified: American Board of Plastic Surgery

Professional Background

1977-1981: Princeton University AB
1981-1985: Yale School of Medicine MD
1985-1989: Montefiore Medical Center General Surgery Residency
1989-1992: University of Chicago Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship
1992-1993: Harvard University/Massachusetts General Hospital Hand Microsurgery Fellowship

Teaching Appointments

Instructor in Surgery Massachusetts General Hospital; Chief of Hand Section Tampa General Hospital; Associate Professor University of South Florida Dept of Surgery and Dept of Biomedicla Engineering; Director - USF Hand Program 1994-1997; Co-Chair - Section of Biomedical Engineering

Publications and Presentations

Over 30 peer-reviewed publications; more than 50 national and international presentations

Hobbies and Interests

Unlimited category aerobatics; skiing; SCUBA; scrabble; books; travel