Background & Specialties

Board Certification

American Board of Plastic Surgery

Professional Background

MPH Specializing in National and International Healthcare, Yale University
General Surgery Residency, University of Pennsylvania
Hand and Micro Surgery Residency, University of Pennsylvania
Plastic Surgery Residency, University of Pennsylvania

Publications and Presentations

The Power to Heal                                                                  
            Prentice Hall Press, N.Y.
            Photographs and essays depicting medical care
                        and healing around the world.  Featured participant in chapters
                        “The Healers” and “The Women Who Heal”

                        “Lip Augmentation”
                        1990 – 1991 Research Project
                        Received for presentation:
                                    Ivy Society                                                                 
                                    Northeastern Society                                                   
                                    ASPRS National Meeting                                                        

                        “Respecting Curves in Cleft Lip Repair”
                        1991 – 1992 Research Project
                        Received for presentation:
                                    Ivy Society                                                                 
                                    American Cleft Palate Association (ACPA)                           

“Learning to Be a Surgeon”                                                    
                        Published in The Philadelphia Inquirer,
                        Sunday magazine, July 17, 1986, cover story

                       
                        “The Village Health Worker: Tanzania’s Integrative                           
                        Health Care Strategy”
                        Master’s Degree Thesis; findings integrated into
                        Tanzania’s national healthcare system
                       

                        “A.P.T.A. Trends and Issues”                                                 
                        Published in Nutmeg News, Vol. 23, No. 2

Hobbies and Interests

Marathons (NY 1978, 1979); Ultra – Marathons (Ireland 1978);
Triathlons (Ironman 1984, Molokai 1984);
Sailing; Ballet; Tennis; Reading; Sculpting; Drawing; Piano; Traveling