Background & Specialties

Board Certification

American Board of Surgery 1984
American Board of Plastic Surgery 1988
CAQ Surgery of the Hand 1992

Professional Background

Undergraduate: Fordham University, B.S. Chemistry 1972
Medical School Tufts University 1976
General Surgery UCLA Medical Center and Tufts New England Med Ctr 1983
Plastic Surgery University of Pittsburgh 1983-1985
Hand and Micro-vascular Surgery 1986

Teaching Appointments

Professor of Plastic Surgery University of Pittsburgh 2005 – Present

Publications and Presentations

Re-Operative Plastic Surgery of the Breast – Single Author Text Lippicott W&W 2006
Greater than 60 Publications and Book Chapters
Greater than 200 National and International Presentations

Hobbies and Interests

Wine, Cooking, Music, Ballroom Dancing, Golf