Background & Specialties

Board Certification

American Board of Plastic Surgery: 1987
* Certificate of Added Qualification in Hand Surgery: 1990

Professional Background

Undergraduate Degree: North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND
Medical School: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
General Surgery Residency: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Plastic Surgery Residency: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Pediatric Plastic Surgery Fellowship: Radcliff Infirmary/Oxford University, Oxford, England
Hand/Microsurgery Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Teaching Appointments

Professor and Chairman
Crystal Charity Ball Distinguished Chair in Plastic Surgery
Department of Plastic Surgery
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX