Education:

I. Premedical: University of Texas at Austin, University Station, Austin, Texas 78712, Plan II Program, B.A., 1975

II. Medical: University Of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77550, M.D., 1980

III. Internship: University Of Texas Medical Branch, John Sealy Hospital, Galveston, Texas 77550, Internal Medicine, 1980-1981

IV. Residency: University Of Texas Medical Branch, John Sealy Hospital, Galveston, Texas 77550, Internal Medicine, 1981-1983

V. Fellowship: University Of Texas Medical Branch, John Sealy Hospital, Galveston, Texas 77550, Pulmonary Medicine, 1983-1985

Licensure: Texas

Certification:

American Board of Internal Medicine, 1984
American Board of Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, 1992

Professional Memberships:

American College of Physicians
American College of Chest Physicians, Fellow, 1994 (FCCP)
American Society of Internal Medicine
Tarrant County Medical Society
Texas Medical Association
Texas Society of Internal Medicine

Committees/Boards:

Texas Society of Internal Medicine, Board of Directors, 1993-1996
Chief of Medicine, All Saints Hospital, Fort Worth Texas, 1994-1995
Secretary/Treasurer, Texas Society of Internal Medicine, 1996-1999
ICU Medical Director, Baylor Medical Center, Grapevine Texas, 1997

Honors:

Sandoz Achievement Award, 1980
Runner-up, Gold Headed Cane, 1980
Co-Director, National Student Research Forum, University of Texas Branch, Galveston, 1980