Educational Background
EDUCATION
Washington University in St. Louis, Bachelor of Arts - May, 1983
- Graduated with Honors (Cum Laude)
- 3 Year ROTC Scholarship
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Doctor of Medicine - May, 1988 - Graduated top 20% of class.
POST GRADUATE TRAINING
Letterman Army Medical Center, San Francisco, CA
Categorical Surgical Internship - 7/88 - 6/89
Junior Surgical Resident - 7/89 - 6/91
Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH
Senior Surgical Resident - 7/91 - 6/92
Chief Surgical Resident - 7/92 - 6/93
POST RESIDENCY EXPERIENCE
Evans Army Community Hospital, Ft. Carson, CO
Staff Attending Surgeon - 7/93 - 7/98
Director, Intensive Care Unit - 7/97 - 7/98
Co-Chair, Critical Care Committee - 7/97 - 7/98
Commander Chemical and Biologic - 9/95 - 9/96
Response Team
Memorial Hospital, Colorado Springs, CO - 9/95 - 8/01
Trauma Surgeon, Level 2 Trauma Center
with Pediatric Commitment
Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, HI - 7/98 - 8/01
Assistant Professor of Surgery - USUHS
Staff Attending Surgeon/Surgical Endoscopy
Director, Minimally Invasive Surgery
The Queens Medical Center, Honolulu, HI - 10/01 - 08/2003
Staff Attending Surgeon, University of Hawaii
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
Surgical Residency Program
Trauma Surgeon, Level 2 Trauma Center
Kapiolani Medical Center at Pali Momi, Aiea, HI - 11/01 - 8/2007 Medical Director, Minimally Invasive
Surgery Center of the Pacific
The Surgical Weight Loss Center of Hawaii, Kailua, HI - 11/01- Present Medical Director, Minimally Invasive and Advanced Laparosocpic Surgery for Gastrointestinal and Bariatric Surgery
California Pacific Medical Center - UCSF Teaching Hospital - 3/02 - Present
Laparoscopic Associates of San Francisco
Minimally Invasive/Laparoscopic and
Bariatric Surgery.
Co-Director, Fellowship in Minimally Invasive
and Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery
CERTIFICATION
American Board of Surgery (General Surgery) - Expires 07/14
Certificate #39316
Recertification 10/2002
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Instructor
Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) Instructor
and Course Director
Advance Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Clinical Instructor of Surgery - 9/93 - 9/94
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery - 9/94 - 6/99
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery - 7/99 - 8/03
University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine
Assistant Professor of Surgery - 7/99 - Present
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP
American College of Surgeons - Fellow
International College of Surgeons - Fellow
Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons - Active
- Legislative Committee
- Program Committee
- Chairman, Public Information Committee
Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery - Fellow
American Medical Association - Active
San Francisco Medical Society - Active
American Society for Bariatric Surgery - Regular Member
Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract - Active
LICENSURE
California Medical License #G 68894
Ohio Medical License #61788
Colorado Medical License #34117
Hawaii Medical License #11507
Certification / Memberships
- American Society for Bariatric Surgery
- American Society of Bariatric Physicians
- American Board of Surgery
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