| EDUCATION: |
College: |
Yale
University, New Haven, CT |
1986-1990 |
| Major: |
Molecular
Biophysics and Biochemistry |
|
| Degree: |
B.S.
with honors, summa cum laude |
|
| Medical
School: |
University
of Connecticut Medical School |
1990-1994 |
|
Degree: |
MD
|
| SURGICAL
TRAINING: |
Intern
- UMass Medical School |
7/94 - 7/95 |
| Resident
- UMass Medical School |
7/95 - 7/97
7/99 - 7/00 |
| Chief
Resident - UMass Medical School |
7/00 - 7/01 |
| Fellow
in Minimally Invasive Surgery - UMass Medical School |
7/01 -
present
|
| AWARDS: |
Phi
Beta Kappa |
1990 |
| Gerald
R. Ford Scholar Athlete Award |
1990 |
| NCAA
Post Graduate Scholarship |
1990 |
| ADIDAS
First Team Academic All-American - Soccer |
1990 |
| Third
Prize, Resident’s Competition at the 77th annual
meeting of the New England Surgical Society, Dixville Notch, NH;
September 27-29 |
1996 |
| SSAT/Ross
Laboratories Residents and Fellows Research Conference |
1999 |
| Resident
Teaching Award |
2001 |
| H.
Brownell Wheeler Award |
2001
|
| MEMBERSHIPS
& SOCIETIES: |
| American
College of Surgeons, Candidate Group |
1997-present |
| Massachusetts
Medical Society |
1998-2000 |
| Sigma
Xi, The Scientific Research Society, Associate Member |
1991-1994 |
