Specialty Area: General Surgery and Surgical Oncology
Special Interests:
All aspects of complex cancer surgery
Education
Creighton University
Omaha, Nebraska
Doctor of Medicine (1975-1979)
Creighton University
Omaha, Nebraska
Bachelor of Science, (1971-1975)
Internship & Residency
Creighton Memorial St. Joseph Hospital
Omaha, Nebraska (1979-1982)
Tufts University
Baystate Medical Center, Dept. of Surgery
Springfield, MA (1982-1984)
Board Certification
American Board of Surgery (1993)
Fellowship
Surgical Oncology Fellow
The Ohio State University Hospitals
James Cancer Center
Division of Surgical Oncology
Columbus, OH (1984-1986)
Professional Experience
Southwestern Surgery Associates (1999-present)
Western Washington Medical Group
Everett, Washington (1986-1999)
Academic Appointment
Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery, College of Medicine
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona (1999-present)
Committees and Elected Positions
Tucson Medical Center
Chairman, Surgical QA
Western Washington Medical Group
President (1994-1999)
Hospital Affiliations
Tucson Surgical Center
St. Joseph's Hospital
Tucson Medical Center
Professional Affiliations
Fellow, American College of Surgeons (F.A.C.S.)
Tucson Surgical Society
Pima County Medical Society
Publications & Presentations
Available upon request
Special
Interests
All aspects of complex cancer surgery of multiple organ systems.
Multidisciplinary approach to cancers with the use of radiation,
chemotherapy, radio frequency ablation and surgery including sentinel
node mapping. Stereotactic ultrasound-guided biopsy of breast,
and other sites. Surgical expertise includes melanoma, head and
neck, colon, esophagus, liver-biliary, breast, pancreatic, gastrointestinal,
gynecologic oncology, extremity and truncal sarcoma surgery.
