Postgraduate Training
1996 – 2001
University of Kansas School of Medicine – Wichita
Wichita, KS
Specialty: General Surgery
Graduation date: 6-30-01
Education
1992 – 1996
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, AR
Degree: Medical Doctor
Class rank: 33/153
1987 – 1989
University of Central Arkansas
Conway, AR
Degree: B.S. Respiratory Therapy
1985 – 1987
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, AR
Degree: A.S. Respiratory Therapy
Licensure/Memberships
- Oklahoma Medical License # 23767
Expiration date: 1-1-07 Status – Active
- Kansas Medical License # 04-27170
Expiration date: 6-30-06 Status – Inactive
- Iowa Medical License # 34969
Expiration date: 12-1-05 Status – Inactive
- Board certification: 2-28-02 # 05832
American Board of Surgery – General Surgery
- Fellow of the American College of Surgeons # 03060672
- Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
- American Medical Association
- Registered Respiratory Therapist
- BLS & ACLS certified
Professional Experience
1/2004 – Present
Ardent/Hillcrest Medical Group – Wagoner Surgery Clinic
Wagoner, OK
Position: Staff General Surgeon
3/2003 – 12/2003
Cedar Valley Medical Specialists, PC
Waterloo, IA
Position: Staff General Surgeon
7/2001 – 12/2002
Tallgrass Prairie Surgical Specialists, PC
Topeka, KS
Position: Staff General Surgeon
1985 – 1996
University Hospital of Arkansas
Little Rock, AR
Position: Shift Supervisor ICU/ER, Respiratory Therapy
1990 – 1992
Arkansas Children’s Hospital
Little Rock, AR
Position: Staff ICU Respiratory Therapist
Honors and Awards
- Outstanding Chief Surgical Resident of the Year, 2001
University of Kansas School of Medicine – Wichita
- Student National Medical Association
Outstanding Senior Medical Student, 1996
- Academic performance & peer leadership
- President, Student National Medical Association, 1994 – 1995
- American Medical Association
Education & Research Fund Scholarship
- Academic performance, sophomore year
Research/Publications
Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy versus Surgical Gastrostomy: A Retrospective Review
- Presented at the Kansas Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, 9/2001
- Submitted for publication, SAGES
True Aneurysm of the Thyrocervical Trunk: A Case Report and Literature Review
- Published, Annals of Vascular Surgery, 9/2000
Retained Central Venous Catheter Fragment in the Inominate Vein and Superior Vena Cava
- Submitted for publication, American Surgeon
Antithrombin III in Patients with Severe Sepsis – A Multinational, Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo Controlled Phase III Study
- Associate Clinical Investigator
