I received my medical degree from Columbia University in New York and completed five years of general surgery training at Mary Bassett Hospital, Columbia University, Cooperstown, New York. I completed a two year plastic surgery residency at Wright State University, Kettering Medical Center, Dayton, Ohio. I am board certified in both plastic surgery and general surgery; a diplomate of the American Board of Surgery, member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and fellow of the American College of Surgeons.