Undergraduate Degree

• B.S. History, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia

Medical Degree

• University of South Alabama

Internship

• Letterman Army Medical Center, The Presidio of San Francisco
• Straight-Surgical  Internship

Residency

• Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas Chief Resident
• Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Walter Reed Medical Center
• Children’s Orthopedic Rotation at University of Oklahoma Medical Center

Fellowship

• Spine Surgery with an emphasis on adult lumbar spine
• Alamo Bone & Joint Clinic, San Antonio, Texas, with James W. Simmons, MD