Graduate, Temple University School of Medicine	Graduate, Pennsylvania State University
Education: Temple University Medical School, MD, 1979-83. Bloomsburg University, Masters Candidate in Biology, 1977-79 Pennsylvania State University, Bachelor of Arts in General Arts and Sciences, 1976.
Training: Comprehensive Training in Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery (Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, March, 2000 Recertified, American College of Surgeons, October, 1998 and 2008 Certified, Stereotactic Needle Biopsy and Breast Ultrasound, March, 1996 Certified, Laparoscopic Laser Cholecystectomy, July, 1990 Certified, Percutaneous Endoscopy Gastrostomy, June, 1989 Comprehensive Training in Bariatric Surgery (Vertical Banded Gastroplasty), Graduate Hospital, Philadelphia (affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania), April, 1987 Certified, Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS), and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Board Certified, American College of Surgeons, October, 1989 Chief Surgical Resident, The Allentown Affiliated Hospitals (now Lehigh Valley Hospital), 1987-88 Graduate, Residency in General Surgery, The Allentown Affiliated Hospitals, 1988 Resident in General Surgery, The Allentown Affiliated Hospitals, 1983-88
	Fellow of the American College of Surgeons