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Undergraduate Medical Education
My Role with Students and Residents at Long School of Medicine, Assistant Professor in the Family and Community Medicine Department., Three Fun Facts, I have completed all my education and training in San Antonio. I own two miniature Dachshunds named Talula and Winston. I love to travel every chance I get., Undergraduate Education, Trinity University, Medical School Education, UT Health San Antonio Long School of Medicine, Residency Fellowship and/or Other Degrees, UT Health San Antonio
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Undergraduate Medical Education
My Role with Students and Residents at Long School of Medicine, I supervise PG 4 and PG 5 residents in various in person and teleheath clinics., Three Fun Facts About Me, 1. 5th all time leading points (goals and assists) for Stanford University soccer program and member of the 1980 Olympic Development Pool Moscow games 2. Have 2 'hole in ones' and 1 'Albatross' in golf 3. Owner of several health and wellness infrared sauna unit studios in San Antonio, Undergraduate Education, Stanford University, Medical School Education, UT Health San Antonio LSOM, Residency Fellowship and/or Other Degrees, University of Texas Health San Antonio for Internal Medicine, University of California San Diego for Residency and Fellowship
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Undergraduate Medical Education
My Role with Students and Residents at Long School of Medicine, Anatomy instructor and Research Mentor. , Three Fun Facts About Me, 1. I am a certified meditation instructor. 2. I love singing and am learning Hindustani classical singing. 3. I love beach vacations. , Undergraduate Education, Utkal University, India , Residency Fellowship and/or Other Degrees, PhD, UT Health San Antonio
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Undergraduate Medical Education
My Role with Students and Residents at Long School of Medicine, I do lots of outreach with premed students, I'm the sponsor for the AMWA organization here, and work with lots of other student organizations. I supervise the Ophthalmology Residents' Clinic at our University Hospital. , Three Fun Facts About Me, 1. Best autographed baseball collection in the world :) 2. My grandfather was an actor and played in movies with Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Sydney Poitier, Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn and ELVIS! 3. I have met a couple of presidents and watched my boys play T-Ball on the South Lawn of the White House. 4. Love horseback riding:), Undergraduate Education, University of Houston , Medical School Education, McGovern Medical School, Residency Fellowship and/or Other Degrees, McGovern for Ophthalmology Residency and Retina Fellowship
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Undergraduate Medical Education
My Role with Students and Residents at Long School of Medicine, Each year, I mentor 2 medical students as they journey through their first and second year of medical school and facilitate patient encounters for them. I teach students and residents when they rotate on the UH palliative care service. Also, I teach pharmacology classes related to palliative care to 4th year medical students., Three Fun Facts About Me, 1. I was a forensic scientist before becoming a physician 2. I was born and raised on a farm in Kansas 3. I have three dogs, their names are Cosmo, Twinkie, and Luna, Undergraduate Education, Texas Lutheran University, Medical School Education, Ross University School of Medicine, Residency Fellowship and/or Other Degrees, University of Oklahoma for Internal Medicine Residency and University of Texas Health San Antonio for Hospice & Palliative Medicine training. Master of Forensic Science, National University, San Diego, CA
Admissions Committee
Undergraduate Medical Education
My Role with Students and Residents at Long School of Medicine, I am a MS1 Synthesis Facilitator. I have been participating in the Longitudinal Preceptorship Program for over a decade. At University Hospital, I work with students and residents during their Internal Medicine ward month. I am a course director for one of the MS4 spring didactics. I am the Site Director for the Internal Medicine Residency at University Hospital., Three Fun Facts About Me, 1. I have 3 cocker spaniels named Bruno, Leo and Louis. 2. I love running and have completed 12 Marathons and 18 Half Marathons. 3. Dunkin Donuts saved my life during one of these marathons., Undergraduate Education, University of Texas at Austin, Medical School Education, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Residency Fellowship and/or Other Degrees, Internal Medicine Residency and Hematology/Oncology Fellowship at UT Health San Antonio
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Undergraduate Medical Education
My Role with Students and Residents at Long School of Medicine, - Preclinical and clinical advising, teaching, and mentorship of medical students. - Subspeciality lectures, clinical and research teachings, and mentorship neurosurgery residency program., Three Fun Facts About Me, 1. I learned everything about football from my college friend, now my wife, Natalie. I love college football. 2. I am scared of flying but fantasize about commercial space traveling. 3. I enjoy working with medical students and residents because they are my primary source of burn-out proof in medicine., Undergraduate Education, State University of New York, Medical School Education, Albany Medical College, Residency Fellowship and/or Other Degrees, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Admissions Committee
Undergraduate Medical Education
My Role with Students and Residents at Long School of Medicine, I serve on the Admissions Committee and I enjoy meeting students every week. , Three Fun Facts About Me, 1. Learned to fly in medical school from a professor who needed a first student pilot to get his flight instructor certificate. 2. Flew to a rural clinic in North Carolina as Duke's first traveling cardiology fellow. 3. Have attended an astronaut/cosmonaut launch and recovery in Kazakhstan. , Undergraduate Education, Harvard College, Medical School Education, Duke University School of Medicine, Residency Fellowship and/or Other Degrees, Duke University for Cardiology; Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar; law degree from St. Mary's University
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Undergraduate Medical Education
My Role with Students and Residents at Long School of Medicine, I teach Anatomy to 1st, 2nd and 4th year students and suture skills to 3rd year students., Three Fun Facts About Me, 1. I grew up in Oklahoma but got to Texas as soon as I could. 2. I have twin boys who live on opposite coasts. 3. I practiced plastic surgery in the private sector for many years until I injured my shoulder (a not so fun fact) after which I came back to UT Health to teach anatomy., Undergraduate Education, St. Mary's University, Medical School Education, UT Health San Antonio LSOM, Residency Fellowship and/or Other Degrees, University of Texas Health San Antonio General Surgery Residency, UT Health Science Center Houston for Plastic Surgery Residency
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Undergraduate Medical Education
My Role with Students and Residents at Long School of Medicine, I am Chief of Infectious Diseases and work with students and residents on our Inpatient Consultation service and in research with our COVID-19 and other Infectious Diseases clinical and vaccine trials., Three Fun Facts About Me, 1) Marathon runner 2) enjoys cooking 3) travel!, Undergraduate Education, Baylor University, Medical School Education, McGovern Medical School, Residency, Fellowship and/or Other Degrees, Internal Medicine Resident at Vanderbilt and Yale and Infectious Diseases Fellowship at Yale