Medical degree, DO - Baylor College of Medicine, 1972
Residency in Surgery (Gen) - UPMC Medical Education / UPMC, 1975
Internship, Transitional Year - Creighton University, 1973
Fellowship in Thoracic Surgery - Independent - University of California Davis Health, University of California Davis, 1980
Surgery Residency - University of California Davis Health, University of California Davis, 1978
Fellowship, Cardiovascular Disease - Baylor College of Medicine, 1976