- 1991Resident - Thoracic & Cardiovascular SurgeryTexas Heart Institute 
- 1989Research Fellowship - Thoracic OncologyUniversity of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center 
- 1988Chief Resident - General SurgeryUniversity of Michigan Hospital 
- 1987Resident - General SurgeryUniversity of Michigan Hospital 
- 1986Fellow - Surgical OncologyNational Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health 
- 1984Resident - General SurgeryUniversity of Michigan Hospital 
- 1982Internship - SurgeryUniversity of Michigan Hospital 
- 1981MDLoyola University Chicago 
- 1978BachelorLoyola University Chicago