Interests
Perioperative pain control, regional anesthesia, global health.
Mayo Clinic locations
        Education
- 2014Fellow - Regional AnesthesiologyMayo School of Graduate Medical Education 
- 2013Residency - AnesthesiologyUniversity of Virginia Health System 
- 2010Internship - Internal MedicineTulane University School of Medicine 
- 2009MDTulane University School of Medicine 
- 2004MPH - International HealthTulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine 
- 2003BS - BiologyLouisiana State University 
Activities and honors
Certifications
- 2014AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of Anesthesiology 
Awards and honors
- 2025Outstanding Quality Improvement Project Award for the Gold Project "Creation and Implementation of a PACU-based Same Day Discharge Program"Mayo Clinic Quality Academy 
- 2023Fellow of the ASA. Awarded to anesthesiologists who exemplify leadership and advocacy for the specialty. American Society of Anesthesiologists 
- 2023Top-Rated Trainee Poster. 2023 Quality Conference: Health care reimagined. 
"Safety and feasibility of a fast-track pathway for neurosurgical craniotomy patients during the COVID19 Delta surge and beyond."Mayo Clinic Quality Conference 
- 2022Best of Meeting Abstract Award for abstract entitled "Most common disease diagnoses by the preoperative clinic and their association with postop complications; a review of 13,506 patients".Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia 
- 2022Fellow of SAMBA. Awarded to society members who have demonstrated leadership and commitment to the field of ambulatory anesthesia.Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia 
- 2020Regional Anesthesia Consultant of the YearMayo Clinic 
- 2020Regional Anesthesia Consultant of the YearMayo Clinic in Florida 
- 2019Outstanding Teacher, Medical Faculty, 2018-2019University of Florida 
- 2015Mary Hanna Memorial Journalism Award Nominee for article entitled “Perioperative Ketamine for Acute Postoperative Analgesia: The Mayo Clinic-Florida Experience”Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing 
- 2014White Mountain Award for abstract entitled “Opioid Consumption in Total Knee Arthroplasty Patients: a Retrospective Comparison of Continuous Adductor Canal and Femoral Nerve Blockade”.Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia 
- 2009Rudolph Matas Award for the most outstanding paper presented on the history of medicine, entitled: "Positive-pressure Ventilation, Spinal Anesthesia, and Rudolph Matas: the Anesthetic Contributions of an Inquisitive Surgical Legend"History of Medicine Society, Tulane University 
- 2007Willard L. Marmelzat Award for quality of research and writing in the paper entitled: “Staff of Asklepios, Origins of the Rod and Serpent of Medicine”History of Medicine Society, Mayo Clinic Rochester Societies 
- 2004Population FellowshipCompton Foundation 
Professional memberships
- 2025 - presentPresidentSociety for Ambulatory Anesthesia 
- 2024 - presentPresident- ElectSociety for Ambulatory Anesthesia 
- 2023 - presentCommittee member, Committee on Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain MedicineAmerican Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) 
- 2023 - presentCommittee Member, Committee on Ambulatory Surgical CareAmerican Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) 
- 2023 - presentMemberSociety of Academic Associations of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine 
- 2023 - presentChairProgram Evaluation Committee 
- 2023 - presentMemberLocation Services Subcommittee, Clinical Practice Committee, Executive Operations Team 
- 2023 - 2024Vice PresidentSociety for Ambulatory Anesthesia 
- 2023 - presentMember, Medical Ethics CommitteeMayo Clinic Florida Committees 
- 2022 - 2024ChairMayo Clinic Florida Committees 
- 2021 - 2023Board of DirectorsSociety for Ambulatory Anesthesia 
- 2020 - presentCommittee MemberMayo Clinic Florida Committees 
- 2020 - 2024Committee MemberMembership Committee, American Society of Regional Anesthesia 
- 2020 - presentActive MemberOrthopedic Surgery Practice Optimization and Acceleration 
- 2019 - 2020Committee MemberFlorida Medical Association (FMA) 
- 2019 - 2021Committee Member, Communications CommitteeSociety for Ambulatory Anesthesia 
- 2019 - 2022ChairRegional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Committee, Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia 
- 2017 - 2020MemberFlorida Medical Association (FMA) 
- 2016 - 2019Project ManagerObstetric Analgesia Service Clinical Protocol Development, UF Health North 
- 2016 - 2019Project LeaderMultimodal Analgesia Protocol for Trauma, Neurosurgery, and Discharged Patients, University of Florida Jacksonville 
- 2016 - 2019Co-ChairRegional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Committee, Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia 
- 2015 - 2016Project ManagerMultimodal Analgesia Protocol for Arthroplasty Patients, University of Florida Jacksonville 
- 2015 - 2016ContributorPain Assessment and Management Initiative (PAMI) Pain Management and Dosing Guide for Practitioners, University of Florida Jacksonville 
- 2015 - presentMemberSociety for Ambulatory Anesthesia 
- 2014 - 2019MemberDuval County Medical Society 
- 2014 - 2019MemberCore Curriculum Committee, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Florida Jacksonville 
- 2013 - presentMemberFlorida Society of Anesthesiologists 
- 2012Coordinator and Student InstructorEducational Committee, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Virginia 
- 2012 - presentMemberAmerican Society of Regional Anesthesia 
Publications