INTEREST:
General Cardiology Practice
Echocardiography and Nuclear Cardiology


UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION:
Louisiana State University at Alexandria, LA: 1987-1990
Degree: Doctor of Medicine
Honors and Awards: Gamma Beta Phi, Honor Society

Louisiana Stale University, Baton Rouge, LA: 1990-1 992
Degree: Bachelor of Science (Chemistry)
Honors and Awards: Alpha Epsilon Delta, Pre med Honor Society


MEDICAL EDUCATION:
Louisiana State University Medical Center
School of Medicine, Shreveport, LA: 1993-1997
Degree: Doctor of Medicine
Honors and Awards: Medical Rural Scholarship


GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION:
Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation
Internal Medicine Residency Program 1997-2000
Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation
Cardiology Fellowship 07100-06103


CERTIFICATIONS:
United States Medical Licensing Examination
Step I - June, 1995
Step I1 - August 1996
Step 111 - December 1998
Board Certified (ABIM) in Internal Medicine 2000
Board Certified (ABIM) Cardiovascular Disease 2003


STATES LICENSED:
Louisiana, April 1999
Florida, July 2003


EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE:
Lab Technician, A&E Testing, Baton Rouge, LA, 1992-1993
Quality Assurance Officer, BASF, Giesmer. LA 2/93 - 7/93
AHEC Rural Program, Summer 1994 and 1995


MEMBERSHIPS:
American College of Physicians
American Society of Internal Medicine
American College of Cardiology


EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES:
Soccer
Tennis
Basksetball
Fishing


PUBLICATIONS:
(1) Efficacy and Safety of Angioiensin Receptor Blockers in the Elderly with Mild to Moderate Systolic Hypertension. J Am Coil Geriatr Cardiol: 2001, 10;101-109

(2) Myxosarcoma: A Rare Primary Cardiac Tumor. In press.