LICENSURES
Licensed in Kentucky, Ohio and Massachusetts

BOARD CERTIFICATIONS

Added Qualifications/Certification in Pain Management from The American Board of Anesthesiology
1.     Diplomat American Board of Anesthesiology
2.     Fellow of Interventional Pain Practice (one of less than 500 worldwide)

EDUCATION

Medical School -Harvard Medical School: Brigham & Women’s Hospital

Fellowship- Pain Medicine-Department of Anesthesiology, Peri-operative and Pain Medicine Clinical Fellow of Harvard Medical School, July 2006-July 2007

Residency- Department of Anesthesiology, Peri-operative and Pain Medicine Clinical Fellow of Harvard Medical School, July 2003-July 2006

Internship-

Northwestern University: Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Internal Medicine Preliminary Internship, June 2002-June 2003
Northwestern University: Feinberg School of Medicine, M.D.
Doctor of Medicine, 1998-2002
University of Pennsylvania: The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Ph.D. Candidate, 1991-1998 Department: Folklore and Folklife Concentration: Health Belief Systems (Cultural Thanatology) Dissertation: Studies of the Concept of Hospice in Cross-Cultural Palliative Care Settings of the U.S. and Asia

National University of Singapore: The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Visiting Scholar, 1997-1998 Research Toward Completion of Ph.D. Department: Social Work and Psychology
University of Oxford: Christ Church College
Thouron Scholarship Recipient
Honours B.A., M.A. Oxon, 1994-1996
Department: Physiology
Concentration: Neurosciences
Dissertation: A History of Buprenorphine: An Opioid Agonist-Antagonist University of Pennsylvania: The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences M.A. and B.A., 1994
Department: Social Gerontology
Concentration: Social Policy & Aging
Thesis: Health Needs of Rural Elderly Residents of Pennsylvania
Major: Individualized (Medicine in Society)
Saint Xavier High School, Louisville, Kentucky

AWARDS & HONORS

American Pain Society Scholarship: The Essentials of Pain Management: Principles and Practice, May 2006
William J. Fulbright Scholar – Singapore, 1997-1998
Hospice of Louisville Volunteer Recognition Award, 1997
University of Oxford: Christ Church College Dissertation Research Award, 1996
Eliot Stellar Scholar, 1995
Sir John and Lady Thouron Scholarship for Post-Graduate Study-United Kingdom, 1994-1996
Cecil Rhodes Scholarship State Finalist, 1993
Harry S. Truman Scholar for Students Dedicated to Careers in Public Service, 1993
University of Pennsylvania:
Award for Distinction in Undergraduate Major
Magna Cum Laude, 1994
Dean’s List, 1991-1994
University Scholars Program for Research Students, 1990
Benjamin Franklin Scholar Honors Program, 1990
Robert C. Byrd Scholarship Recipient, 1990
National Merit Scholarship Finalist, 1990
Kentucky Governor’s Scholar, 1989
Kentucky’s Annual Golden 100 Students, 1988

RESEARCH AWARDS & PROJECTS

Northwestern University Irene Cooper-Bosch Award in Medical Ethics: Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey
Summer 1999, Creation of CaseBook in Medical Ethics for First Year Medical School Curriculum

University Scholars of University of Pennsylvania Research Stipend Recipient
Summer 1996, Title: “The Evolution of Hospice in U.S.A. – Pre-dissertation Field Proposal” Page Three

University Scholars of University of Pennsylvania Research Stipend Recipient
Summer 1993, Title: “The Concept of Hospice Historically”

University Scholars of University of Pennsylvania Research Stipend Recipient Summer 1992, Title: “Gerontological Studies in Anthropology”

University Scholars of University of Pennsylvania Research Stipend Recipient
Summer 1991, Title: “Alternative Health Belief Practices” PUBLICATIONS:

Author, Cancer Pain Chapter in Bonica Textbook

The Cleveland Clinic Second Annual Peri-operative Medicine Summit

Needs analysis for the development of a preoperative clinic protocol for peri-operative beta blockade, September 18-19, 2006

PRESENTATIONS

Harvard Medical School/Brigham and Women’s Hospital Department of Anesthesiology Cardiac Anesthesiology Curriculum Lecture Series

Deep Hypothermic Circulator Arrest: Current Theories, August 2005

Harvard Medical School/Brigham and Women’s Hospital Department of Anesthesiology Stimulator Training Presentation

Combined Anesthesiology/Surgical Stimulation, October 2005

Harvard Medical School/Brigham and Women’s Hospital Department of Anesthesiology Obstetric Anesthesiology Curriculum Lecture Series

Pre-term Labor: A Review of Diagnosis, Therapy and Crisis Management

Harvard Medical School/Brigham and Women’s Hospital Department of Anesthesiology Pain Medicine Curriculum Lecture Series

Chronic Pain Effects on Human Performance, August 2006

Harvard Medical School/Brigham and Women’s Hospital Department of Anesthesiology Pain Medicine Curriculum Lecture Series

Cancer Pain: Diagnosis and Treatment, September 2006

Testimony to Pennsylvania Senator Allyson Schwartz

Health Care Bill 1202 and the Rural Elderly of Pennsylvania, May 1994

AFFILIATIONS

American Society of Anesthesiology

American Society of Regional Anesthesiology

American Pain Society

Massachusetts Society of Anesthesiology