​Education and Training

• Washington University in St. Louis, A.B. Biology 1983

• University of Tennessee College of Medicine - Memphis, M.D. 1987

• Residency in Pediatrics, St. Louis Children's Hospital / Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, 1987-1990

• Fellowship in Pediatric Cardiology, St. Louis Children's Hospital / Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, 1990-1993

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Board Certifications

• Board-certified in adult congenital heart disease and pediatric cardiology​​

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Professional Societies

• Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (FAAP)

• Fellow of the American College of Cardiology (FACC)

• Fellow of the American Heart Association (FAHA)

• Adult Congenital Heart Association

• International Society for Adult Congenital Heart Disease

• Honorary member, Philippine Society of Pediatric Cardiology

• American Medical Association

• Florida Medical Association

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Clinical Expertise

• Adult congenital heart disease

• Atrial septal defect

• Atrioventricular septal defect

• Bicuspid aortic valve

• Cardiac critical care

• Cardiac genetics

• Cardiopulmonary exercise testing

• Coarctation of the aorta

• Congenital aortic stenosis

• Congenital heart defects

• Congenital pulmonic valve stenosis

• Congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries

• Double-outlet right ventricle

• Eisenmenger syndrome

• Fontan palliation of single ventricle physiology

• Heart disease in pregnancy

• Heart failure

• Hypoplastic left heart syndrome

• Interrupted aortic arch

• Loeys-Dietz syndrome

• Marfan syndrome

• Patent ductus arteriosus

• Patent foramen ovale

• Pediatric cardiac critical care

• Pediatric cardiac genetics

• Pediatric cardiology

• Pediatric heart disease

• Pulmonary arterial hypertension

• Ross procedure

• Scimitar syndrome

• Single ventricle

• Tetralogy of Fallot

• Total/partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection

• Transposition of the great arteries

• Tricuspid atresia

• Trisomy 21

• Turner syndrome

• Ventricular septal defect

• Williams syndrome

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Recognition

• Castle Connolly Top Doctor since 2007

• Top Doctors in Tampa Bay - 2021

• Tampa Bay Magazine: Top Doctors 2018

• Chicago Magazine: Top Doctors 2012, 2014, 2016

• Chicago Magazine - Children's Health: 2010

• West Suburban Living Magazine: 2014

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Military Service

• Final Rank: Commander, U.S. Navy Medical Corps, Fleet Marine Forces, Honorably Discharged, 2006

• Surgeon, II-MEF Augmentation Command Element, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune NC, 2005-2006

• Battalion surgeon, 3rd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division - REIN, Al Anbar Iraq, 2004

• Battalion surgeon, 3rd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, St. Louis MO, 2003

• Staff pediatrician, Fleet Hospital Great Lakes, Naval Station Great Lakes IL, 1998-2003

• Direct commission officer, Naval Aviation Schools Command, Naval Air Station Pensacola FL, 1998

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