Education and Training
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Washington University in St. Louis, A.B. Biology 1983
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University of Tennessee College of Medicine - Memphis, M.D. 1987
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Residency in Pediatrics, St. Louis Children's Hospital / Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, 1987-1990
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Fellowship in Pediatric Cardiology, St. Louis Children's Hospital / Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, 1990-1993
Board Certifications
Professional Societies
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Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (FAAP)
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Fellow of the American College of Cardiology (FACC)
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Fellow of the American Heart Association (FAHA)
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Adult Congenital Heart Association
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International Society for Adult Congenital Heart Disease
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Honorary member, Philippine Society of Pediatric Cardiology
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American Medical Association
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Florida Medical Association
Clinical Expertise
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Adult congenital heart disease
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Atrial septal defect
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Atrioventricular septal defect
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Bicuspid aortic valve
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Cardiac critical care
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Cardiac genetics
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Cardiopulmonary exercise testing
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Coarctation of the aorta
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Congenital aortic stenosis
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Congenital heart defects
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Congenital pulmonic valve stenosis
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Congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries
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Double-outlet right ventricle
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Eisenmenger syndrome
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Fontan palliation of single ventricle physiology
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Heart disease in pregnancy
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Heart failure
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Hypoplastic left heart syndrome
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Interrupted aortic arch
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Loeys-Dietz syndrome
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Marfan syndrome
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Patent ductus arteriosus
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Patent foramen ovale
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Pediatric cardiac critical care
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Pediatric cardiac genetics
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Pediatric cardiology
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Pediatric heart disease
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Pulmonary arterial hypertension
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Ross procedure
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Scimitar syndrome
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Single ventricle
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Tetralogy of Fallot
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Total/partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection
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Transposition of the great arteries
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Tricuspid atresia
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Trisomy 21
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Turner syndrome
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Ventricular septal defect
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Williams syndrome
Recognition
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Tampa Bay Magazine: Top Doctors 2018
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Chicago Magazine: Top Doctors 2012, 2014, 2016
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Chicago Magazine - Children's Health: 2010
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West Suburban Living Magazine: 2014
Military Service
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Final Rank: Commander, U.S. Navy Medical Corps, Fleet Marine Forces, Honorably Discharged, 2006
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Surgeon, II-MEF Augmentation Command Element, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune NC, 2005-2006
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Battalion surgeon, 3rd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division - REIN, Al Anbar Iraq, 2004
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Battalion surgeon, 3rd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, St. Louis MO, 2003
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Staff pediatrician, Fleet Hospital Great Lakes, Naval Station Great Lakes IL, 1998-2003
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Direct commission officer, Naval Aviation Schools Command, Naval Air Station Pensacola FL, 1998