Specializing In:
- Lung cancer
- Mediastinal masses
- Chest wall tumors
- Pleural disease
- Rib fractures
- Paralyzed diaphragm
Biography
I was born in St. Louis. My maternal grandmother had thirteen children. My mother, who is 90 years old and still driving and living on her own, had seven children. My mother was a stay-at-home mom until we were all in school. She became an assistant nurse at Homer G. Phillips Hospital. I decided to pursue medicine while I was in high school. For me, medicine is not a job — it is a passion and a calling to serve.
Positions
Roswell Park Care Network
- Thoracic Surgeon
- Department of Thoracic Surgery
- St. Joseph's Health
Background
Education and Training
- 1981-1985 - MD- Howard University Medical School, Washington, DC
Residency
- 1992-1994 - Cardiothoracic residency - New York University Medical Center, New York City, NY
- 1990-1992 - Cardiac research - New York University Medical Center, New York City, NY
- 1985-1990 - Surgery Residency program - Howard University, Washington, DC
Fellowship
- 2018-2019 - Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery fellowship - Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY
- 1997 - Fellowship in cardiac surgery - University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, MA
Board Certification
- American Board of Thoracic Surgery
Professional Memberships
- Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Honors & Awards
- 2022, 2024 - Milwaukee Magazine Top Thoracic Surgeons
- 2014 - Unsung Heroes Award, New Prospect Missionary Baptist Church, Detroit, MI
- 1990 - Dr. LaSalle D. Leffall, Jr. Chairman's Award in General Surgery, Howard University Hospital