Education:

Undergraduate:  Furman University
B.S. Chemistry, 1986
Greenville, SC.

Medical School:   Saint Louis University
M.D., 1995
Saint Louis, MO.

Residency:          Family Medicine
Deaconess Hospital
Saint Louis, MO.

Fellowship:         Faculty Development
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC.

Graduate:           Aquinas Institute of Theology
M.A., Health Care Mission, 2004
Saint Louis, MO.

Clinical Interests:
-  Corrections Medicine
-  Care of the Underserved and Marginalized
-  Interprofessional Patient Care
-  Behavioral Medicine

Research Interests: The effect of mentored, reflective service-learning on the choice of medical specialty and long-term professional and personal contentment.

Teaching Interests:
-  Co-Director of the Rodney M. Coe Distinction in Community Service Program
-  Interprofessional Education
-  Enhancing the quality and quantity of longitudinal patient care, particularly in 
underserved populuations
-  Interprofessional faculty and community provider development

Other Interests:
-  Cultivating a reflective, practical spirituality in a pluralistic society
-  Discovering well-written literary fluff
-  Proving, through lived experience, that death food is good for the soul; good theology
can be enjoyed pool-side; & you really can herd cats