• Board Certified: Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology
• Fellowship: Gastroenterology, Duke University Medical Center
• Fellowship: Pancreaticobiliary Endoscopy, Medical University of South Carolina
• Residency: Internal Medicine, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles
• M.D.: With Honors, University School of Washington School of Medicine
• B.S.: Physics-Engineering, Magna Cum Laude, Pacific Lutheran University

• In private practice more than 6 years
• Member, Board of Directors, Digestive Health Associates of Texas
• Member, Growth and Development Committee, Digestive Health Associates of Texas
• Director GI Lab, Methodist Hospital of Dallas
• Credentialing Committee, Dallas Methodist Physicians Network
• Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
• Councilor, Texas Society for Gastroenterology and Endoscopy

• American College of Gastroenterology
• American College of Physicians
• American Gastroenterological Association
• American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
• American Medical Association
• Southern Medical Association
• Texas Medical Association
• Texas Medical Foundation
• Texas Society for Gastroenterology and Endoscopy
• Dallas County Medical Society

• Medical Director, Endoscopy Center at Redbird Square
• Journal Reviewer, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
• Member, Budget Committee, American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
• Member, Utilization Review Committee, Methodist Medical Center
• Member, Endoscopy Center Committee, Digestive Health Associates, 2004
• Member, Executive Committee, Digestive Health Associates of Texas, 2005

• Alpha Omega Alpha, University of Washington School of Medicine, 1989
• AGA Student Research Fellowship, 1989
• AGA Student Research Fellowship, 1990
• ASGE Resident Essay Award, 1992
• ASGE Endoscopic Research Grants, 1993, 1995, 1996
• ACG Clinical Research Grants, 1993, 1994, 1997
• Fellow, American College of Physicians, 1997
• Best Doctors in Dallas 2001, D Magazine
• Best Doctors in Dallas 2002, D Magazine
• Best Doctors in Dallas 2003, D Magazine
• Best Doctors in Dallas 2004, D Magazine
• Best Doctors in Dallas 2005, D Magazine
• Best Doctors in Dallas 2006, D Magazine
• Best Doctors in Dallas 2007, D Magazine

• Pancreas Disorders (pancreatitis, pseudocysts, cancer)
• Biliary Disorders (bile duct stones, cholangitis, bile duct injuries, cancer)
• Sphincter of Oddi Dysfunction, Manometry
• Advanced Endoscopic Retrograde Pancreatography (ERCP)
• Therapeutic Endoscopy

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