
Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeon with Kansas Heart and Lung Surgery
Kansas City, Missouri Area

Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeon with Kansas Heart and Lung Surgery
Kansas City, Missouri Area
I have been thankful to have a blessed life. I am thankful that God has given me the opportunities in my career especially when I attended college at Mid American Nazarene University. In 1984, I obtained my medical degree at Kansas University Medical Center. In July 1984 we moved to Tucson, Arizona where I started my general surgery residency at University of Arizona Tucson Surgical Program. In 1986, I became the first research associate in the surgery program to research the Jarvik artificial heart in the cardiothoracic research lab. I completed my general surgery training at the University of Arizona Surgery Program in 1990. After receiving my cardiovascular and thoracic training from Loma Linda University in 1993 we moved to Louisiana to help enhance the cardiothoracic and endovascular program at St. Francis Cabrini Medical Center and Rapides Medical Center. I was in practice in Louisiana from 1993 to 1996. We moved to Kansas City and started another successful private practice with Kanza Multispecialty Group and then with Kansas Heart and Lung Surgery. In 2003 I was asked by Health Midwest to restart the Cardiovascular and Thoracic Program at Baptist Lutheran Medical Center. In 2006 HCA decided to close Baptist Lutheran Medical Center and merge the heart program to Research Medical Center. As a result of the succesful Baptist Lutheran Medical Center cardiovascular program, Overland Park Regional Medical Center HCA in 2005 requested for me to restart the cardiovascular and thoracic surgical program. Today Overland Park cardiovascular program ranks as one of the premier cardiac centers in the area.
I have been blessed to have provided care to movie stars and clinical advise to a former United States President. I have worked with Richard Carmona MD FACS who later became the Surgeon General of the United States in 2002.
Cardiac, Vascular and Thoracic Surgery and Forensic Medical Analysis
softball, wrestling coaching, politics, photography, traveling.
Who's Who in America, 1998-2008
Who's Who in Science and Engineering 1996, 2001, 2006-08
Who's Who in Health Care and Medicine 1998-2008
Who's Who in the World 1999-2008
Who's Who in the West 1992-93
Who's Who in the Southwest 1995