About Dr.

EDUCATION

• 1987 B.S. Biology South Dakota State University 1989 BS Medicine 1991 MD (Doctorate in Medicine) University of South Dakota School of Medicine

• 1991-92 Internship McKennan Hospital Sioux Falls, SD -1992-95 Ophthalmology Residency -University of Texas Health Science Center Houston, TX -Hermann Hospital -MD Anderson Cancer Center -Lyndon B. Johnson County Hospital -1995-96 Ocuoplastic Surgery Fellowship (ASOPRS) -Robert Wilkins, MD / Houston Eye Associates - Houston,TX

• Military Medical Experience: Major, USAF, Medical Corps, Flight surgeon (resigned commission July 2000) 1996-2000 - Chief, USAF Medical Flight Screening Program Brooks AFB, TX and USAF Academy - Colorado Springs, CO Flight surgeon, Oculoplastic surgeon and Aerospace Ophthalmologist Brooks AFB, TX Teaching staff at USAF School of Aerospace Medicine - Brooks AFB, TX Surgical staff at Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center & Brooke Army Medical Center

• Licensure: Texas State Board of Medical Examiners Nebraska State Board of Medical Examiners (Inactive)

• Diplomat: American Board of Ophthalmology

• Member: American Academy of Ophthalmology (Fellow) Nacogdoches County Medical Society Texas Medical Association Nacogdoches Area Physician Association

• International Endeavors: 1998 - Staff oculoplastic surgeon of Operation Southern Hope, a military humanitarian surgical mission to Honduras and Magno Programa de Oftalmologia, a Christian humanitarian surgical mission to Mexico with Medical Ministries International. 1991 - Private humanitarian medical/surgical mission to Mexico in affiliation with the Sisters of the Presentation Health System