SOURCE OF COMMISSIONED SERVICE Direct
EDUCATIONAL DEGREES
King's College - BS - Physician Assistant
Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine - MD - Doctor of Medicine
Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine - MS - Health Evaluation Sciences
United States Army War College - MSS - Strategic Studies
MILITARY SCHOOLS ATTENDED
AMEDD Officer Basic Course
AMEDD Officer Advanced Course
United States Army War College
Army Strategic Education Program - Basic (ASEP-B)
National Security Studies Management Course (NSSMC)
FOREIGN LANGUAGE(S) None Recorded
US DECORATIONS AND BADGES
Meritorious Service Medal (with 3 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters)
Army Commendation Medal (with 2 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters)
Air Force Commendation Medal
Army Achievement Medal (with 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster)
Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal (with 2 Silver Oak Leaf Clusters)
National Defense Service Medal
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
Iraq Campaign Medal (with 1 Bronze Service Star)
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Armed Forces Reserve Medal (with Gold and Bronze Hourglasses, M Device and Numeral 2)
Army NCO Professional Development Ribbon (with Numeral 2)
Army Service Ribbon
Army Reserve Components Overseas Training Ribbon (with Numeral 4)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization Medal
Expert Field Medical Badge
The Army Staff Identification Badge
CIVILIAN OCCUPATION
Associate Chief of Staff- Surgery and Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 4 Chief Surgical Consultant, Lebanon Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Lebanon PA. Serves as the Department Chair of the Surgery Care Line. Responsibilities include administration of the Department, Surgical Services and Surgical Suite. Also serves as the Advisor on surgical matters to the VISN Chief Medical Officer and Network director. Also serves as the liaison to the National Surgery Office and the Chiefs of Surgery for the VISN.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
Association of Military Surgeons of the United States
Fellow American College of Surgeons
Keystone Chapter American College of Surgeons
American Urological Association
Mid Atlantic Section of the American Urologic Association
National Guard Association of the US
Pennsylvania National Guard Association
Veterans of Foreign Wars
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
1990, Aquinas Society (King's College Honors Society)
1996, Elected to Alpha Omega Alpha National Medical Honors Society, Junior Year of Medical School
1997, Medical Student Research Symposium Award, Penn State College of Medicine
1998, Bristol-Myers Squibb Scholars of Surgery Award
2002, Pfizer Scholars in Urology Award
2007, Official Order of Military Medical Merit
As of: 21 Apr 23