My medical career began in the United States Navy where I served as a hospital corpsman while being deployed in the Persian Gulf. After returning to Oklahoma, I attended the University of Tulsa (Magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa) and later trained at the University of Oklahoma (Oklahoma City) physician associate program where I earned a master's degree in health science. As a national health scholar for the Indian health service, I spent the first three years of my career providing care at the Northeastern tribal health system in Miami, Oklahoma. Later I worked in emergency medicine for over 10 years and earned the certificate of added qualification(CAQ) in emergency medicine with the inaugural cohort in 2010. I was subsequently invited to serve as an examination item writer for the NCCPA. While working in emergency medicine, I served as a clinical preceptor and adjunct instructor at the University of Oklahoma (Tulsa) PA program. Later, I joined OU Tulsa as fulltime faculty and served in the role of director of didactic education. At OU Tulsa, I was awarded the Crimson Apple for teaching excellence and the Dewayne Andrews teaching award. I assumed the role of program director at Northeastern State University physician assistant program in 2021. In 2024 I completed a Ph.D. in biomedical education (anatomy) at the University of Oklahoma. My research interests include clinical reasoning education, cadaver anatomy and point-of-care ultrasound in PA education. In addition to publishing in academic journals, I also published a chapter in an Elsevier book, Clinical Reasoning for Physician Assistants: A Workbook for Certification Review and Practice Readiness 1st Edition.