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Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Physician Informaticist for the Department of Surgery, creating and deploying data driven campaigns with impacts in quality, efficiency, staffing, supply, and cost of care.

Parma, Ohio, United States

Minimally invasive and robotic surgeon specializing in hiatal hernia, reflux, esophageal, weight loss, and complex abdominal hernia surgery.

Buffalo, New York, United States

Minimally invasive and robotic fellow in foregut and bariatric surgery. Research in surgical outcomes in robotics, and also system quality for laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

Resident in ACGME accredited training program in General Surgery. Rotations at Main Campus, Hillcrest, and Fairview hospitals. Multiple resident teaching awards and research presentation awards.

Department Of Pediatrics

• MD (Ethics Track) under a fully funded National Institutes of Health (NIH) Scholarship.
• PhD (National Library of Medicine Keck Fellowship) in Computational Genomics as part of the SCBMB Graduate Program.
• Research Focus: Discovery of novel diagnostic and prognostic biological markers and putative targets for therapy using high-throughput technologies (array and sequencing based) and computer algorithms.
• Disease Focus: Pediatric Brain Tumors (Ependymoma, Intracranial Germ Cell Tumor, Craniopharyngioma), Adult Brain Tumors (Gliomas), and Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC).

Coral Springs, FL

Coral Springs, FL

Department Of Orthopaedics

• Worked with Steven Viegas, MD to catalogue soft tissue damage commonly associated with fractures visible on X-ray in a prospective manner with cadaveric samples.
• Designed key components of project specific hardware in AutoCAD and presented proposed designs through 3D Studio Max animated visualization.
• Fabricated and operated final version of hardware.

Department Of Animal Genetics

• Worked with Dwain Johnson, PhD on descriptive genetics of bovine meat products with varying physical attributes in an effort to identify biological markers associated with consumer perceived quality.

Medical Doctor (Md)

Activities and Societies: Race Director - 2013 BCM Wellness 5K (1 year), Ethics Track, Compassion and The Art of Medicine, Chair of.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Structural And Computational Biology And Molecular Biophysics (Scbmb Program), 3.9 Gpa

Activities and Societies: BRASS Scholar (5 years), NLM Keck Fellowship (2 years), MSTP Student Operating Committe (5 years), BRASS Scholar.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Molecular Biochemistry

Activities and Societies: Alpha Epsilon Delta Honor Society, Phi Beta KappaCompleted an honors thesis with Jeffrey Brodsky and Nancy.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), History

Worked with Orysia Karapinka on Honors Thesis entitled "Folklore as a Record of Peasant Beliefs in Pre-Revolutionary Russia."

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Psychology

Activities and Societies: Founding President of Panther Psychology (2 years)Completed an Honors Thesis with Thomas Kamarck entitled.

Minor, Chemistry

Minor, Classics (Latin)

High School Diploma, Science And Engineering Track

Activities and Societies: US First Robotics, SECME (Science Engineering Communication Mathematics and Enrichment)