• Bachelor of Arts Degree: University of Minnesota, 1973, Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa
  
  
• Dental Degree: Harvard School of Dental Medicine, 1977
  
  
• Medical Degree: Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1979
  
  
• Residency:
  
  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center (General Surgery), 1980;
  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center, (Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery), 1981;
  • Massachusetts General Hospital, (General Surgery), 1983;
  • Eastern Virginia Graduate School of Medicine, (Plastic Surgery), 1986
    
    
• Fellowship: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, (Craniofacial Surgery), 1984