Credentials
Education and Post Graduate Experience:
- Chief Resident, Department of Dermatology, Medical College of Pennsylvania-Hahnemann University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 1999-June 2000
- Resident, Department of Dermatology, Medical College of Pennsylvania-Hahnemann University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 1997-July 1999
- United States Navy Flight Surgeon, Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Virginia, July 1995-June 1997
- General Medical Officer and Flight Surgery Training, Bethesda, Maryland and Pensacola Florida, June 1994-June 1995
- National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, Internal Medicine Internship, June 1993- June 1994
- Medical College of Pennsylvania-Hahnemann University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Doctor of Medicine, August 1989-May 1993
- University of Scranton, Scranton, Pennsylvania, Bachelor of Science-Biology, Graduated Cum Laude, Minor in History, August, 1985- June 1989
Medical School Honors:
- US Navy Health Professions Scholarship Program, 1990-1993
- Honors in Dermatology, Psychiatry and Psychopathology
- Honors in Dermatology Basic Science Research
- Measy Merit Scholarship Award, 1992 & 1993
- School of Medicine Scholarship Award, 1991 & 1992
- Leadership Award in Substance Abuse Prevention, 1990
Undergraduate Honors:
- Dean’s Honors List 1986-1989
- Alpha Epsilon Delta Premedical Honor Society
- Cum Laude Graduate
Research Experience and Publications:
- Isolated Limb Infusion for Melanoma: Preliminary Results of an Elective Double Infusion Protocol. Published: Regional Cancer Treatment Journal (1995) 8:122-127. In collaboration with John F Thompson, FRACS, FACS, Deputy Director, Sydney Melanoma Unit, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia.
- Mutations in Type VII Collagen in Recessive Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa, Department of Dermatology, Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia, Pa., Advisors: Jouni Uitto, M.D., Ph.D. and Angela Christiano, Ph.D.
- Genetic Linkage Analysis of Blau Syndrome, Department of Dermatology, and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Advisor: Angela Christiano, Ph.D.
Presentations:
- Dermatologic Manifestations of Systemic Disease, Hahnemann University School of Medicine, 1998
- Dermatologic Manifestations in the Intensive Care Unit, National Naval Medical Center, 1994
- Oral Lichen Planus, Portsmouth Naval Hospital, 1992
Military Experience:
- U.S. Navy Flight Surgeon, Fleet Logistics Support Squadron, June 1995-June 1997
- Flight Training, Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida, January 1995-June 1995
- General Medical Officer, National Naval Medical Center, June 1994-January 1995
- Combat Casualty Care Training, San Antonio, Texas, March 1994
- Research and Clinical Clerkship in Dermatology, Sydney Melanoma Unit:
- Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Australia November - December 1994
Professional Organizations:
- American Academy of Dermatology
- American Medical Association
- Colorado Medical Society
- Colorado Dermatology Society
- Member of the Medical Staff of Avista and Boulder Community and Exempla Hospitals