Education and Training University of South Florida, Tampa Florida – 1991 Bachelor of Science – Biology Meharry Medical College, Nashville Tennessee – 1995 Doctor of Medicine Post Graduate Training: University of South Florida, Tampa Florida – 2000 General Surgery University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska – 2002 General and Bariatric Surgery Areas of Special Interest General Surgery Bariatric Surgery Comprehensive Wound Care Professional Activities Diplomate, American Board of Surgery General and Bariatric Surgery Medical Director – Piedmont Walton Metabolic Center Participating Member – Piedmont Clinic Physicians Group Member – American College of Surgeons Member – American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Member – Georgia State Chapter of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery