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EDUCATION 
Medical School: University of Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
BSc., with First Class Honors, Biochemistry 1972
M.B., Ch.B. with Commendation, 1976
Royal College of Surgeons: F.R.C.S., Glasgow, Scotland, 1981
CURRENT APPOINTMENTS
President Elect
Michigan Society of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgeons
Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery
Oakland University
Beaumont School of Medicine
Auburn Hills, Michigan
Appointed February 2011
Senior Active Attending
St. John Hospital and Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan
Director of Cardiovascular Quality Assurance, 1993-present
Active Staff
St. John Macomb Hospital, Warren, Michigan
Courtesy Staff
Henry Ford Macomb Hospital, Clinton Township, Michigan
Henry Ford Macomb Hospital, Warren, Michigan
Consulting Staff
William Beaumont Hospital, Grosse Pointe, Michigan
Mercy Hospital, Port Huron, Michigan
COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS
| Credentials Committee, St. John Hospital | 1992 - 1997 |
| Medical Executive Committee, Port Huron Hospital | 1992 - 2009 |
| Board of Trustees, Michigan Society of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgeons | 2008 - present |
| Chairman, Cardiovascular Surgery Quality Assurance Committee, St. John Hospital | 1992 - present |
| Adult Professional Practice Committee, St. John Hospital | 2009 - present |
| Chairman June | 2011 |
| Medical Staff Professional Practice Committee | 2011 |
CERTIFICATIONS
American Board of Surgery
American Board of Thoracic Surgery
American College of Cardiology: Fellow - 1987 to present
American College of Surgeons: Fellow - October 1988
| Research Fellow | Department of Pathology, Division of Histochemistry Stanford University Medical Center, California 1973 |
| Intern (H.O.) | University Department of Medicine & MRC Blood Pressure Unit (Head, Prof. Graham M. Wilson and Dr. J.I.S. Robertson) Western Infirmary, Glasgow 1976 |
| Intern (H.O.) | University Department of Surgery (Head, Prof. Sir Andrew Watt Kay) Western Infirmary, Glasgow 1977 |
| Resident General Surgery | Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland Ohio Department of General Surgery (Program Director: Robert E. Hermann, M.D.) 1977 - 1982 |
| Resident Thoracic Surgery | Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland Ohio Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (Program Directors: Floyd D. Loop, M.D. & Delos M. Cosgrove, M.D.) 1982 - 1984 |
| Instructor | General Surgery: Surgical Assistant Program Cleveland Clinic Foundation 1978 - 1981 |
UNDERGRADUATE AWARDS
The Faraday Medal, University of Glasgow, 1969
Carnegie Scholarship, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1972
Nuffield Scholarship, Middlesex Hospital, University College, London, England, UK, 1975
MRC Fellowship, Medical Research Council Blood Pressure Unit, Glasgow, 1974
POSTGRADUATE AWARDS
Prize: Ohio Chapter of American College of Surgeons Essay Contest: "Carotid Body Tumors" Akron, May 1981
Prize: Cleveland Surgical Society Essay Contest: "Post-operative Stroke and Late Neurological Results Following Carotid Endarterectomy", Cleveland, May 1981
William E. Lower Award, Honorable Mention, Cleveland Clinic Foundation "Post-operative Stroke and Late Neurological Results Following Carotid Endarterectomy", June 8, 1981.
The William Lower Award, established in 1936 by Dr. Lower, one of the Cleveland Clinic's founders, is designed to encourage original investigation and professional excellence in the preparation of scientific papers by residents and fellows.
George and Grace Crile Traveling Fellowship Award, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, June 15, 1982. Visits to Dr. Denton Cooley, Texas Heart Institute, Dr. E. Stanley Crawford, Methodist Hospital, Texas and Professor Kenneth Taylor and Professor Hugh Bental, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College, London U.K.
The George and Grace Crile Traveling Fellowship Award, funded by a grant from the Crile family, is presented each year to an outstanding surgery resident in training who demonstrates exceptional capability and effort.
Johnson Zacharias Award, American Heart Association, Michigan Chapter, 2003.
SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS
American College of Surgeons (Fellow)
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow (Fellow)
American College of Cardiology (Fellow)
Oakland County Thoracic Society, Vice President
Michigan Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons, Councilor
Society of Thoracic Surgeons
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Alumni Association
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