- Aug 2013 – July 2014Spine Surgery Fellowship
- Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals – Rothman Institute, Philadelphia, PA.
- July 2009 – June 2013Orthopaedic Surgery Residency
- Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.
- July 2008 – June 2009Allen Research Fellowship
- Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.
- July 2007 – June 2008Surgical Internship
- Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.
- Sept 2003 – June 2007Medical School – Doctor of Medicine
- University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee
- Graduate with honors (AOA).
- June 2002 – Sept 2003Research Associate
- Ecopulse/Fisk University in collaboration with Arnold Engineering and Development Center (AEDC) Tullahoma, TN, the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Crane, IN, and Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), Washington, DC. Fabrication of solid state/semiconductor radiation detectors intended for High Intensity Short Radiation Pulses or HISPs under Phase I of a grant from the Missile Defense Agency.
- July 2000 – June 2002Masters in Physics
- Fisk University – Nashville, Tennessee – Special focus in optics.
- Thesis: “Cr2+ :ZnSe Mid-IR Laser with a Commercial Diode Laser Pumping Source.”
- Sept 1997 – June 2000Bachelor of Science
- Trevecca Nazarene University – Nashville, Tennessee – (Magna Cum Laude)
- Major in Biology and minors in both Physics and Chemistry.