• Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
• Medical Degree, University of Virginia, Charlottesville 
• Residency training, then Chief Resident in Ophthalmology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit 
• Fellowship in Cornea and External Diseases, Georgetown University, Washington D.C. Center for Sight 
• Fellowship in Ocular Immunology, National Institute of Health (NIH), National Eye Institute 
• Board Certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology 
• Fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology

2000-present Clinical Associate Professor

• Medical College of Virginia (volunteer faculty) Department of Ophthalmology

1995 - 2000 Clinical Associate Professor

• Medical College of Virginia (Full-time faculty) Department of Ophthalmology

1987 - 2000 Chief Veterans Administration

• Division of Ophthalmology Medical Center. Richmond, Virginia

1987 - 1990 Assistant Professor Medical College of Virginia

• Department of Ophthalmology. Richmond, Virginia

• American Academy of Ophthalmology
• American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons
• Past President, Virginia Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons
• Medarva Surgery Center Patient Choice Award 2019, 2020,  2021, and 2022