Hometown: Pittsburgh, PA
Undergraduate Degree: BS Biology, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois
Graduate Degree: MS Biology/Herpetology, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois
Medical School: Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, Illinois
Residency: St Joseph’s Hospital & Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona
Fellowships: Faculty Development Fellowship, University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson; Medical Acupuncture training, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
I practice full-spectrum family medicine, and I am especially interested in managing chronic pain, integrative medicine and medical-legal partnerships. Following several years in private practice in rural Massachusetts, I was offered a faculty position in a family medicine residency program in Arizona in 1986. I rapidly became enthralled with teaching and academic medicine, and I have since spent the last 30+ years in faculty roles in five different family medicine training programs, serving mostly as program director.
I’ve been married for 36 years, and I have three daughters. I enjoy listening to and playing stringed instruments, and I’ve recently taken up writing music.