Professional Positions
Clinical Assistant Professor
Florida State University
College of Medicine
2003 - present
Education
Residency: 1999-2003
Yale Combined Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Program
Yale New Haven Hospital
New Haven, Connecticut
Internship:
1999-2000
Yale Combined Internal Medicine and Pediatric Program
Yale New Haven Hospital
New Haven, Connecticut
Medical School: 1994-1999
M.D.
Tufts University School of Medicine
Boston, Massachusetts
College: 1990-1994
Hampton University
Hampton, Virginia
High School: 1986-1990
Leon High School
Tallahassee, Florida
Certifications/Eligibility
- American Board of Internal Medicine
- American Board of Pediatrics
- American Society of Bariatric Physicians
Medical Licensure
Research & Publications
Research
- 10/1997-4/1998 - King Edward VIII Hospital, Durban, South Africa and Hlabisa, South Africa. Designed a pediatric nutritional questionnaire to determine alteration of children’s diets when ill.
- 6/1994-08/1994 - National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD. Research Assistant, Department of Molecular Biology . Participated in ongoing molecular biology research. Duties included DNA extraction and electrophoresis.
- 6/1993-8/1993 - National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD. Research Assistant, Department of Cell Biology. Conducted laboratory research on the effects of Brefeldin A on the structure and secretions of the Golgi Apparatus of Acanthamobea cells.
- 1991 - Veteran Administration Hospital, Hampton VA. Biological Aide, Department of Medical Research. Participated in an obesity study to explore the role of nutrition, insulin and insulin-like growth factor II in the onset of obesity.
Publications
- Organize Your Own International Elective: Journal of the Student National Medical Association, 1998 Fall Issue
Professional Associations
- American Board of Internal Medicine
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- Capital Medical Society
- Florida Medical Society
- Children's Medical Services
- Florida Medical Association