July1, 1990 to June 30, 1992, Resident in General Surgery, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York

July 1, 1994 to June 30, 1995, Chief Resident in Surgery, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, New York

July 1, 1995 to December 31, 1995, Fellow in Surgical Endoscopy, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, New York

January 1996 to June 30, 1997, Instructor in Surgical Endoscopy (Fellowship in Laparoscopic Surgery), Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia

December 1996, The American Board of Surgery Certification

May 2, 1997, Admitted as Member of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract

Active Member of the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) since November 1997

June 11-12, 1998, Advanced Course on Laparoscopic Morbid Obesity Surgery, IRCAD, Strasbourg, France

Member of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery since November 23, 1999 (one of the first members in Texas).

December 10-11, 1999, Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery Workshop, University of Pittsburg

October 2-3, 2000, The Lap-Band Workshop prior to participating in the FDA c3 Lap-Band Trial

A Fellow of the American College of Surgeons since October 6, 2005