Clinical Interests Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Aortic Aneurysm Carotid Artery Disease End Stage Liver Disease Kidney Transplant Liver Transplant Surgery Peripheral Vascular Disease Transplant Surgery Vascular Surgery Venous Disease Visceral Artery Disease
Education Medical School Saint Louis University School of Medicine
Site of Internship University of Minnesota
Site of Residency University of Minnesota (Surgery)
Site of Fellowship University of Minnesota (Transplantation)
Awards and Honors Best Doctors in America®, 2007-2008
Research Interest(s) Bio-Artificial Support for Liver Failure
Selected Recent Publications "UNOS and the Federal Government," presented at the Department of Surgery Transplantation Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, February 16, 2000.
"Arteries and Veins, Health Talk and You, Public Television KTCI, Academic Health Center, University of Minnesota, March 20, 2000.
"Bioethics" lecture for Academic Health Center Medical Students, Minneapolis, MN, March 23, 2000.
"Public Policy," UNOS Transplant Management Forum, Savannah, Georgia, April 3, 2000.
Keynote Speaker, "Cutting Edge" Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 3, 2000.
"Chronic Venous Disease," Cardiovascular Care for Primary Practitioners, Minneapolis, MN, June 1, 2000.
"Government Meets the Medical Profession: The Impact of Governmental Oversight on Liver and Other Solid Organ Transplantation," Medicine Department Grand Rounds, Minneapolis, MN, August 24, 2000.
"Liver Problems," Health Talk and You, Public Television KTCI, Academic Health Center, University of Minnesota, December 6, 2000.
"A UNOS Perspective on Minority Organ Donation", Samuel L. Kountz Symposium, Washington, DC, February 15, 2001.