Degree-Granting Education: 1978 :University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA, MD, Medicine 1973 :State University of New York at Stonybrook, Stonybrook, NY, USA, BS, Biological Sciences. Postgraduate Training: 1981-1984 :Fellowship, Gastroenterology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 1978-1981 :Residency, Internal Medicine, Barnes Hospital, Washington University, St. Louis, M. Honors & Awards: 2014 :Department of Veterans Affairs Oncology C Merit Review Study Section, Department of Veterans Affairs 2009 :ZCA1 SRLB-R the NCI, ARRA Grand Opportunities - Molecular Targets and Cancer Genomics, Special Emphasis Panel, NCI, ARRA 2008 :ZCA1 SRB-Y Colon Cancer Family Registry: Selected Member, Special Review Group, NIH 2008 :ZDK1 GRB-N R13 Conference Grant Applications Special Review Group, NIH 2007 :ZDK 1GRB-N (M1) Extramural Loan Repayment Program Selected Member Special Review Group, NIH 2003 :Birdie J and Lydia J Resoft Distinguished Professor in Gastrointestinal Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Gastroenterology,Hepatology, internal medicine and Nutrition