Clinical Interests:

Primary interests are minimally invasive cardiac surgical procedures including surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation, mitral and aortic valve procedures, and coronary artery revascularization.

Post Graduate Training:

Internship - Straight Surgery Internship (1992-93) University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

Residency - General Surgery Residency (1993-98) University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Chief Resident - General Surgery (1997-98) University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada 

Residency - Cardiac Surgery Residency (1999-02) University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

Chief Resident - Cardiac Surgery (2000-02) University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

Fellowship - Cardiac Transplantation (01-06/2002) University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

Fellowship - Minimally Invasive and Robotic Cardiac Surgery (07/2002 – 04/2003) University of Leipzig Heart Centre, Leipzig, Germany

Medical School:

M.D. (1988-92)  University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

Specialty:

Cardiac Surgery

Sub-Specialty:

Minimally Invasive Robotic Cardiac Surgery

Heart Transplantation

Current Position:

Associate Professor and Chair, Division of Cardiac Surgery, 

Schulich School of Medicine, University of Western Ontario

Hospital Chief of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, 

London Health Sciences Centre – University Hospital

Academic Memberships & Associations:

Canadian Society of Cardiac Surgeons (2003 – Present)

Canadian Cardiovascular Society (2003 – Present)

Heart Valve Society of America (2006 – Present)

International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery (2007 – Present)

The European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery (2008 – Present)

American College of Surgeons (2009 – Present)

Minimally Invasive Robotic Association (MIRA) Program Committee (2009-2010)

Member, Board of Directors for the Robotic Revascularization Society (R2S) (2011-Present)