Education:                              
B.A.:    1958, University of North Carolina
M.D.:   1962, University of Virginia

Military Service:                    
United States Air Force, 1963-66, Captain, Honorable Discharge

Post Graduate Training:        
Internship:  1962-63, Norfolk General Hospital
General Surgery:  1966-70, Norfolk General Hospital
Plastic Surgery:  1970-72, Eastern Virginia Medical School
Fellowship:  07-12, 1970, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Canniesburn

Board Certification:               
January 1973:                General Surgery
September 1973:            Plastic Surgery, Part I
May 1994:                     Plastic Surgery, Part II

Honors & Awards:                 America’s Top Doctors, Plastic Surgeons, Castle-Connolly Medical, Ltd.,
2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008. 2009, 2010, 2011
(Ranked as #1 nationally in plastic surgery)
Named as one of 11 Top Doctors, Healthy, Wealthy & Wise, Spg 1997, Departure Magazine
“America’s Top Surgeons” Award, Plastic Surgery  2004-2005
“America’s Top Physicians” Award, Plastic Surgery 2004-2005; Consumers’ Research Council of America.
Inclusion in 2nd Edition of America’s Cosmetic Doctors and Dentists, 2005
James Barrett Brown Prize, 5/1/78
Honorary Member, Royal Australian College of Surgeons, May 1992
Honorary Member, New Zealand Association of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeons, May 1992
Honorary Member, Israeli Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
Honorary Member, The Canadian Society of Plastic Surgery
Honorary Member, New England Society of Plastic Surgeons, 2000

Academic Appointments & Committees (Present and Past):
Eastern Virginia Medical School
Professor, Division of Plastic Surgery, 1989-Present
Director, Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery Center of EVMS, 1998-Present
Program Director, Plastic Surgery Residency Program, 1987-1996
Academic Affairs Committee for the Council of Chairmen, 1993-1995
Full-time Clinical Chairmen’s Committee, 1989-1994
Admissions Committee, 1978-1979
Friends of the Library
Faculty Club
Continuing Medical Education Committee, 1991-1994, Chairman 1993-1995

Professional Memberships and Committees:
American Association of Plastic Surgeons
American College of Surgeons
American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
Chairman, Instructional Courses Committee, 1992, 1993
Nominating Committee
Vice-Chairman, Education Commission, 1991, 1992
Chairman, Education Commission, 1994, 1995, 1996
Member-at-Large, Board of Directors, 1996, 1997
American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
Norfolk Academy of Medicine
Royal College of Medicine
Southeastern Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
Offices Held:  Trustee; Vice-President; President
Virginia Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons

Other Professional Activities:
Aesthetic Surgery Journal
Scientific Editor, 1997-2001
Senior Scientific Editor, 2002-2009
Section Editor, 2010-Present
American Board of Plastic Surgery, Examiner
American Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Board of Reviewers, 1987-1988
Operative Techniques in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Nov 1994
Guest Editor
Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation Teleplast Committee, 1991, 1992
Plastic Surgery Educational Visiting Scholar Committee, 1991, 1992
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (Journal)
Editorial Review Staff, 1994-Present
Tidewater Cleft Palate Guild, 1975-1979
Advisory Board
Cosmetic Surgery Times
Editorial Advisory Board, 2002-Present

Hospital Staff Appointments & Committees:

Privileges:
Sentara Hospitals, Norfolk, Virginia (Courtesy)
Executive Committee, 1977-1979
Medical Center Planning Board, 1979-1980
Departmental Authorities Committee, 1979-1980
Ambulatory Care Committee, Chairman
DePaul Hospital, Norfolk, Virginia (Courtesy)
Operating Room Committee, 1981-1982
Sentara Leigh Memorial Hospital, Norfolk, Virginia (Courtesy)