Where it started.
Five programs across two continents. Each one required you to be serious. The path ran from medical school through internship, residency, a fellowship in Auckland, and back to UVA as Chief Resident before arriving in Seattle.
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2001Medical DegreeDavid Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
The foundation. Four years of science, cadaver labs, clinical rotations, and the slow realization that surgery was the answer.
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2001to ’02Internship · General SurgeryUniversity of Virginia Medical Center
A surgical internship is designed to test limits. Trauma, emergency general surgery, the pager at 3am. The year you find out if you can handle it.
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2002to ’06The defining yearsResidency · Neurological SurgeryUniversity of Virginia
Four years of residency under Dr. John A. Jane, Sr., one of the great educators in the history of the field. Every operative decision scrutinized. Every outcome owned.
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2006to ’07Fellowship · Brain & SpineNew Zealand Brain & Spine · Auckland
Advanced training in complex cranial and spinal surgery at the other end of the world. A deliberate step outside American neurosurgery to see the field differently.
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2007to ’08The returnChief Resident · Neurological SurgeryUniversity of Virginia
Returned to UVA as Chief Resident. The year of leading the service, mentoring junior residents, and completing the loop under Dr. Jane. The program trusted you with the next generation before you left.
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2008onwardBoard-certified neurosurgeonFellowship Director, Swedish Spine Program
Chief of Spine, Swedish Neuroscience Institute. Fellowship Director. Chief Executive Officer, Seattle Science Foundation. The training is done. The work is not.
