Professional Development

Post-doc Training

• Advanced PTEeXAM Certification: Certification in Advanced Perioperative transesophageal echocardiography   (07/2007)
• Board certification, diplomate, American Board of Anestheisology    (04/1985)
• Fellowship, Cardiac Anesthesia, Wake Forest University, Bowman Gray School of Mediicne, Winston-Salem, North Carolina   (01/1984 - 12/1984)
• Residency, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Department of Anesthesiology   (01/1982 - 12/1983)
• Internship, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Department of Anesthesiology, 1981   (01/1981 - 12/1981)

Seminars and Conferences

• International Anesthesia Research Society 2011 Annual Meeting - Westin Bayshore Hotel, Vancouver, Canada    (05/2011)
• Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists, 2011 SCA/ASA Introduction to TEE, San Diego, California   (02/2011)
• Loma Linda University, Department of Anesthesiology, Grand Rounds   (01/2011 - 12/2011)
• American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, San Diego, California   (10/2010)
• American Seminar Institute Course, Anesthesiology Review, Las Vegas, Nevada   (06/2010)
• Audio-Digest - Critical Care Medicine; Neuroanesthesia update; Guidelines affecting our practice; What''s old and what''s new in peditric anesthesiology; and Trauma, urgent care, and patient safety   (06/2010)
• American Society of Anesthesiologists, Legislative Conference, Washington D.C.   (04/2010)
• The University of Toronto Anesthesia Symposium, Toronto, Ontario, Canada   (04/2010)
• Loma Linda University, Department of Anesthesiology, Grand Rounds    (01/2010 - 12/2010)
• Audio-Digest- Uninentional subdural injection/anesthesia for bariatric procedures; Pearls, pitfalls, and progress; Pharmaocology; Glycemic manageament/blood transfusion; Anesthesia complications   (06/2009)
• California Society of Anesthesiologists 2009 Annual Meeting & Clinical Anesthesia, Hyatt Regency, Monterey, California   (05/2009)
• American Seminar Institute Course, Anesthesiology Review, San Francisco, California   (05/2009)
• Loma Linda University, Department of Anesthesiology, Advances in Clinical Anesthetic Practice 2009, Rancho Mirage, California   (02/2009)
• Loma Linda University, Department of Anesthesiology, Grand Rounds   (01/2009 - 12/2009)
• Loma Linda University, Department of Anesthesiology - Rancho Mirage, California   (02/2008)
• The Royal College of Anaesthetists and the Health Professional Council of South Africa (HPCSA), Cardiovascular & Thoracic Anaesthesia Seminar, River Lodge Conference Centre, Kapama Private Game Reserve, Hoedspruit, Limpopo province, South Africa   (02/2008)
• Loma Linda University, Department of Anesthesiology, Grand Rounds   (01/2008 - 12/2008)
• The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, QuickScan Reviews in Anesthesiology   (12/2007 - 11/2008)
• Loma Linda University, Department of Anesthesiology, Advances in Clinical Anesthetic Practice, Rancho Mirage, California   (02/2007)
• Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists, Comprehensive Rev & Update of Echo - Advanced   (02/2007)
• Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists, Comprehensive Rev & Update of Echo - Basic   (02/2007)
• Loma Linda University, Department of Anesthesiology, Grand Rounds   (01/2007 - 12/2007)
• Loma Linda University, Department of Anesthesiology - Rancho Mirage, California   (02/2006)
• Loma Linda University, Department of Anesthesiology, Grand Rounds   (01/2006 - 12/2006)
• The University of California - Davis, Topics in Pain Management - Pharmacologic interventions for chronic pain; Treating the recurring migraine; Assessment and management of nociceptive, neuropathic, and rheumatologic pain; Pain Management for End-of-Life care   (07/2005)
• Loma Linda Univesity Advance in Clinical Anesthetic Practice 33rd Annual Anesthesia Symposium Rancho Mirage, CA   (02/2005)
• Loma Linda University, Department of Anesthesiology, Grand Rounds   (01/2005 - 12/2005)

Special Projects

• American Society of Anesthesiologists, 2008 Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida   (10/2008)