Education

Bowdoin College May 1991 BA
Brunswick, Maine

Finch University of Health Sciences/The Chicago Medical School
North Chicago, Illinois June 1995 MD

Post-Graduate Education

Magee-Womens Hospital/University Health Center of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania July 1995-June 1999 Residency: Obstetrics
Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences

University of Louisville School of Medicine July 1999-June 2000 Fellowship:
Louisville, Kentucky Gynecologic Oncology

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics July 2000-June 2001 Fellowship:
Iowa City, Iowa Gynecologic Surgery

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics July 2001-June 2004 Fellowship
Iowa City, Iowa Gynecologic Oncology

Certification and Licensure

Certification: Iowa

Professional and Academic Appointments

• Student Extern, Family Practice Preceptorship July 1992
  St. Joseph’s Hospital
  Flint, Michigan
• Teaching Assistant, Gross Anatomy, 1992
  Finch University of Health Sciences/The Chicago Medical School
  North Chicago, Illinois
• Fellow and Lecturer, Department of OB/Gyn 1999-2000
  University of Louisville School of Medicine
  Louisville, Kentucky
• Fellow Associate, Department of OB/Gyn 2000-2001
  University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
  Iowa City, Iowa

Areas of Research Interest and Current Projects

• Excited State Reactions Between a Platinum (II) Dimer and Lead
  (II), Tin (II), Indium (III), Gallium (III), and Thallium (I). Under the direction of Jeffrey K. Nagle, PhD Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, 1989-1991.
• The Immune Response in the Neoplastic Cervix During Pregnancy. Magee-Women’s
  Hospital/University Health Center of Pittsburgh, 1998-1999.
• Cisplatin and Taxol Induced Caspase-3 Activity in Ovarian Cancer Cell Monolayer and Spheroids. University of Louisville School of Medicine, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, July 1999 – June 2000.
• Modulation of T-Cell Receptor Zeta Chain Expression in Pregnancy and in Patients with Gynecologic Malignancies. University of Louisville School of Medicine, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, July 1999 – June 2000.
• X-chromosome inactivation in gynecologic malignancies. University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, July 2001 – Present.