Education

• Augustana College, BA-Chemistry, Sioux Falls, SD, 1975-1979
• University of South Dakota, School of Medicine, BS-Medicine, Vermillion, SD, 1979 – 1981
• University of Oklahoma, College of Medicine, Doctor of Medicine, Oklahoma City, OK, 1981 -1983

Post-Graduate Education

• University of South Dakota, School of Medicine Affiliated Hospitals, Sioux Falls, SD, Resident, Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical, 1983-1984 &1985-1986
• Sioux Valley Hospital, Sioux Falls, SD, Transitional Internship Program, 1984-1985
• University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, Resident, Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1986-1990

Certification

• Diplomat, National Board of Medical Examiners, July 1984
• American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1992, recertified annually

Licensure

• Iowa

Professional and Academic Positions

• Clinical Associate, Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of South Dakota, School of Medicine, 1983-1986
• Instructor, Medical Technology Program, Sioux Valley Hospital, Sioux Falls, SD, 1985-1986
• Generalist, Eastern Iowa Obstetrics and Gynecology, Davenport, IA, 1990-1993
• Adjunct Clinical Instructor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA , 1990 – 2010
• Clinical Instructor, Genesis Family Medicine Residency Program, Davenport, IA, 1990-2010
• Generalist, Obstetrics and Gynecology Specialists, PC, Davenport, IA, 1994-2010
• Clinical Instructor, Department of Nursing, Graduate Program, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, 2007-2008
• Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, 2010-
• Division Director, Division of General Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, 2011-

Areas of Research Interest or Areas of Clinical Interest

• Providing obstetric and gynecologic care in developing countries