Education

• North Carolina State University B.A., Chemistry, Raleigh, North Carolina 1990
• East Carolina University School of Medicine, MD, Greenville, North Carolina 1995
• Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, Resident Physician, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1995-1999
• University of South Florida School of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, Resident Physician, Department of Surgery, 1999-2000
• University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, Fellowship Gynecologic Oncology Laboratory, 2000-2002
• University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, Fellowship Gynecologic Oncology, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2002-2005

Certification and Licensure

• Board Certified Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Iowa Medical License-Active

Professional and Academic Appointments

• University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, Faculty Associate, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2005-Current

Areas of Research Interest and Current Projects

• Relating p53 mutation types to angiogenesis and immunohistochemical expression in epithelial ovarian cancers, and mutations of the BRCA2 gene in ovarian cancers. 
• Transcriptional regulation of the lymphoid enhancer factor-1 (Lef-1) promoter and its relevance in the pathogenesis of ovarian and endometrial cancer.