I completed  my bachelor of music degree in violin performance at the Eastman school of music in 1987.  I then worked the following 6 years at Medicine Hat College  and mount Royal College.  During the final 2 years of that teaching I completed my premed courses at the University of Calgary.  I then went on to the University of Alberta and completed my MD degree in 1997.  I completed my residency in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery at the University of Alberta, completing that residency in 2002.  I then moved to Nashville Tennessee  and completed my fellowship and head neck surgical oncology  and microvascular reconstruction in 2003.  I was an assistant professor at West Virginia University from 2003 until 2009.  I was in his assistant then associate Professor at the University of Rochester between 2009 and 2019.  During the final 3 years at the University of Rochester I was director of the head and neck oncology division.  Since then I have been at Swedish Medical Center.  I am part of the head and neck surgical specialty group providing head and neck surgical oncology care and microvascular reconstruction to the greater Denver area.