UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE:
CEGEP Diploma, Science, 1973;
Pre-med Loyola College, Montreal, Canada, 1974,

MEDICAL DEGREE:
M.D., C.M., McGill University, Montreal, Canada, 1979,

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING:
Internship, Department of Surgery, Montreal General Hospital, Montreal, Canada, 1979-80,
Resident in Surgery, Department of Surgery, Montreal General Hospital, Montreal, Canada, 1980-86,
Graduate Studies, Department of Experimental Surgery, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, 1982-86,

SPECIALTY TRAINING:
Clinical and Research Fellowship in Surgical Oncology, Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 1986-88,
Specialist Certificate in General Surgery, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, 1986,
Diplomat of the American Board of Surgery, 1990,
Certificate of Training in Surgical Oncology issued from University of Illinois School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Chicago, Illinois, 1998,
Re-certification, American Board of Surgery, General Surgery 1998,

SPECIAL INTERESTS / EXPERTISE:
Surgical Oncology. Peritoneal carcinomatosis and malignant ascites, peritoneal mesothelioma, abdominopelvic and retroperitoneal sarcomas, pseudomyxoma peritonei, cutaneous malignant melanoma, sphincter preserving treatment for rectal tumors, and management of complex primary or recurrent solid tumors,

ORGANIZATIONS / SOCIETIES:
Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons of Canada;
Fellow, Society of Surgical Oncology;
Fellow, American College of Surgeons;
Fellow, Southeastern Surgical Congress;
Member, Canadian Association of General Surgeons;
Member, North Carolina Medical Society;
Member, Forsyth-Stokes-Davie County Medical Society;
Member, Association for Academic Surgery;
Member, American Medical Association;
Member, Bowman Gray Surgical Society;
Member New York Academy of Sciences;
Member, North Carolina Chapter, American College of Surgeons;
Member, Cancer and Leukemia Group B(CALGB);
Member, Southern Association for Oncology;
Fellow, American College of Surgeons;
Member, United States Chapter of the Societe Internationale de Chiurgie;
Member, American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO);
Member, International Society for Regional Cancer Therapy;
Member, North Carolina Surgical Association;
Director, Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation (MARF),

HONORS:
Consolidated-Bathurst Ltd. Academic Scholarship Award (awarded in 1973; renewed annually for duration of undergraduate and medical studies at McGill);
Medical Research Council of Canada Fellowship to pursue studies in experimental surgery(awarded 1981 and renewed annually to 1983-84);
McGill University, Department of Experimental Surgery Research Seminar, Third Prize-1983;
McGill University, Department of Experimental Surgery Research Seminar, First Prize-1984;
Canadian Association of General Surgeons National Prize for Resident Research-Presented at Royal College Meeting, Montreal Canada;
Visiting Professor, New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Wilmington, North Carolina;
Elected Vice-President (USA) for International Society for Regional Cancer Therapy (ISRCT) in Ravenna, Italy.