Integrated CT Surgery Resident
University of Michigan
I was born in Maryland and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. I attended undergrad at the University of Notre Dame, where I majored in Premedical Studies and Chinese. After spending 6 months in a lung immunology basic science lab at Washington University in St. Louis and the next 6 months as a U.S. Student Ambassador in Shanghai, China, I completed my medical degree at Saint Louis University School of Medicine.
During residency at the University of Michigan, I have been a member of the Thoracic Surgery Residents Association (TSRA) Executive Committee and served as President during the 2020-2021 academic year. My research interests include studying the impact of the rapid dissemination of transcatheter technology on access, outcomes, and resource utilization in cardiac surgery. Additional interests include adult cardiac and aortic surgery clinical outcomes, as well as acute postoperative opioid prescribing and the development of new persistent opioid use among thoracic and cardiac surgical patients.
Clinically, I am interested in practicing all aspects of adult cardiac surgery and is in the midst of training at the University of Michigan with extensive exposure to heart failure, coronary, complex mitral, and advanced aortic surgery.
I will complete my 8th and final year in the integrated training program in June 2023 and plan to pursue a career in academic adult cardiac surgery.