Undergraduate
University of Wisconsin at Madison

Medical
University of Wisconsin Medical School

Residency
McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University

Fellowship
Critical Care Medicine- Massachusetts General Hosptial

Presentations

"Epidural  abscess after neuraxial analgesia in a healthy parturient."  Midwest Anesthesia Residents' Conference, Rochester, MN, 2004.

"The efficacy of a prophylactic epidural blood patch in the parturient after dural puncture with a 17 guage needle."  Midwest Anesthesia Residents' Conference, Rochester, MN, 2004.

"Epidural  abscess after neuraxial analgesia in a healthy parturient."  SOAP, Fort Meyers, FL, 2004.

"The effect of the intensity of vocal cord paralysis on post-operative sore throat following outpatient gynecologic laparoscopy." Presented research protocol in collaboration with Ahmad, S and McCarthy, R to the Anesthesiology Research review Board, May 2003.

"A post-partum woman with an epidural abscess: is sterile prep really sterile?" Grand Rounds, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, August 2003.

"A patient with neurologic manifestations secondary to west nile virus."  Midwest Anesthesia Residents' Conference, Chicago, IL, 2003.

Awards

Selected as one of the top 100 case reports in Obstetric Anesthesia.  SOAP, Fort Meyers, FL, 2004.  "Epidural  abscess after neuraxial analgesia in a healthy parturient." 

1st Place- Case Report Presentation.  "Epidural  abscess after neuraxial analgesia in a healthy parturient."  Midwest Anesthesia Residents' Conference, Rochester, MN, 2004.

2nd Place- Presentaion of randomized double-blind study.  "The efficacy of a prophylactic epidural blood patch in the parturient after dural puncture with a 17 guage needle."  Midwest Anesthesia Residents' Conference, Rochester, MN, 2004.

FAER Resident Scholar, ASA, 2003.

Intern Teaching Award- VA Hospital, Northwestern University Medical School, 2002.