Board Certified American Board of Internal Medicine.

Internship: University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Memphis

Residency: University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Memphis.

Medical School: University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Memphis

Worked in the clinical Research Center at the University of Tennessee as Nurse Supervisor and Staff Registered Nurse. Worked as Staff and Charge Registered Nurse in the Medical Intensive Care Unit at Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital in Hanover, N.H. Served four years in the U.S. Navy Band in Washington, D.C.

Undergraduate: University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Union University, Christian Brothers University, Memphis.