From the fire service to cerebrovascular surgery.

Before medicine, I was a firefighter and EMT in New Mexico. I watched a squad bring a man back, and that settled it. Biology at New Mexico State, medical school at the University of Colorado, then seven years of neurosurgery residency at Mayo Clinic.

I stayed at Mayo for a neuroendovascular fellowship, then trained in pediatric cerebrovascular surgery at Boston Children's Hospital / Harvard Medical School, and cerebrovascular surgery at Jackson Memorial Hospital / University of Miami. That combination lets me offer patients both open surgery and endovascular treatment for the same disease, and pick whichever serves them better.

I practice at Mayfield Brain & Spine in Cincinnati, treating adults and children. Outside the OR, I run , the healthcare automation company I co-founded, and publish on cerebrovascular disease and technique.