- Native of Southwest Louisiana
- Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science with a Certificate in Health Policy from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina
- Medical Degree from Tulane University School of Medicine and a Masters in Business Administration from the Tulane Freeman School of Business
- Residency, internal medicine, Duke University
- Fellowship, interventional cardiology, The Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital
- Board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, and Adult Echocardiography
- Board Certified in Interventional Cardiology
- Board eligible in Nuclear Cardiology
- Fellow of American College of Cardiology
- Areas of interest are in general cardiology, interventional cardiology, and the treatment of peripheral vascular disease
- Member of the American College of Physicians and the American College of Cardiology