- Native of Colfax, Louisiana
- Pre-medical education from Louisiana State University
- Medical doctorate from Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans
- Residency, internal medicine, LSU New Orleans
- Fellowship in cardiology, LSU New Orleans
- Cardiology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama
- Board-certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease and cardiac CT
- Two years military service in U.S. Air Force
- Fellow of Society of Cardiovascular CT
- Fellow of Council on Clinical Cardiology of the American Heart Association
- Past president of American Heart Association of Louisiana
- ACC Governor for Louisiana 2007-2009
- Medical Director of Christus St. Patrick Hospital Regional Heart Center and Director, outpatient cardiac CT
- Special interest (cardiac imaging) (implantation and follow up of cardiac pacemakers and defibrillators) (preventive medicine)
- Hobbies: hunting, fishing, and running
- Fellow of American College of Cardiology