Educational Background
- 1964: Graduated Santo Tomas University College of Medicine and Surgery, Manila, Philippines
- 1964-1965: VA Hospital Philippines Internship
- 1965-1967: Resident Physician, VA Career Residency in General Surgery, Decatur, Georgia
- 1967-1969: Staff Physician, East Mississippi State Hospital, Meridian, Mississippi
- 1969-1972: Resident Physician, VA Career Residency in General Surgery, Decatur, Georgia
- 1972-1974: General Surgery Resident, VA Hospital in Alabama affiliated with UAB