I graduated from the University of Oklahoma with bachelor's degree in biochemistry and completed a medical doctorate from the same university in 2012. I completed a general surgery residency at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas in 2017 and a surgical critical care fellowship from Washington University in St. Louis in 2018.  I then joined the faculty as a trauma surgeon at Baylor Scott and White in Temple, Texas where I served as the surgical ICUI medical director for four years and associate program director of the general surgery residency for two years.  I joined the staff at JPS as a trauma surgeon and trauma medical director in August of 2024.  I am married and have two beautiful children.