ntermountain Healthcare in Utah. He received his medical degree, completed his internal medicine residency, and served as chief resident at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. After completing a hematology/oncology fellowship at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, he returned to Houston to work at the MD Anderson Cancer Center for four years, with a dual appointment in general & gastrointestinal medical oncology. He is also the co-chair of adolescent & young adult (AYA) oncology in the SWOG cooperative group, currently serving a five-year term in that position.
During his training he self-diagnosed with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) and thus has a particular & deeply personal interest in hereditary tumor syndromes. Additionally, he is passionate about advocacy & research for GI cancer, social media in oncology, and patient-clinician communication.
