I'll answer the second question first and say, like anyone else, I try my best to have a good balance. I am lucky that I can being my dog to the office, so I get to see him all day (although he does not come into the surgery room during a procedure).

As for my education/schooling, I did my initial medical schooling and then specialty training as a surgical intern at the University of North Dakota. My surgical residency was at the University of New Mexico and York Hospital in Pennsylvania. Then, I joined the Department of Surgical Sciences of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. I also completed a fellowship in hair restoration surgery at the New Hair Institute with hair transplant surgeon Dr. William Rassman. Finally, I started my own practice!