I went to undergraduate school at the University of Tennessee. I attended Graduate School and then Medical School at Northwestern University in Chicago. I did my anesthesiology residency in San Antonio, Texas and then ended up back in the D.C. area. I was on the staff at Reston Hospital Center for fourteen years, serving as department chairman for seven years, and now I have been in practice in Estero, Florida for seven years. My children have all finished school and are building their careers. I plan to keep practicing medicine as long as I enjoy what I am doing. I get back to Virginia several times each year to see my children and grandson.