Education:

UMass/ Boston, Undergraduate major in Biology

State University of NewYork, Buffalo, NY. Doctorate of Dental Surgery (DDS) with a minor in Oral Medicine, 1992.

USC School of Dentistry, Advanced Endodontics Residency program, 2004.

USC Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Advanced Endodontics (2004-present).

Awards, Honors & Scholarships:

-  IFEA (International Federation of Endodontic Associations) Research Award, 2004

-  Kodak Award of  Excellence in Dentistry,  1992

- Dean Feagan Scholarship Award, 1992

- William Tucker Scholarship, 1989, 1990, 1991  

- Isadore & Bessie Federman Scholarship, 1989, 1990

- Commonwealth of Massachusetts University Scholarship award, 1988

- HIAS Scholarship Award, 1988