Center for Nutrition & Diabetes Health

I was drawn to become a doctor after experiencing a medical emergency as a young child. My physician during that time showed compassion in my time of need, great skill and a dedication to his craft that made a lifelong impression on me. From that point on, I knew I wanted to become a physician and, ultimately, a surgeon to cure patients of disease, to relive their pain and discomfort, but most importantly, to make a lifelong impact on their lives. My philosophy to patient care is to treat every patient with the same respect, care and dignity that I would want any of my own family members to be treated with. My areas of special interest include applying advanced, minimally invasive and robotic surgical techniques to all aspects of general surgery to help my patients recover quickly with superior outcomes. Outside of work, I enjoy spending time with my wife and four children in the outdoors. We can often be found camping, hiking and fishing on our time off.

I have known I wanted to help care for people as individuals and especially with social and emotional concerns since I worked in Public Health. I have a broad range of experience as a social worker through adoptions, foster care and licensing, in-patient mental health, and outpatient therapy. I am passionate about walking through life's struggles and journey with people, and to help them find ways to have a better quality of life. I believe strongly that treatment and therapeutic approach is individually specific and therefore utilize facets of different therapeutic approaches to best help those I work with. I believe strongly that our physical and mental health is very closely intertwined and will work to maximize both with you. I value a team-based approach and will collaborate with your other providers and specialists for your care, from your primary care provider, to dieticians and psychiatry. Outside of work I am always looking to support and am passionate about non-profits in the area for mental health and suicide prevention, women's health/pregnancy, human trafficking, homelessness and substance recovery. I also stay active with church, my family, going to the beach, concerts, and exploring new places and activities!