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Assistant Professor, The Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery

Education & Training

• Undergraduate Degree:
  University of Houston, Houston, Texas
• Osteopathic Degree:
  University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas
• Internship:
  Michigan State University, Lansing, Michigan
• Residency:
  Michigan State University, Lansing, Michigan
• Fellowship in Multidisciplinary Critical Care:
  The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland

Board Certifications

• American Osteopathic Board of Anesthesiology

Selected Bibliography

• 1999–2000 Computer science biochemical research, University of Houston, undergraduate semester, methods for calculating internal conformational structure of biomolecules using Fortran. Faculty Advisor: Montgomery Pettitt, PhD, Cullen Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Department of Biochemistry, University of Houston
• 2006 Manuscript, Results of neurosurgical treatments for focal epilepsy secondary to intracranial tumors: A review of the literature. Faculty advisor: Amir S. Malik, M.D., Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston (not submitted)
• 2010 Manuscript, Case report, Symptomatic hypocalcemia in a patient with mildly depressed calcium. Faculty advisor: Peter Pronovost, MD, PhD (in progress)
• 2010 Manuscript, Open versus closed units: Towards a better working model and definition. Faculty advisor: Dr. Peter Pronovost. Co-author: Mueen Ahmad, MD (in progress)
• 2011 Manuscript, Evidence-based practice guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of delirium in the intensive care unit. My fellowship investigative defect project is to create a diagnosis and treatment protocol for delirium for the intensive care units at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Faculty advisor: Pedro Tellez-Mendez, MD, and Sean Berenholtz, MD, MHS (in progress)
• 2011 Manuscript, Case report, Low-dose atropine found useful in the treatment of refractory tachycardia in an OR patient. Facutly advisor: Peter Pronovost, MD, PhD (in progress)