| 1987 B.A. | University of Colorado at Boulder, Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology and Psychology |
| 1994 M.D. Ph.D. | University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver CO (PhD in Experimental Pathology with mentor Dean P. Edwards PhD. |
| 1994-1995 Internship in Anatomic Pathology | The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
| 1995-1996 Resident in Anatomic Pathology | The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
| 1996-1997 Chief Resident in Pathology | The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
| 1997-1998 Research and Clinical Fellow in Genitourinary Pathology | The Brady Urological Institute, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Donald S. Coffey Research Mentor |
| 1998-1999 | Instructor of Pathology Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
| 1999-2002 | Assistant Professor of Pathology, Oncology and Urology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
