Location: Houston, Texas

Personal Bio: Chief Resident of Podiatry at St. Joseph Medical Center in Houston, Texas.

Education:

University of California, Berkeley
August 2006 - December 2010
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Chemical Biology

Western University Podiatric School 2020
Doctor of Podiatric Medicine (D.P.M.)

Keck School of Medicine of USC
August 2012 - May 2014
Master of Science (M.S.) in Global Medicine

Training:

Type of Training: Three Years
Training Details: St. Joseph Medical Center PMSR/RRA - Houston, Texas July 2020 - June 2023

Board Status:

Licensure:

Licensure: T37-2022
State: Texas

Post-Training Work Experience:

Additional Information:

Publications/Research: -Innovative Acellular Fish-skin Graft for Healing of a Second Ray Amputation Site: A Case Study, 2022 (accepted for poster presentation at the Symposium on Advanced Wound Care (SAWC) Spring -A Missed Diagnosis of Invasive Squamous Cell Carcinoma – Incisional Vs. Punch Biopsy: A Case Study, 2021 (accepted for presentation at the Annual Scientific Conference (ACFAS 2022) and SAWC Fall 2021) -WUCPM Summer Research Fellow Assistant, “A Retrospective Analysis: Use of Advanced Vascular Studies in Patients who Underwent Lower Extremity Amputations”, 2019 -WUCPM Summer Research Fellow, “Development of an Index Model to Predict Readmission in Patients Undergoing Lower Extremity Amputations”, 2017 (in-depth statistical study with over 4,000 qualifying patient records and multiple research parameters)

Fellowships: -Bako Podiatric Dermatopathology Mini-Fellowship Program (accepted for April 2023)

Awards/Honors: -APMA The National 2022 Travel Scholarship/Video Contest Winner, July 2022 -Sagis/Texas Podiatric Medical Foundation (TPMF) Case Grant Recipient – Dermatology/Pathology, June 2022 -APMA Educational Foundation Scholarship (two-time recipient), 2018 – 2020 -APHA Podiatric Health Section for the APMA Scholarship 2018 -Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Grant Recipient, Summer 2017 -WUCPM SGA Pre-Clinical Student of the Month, January 2017

Speaking Engagements: -Case Presenter, TPMF 2022 Bandera Meeting (March 2022) -Poster Presenter, ACFAS 2022 (February 2022) -Poster Presenter, SAWC Fall 2021 (October 2021)

Appointments: -Chief Podiatry Resident, St. Joseph Medical Center 2022–2023 -Skills Lab Coordinator, St. Joseph Medical Center 2021-2022 -Treasurer, American Podiatric Medical Students' Association (APMSA) 2017-2020 -WesternU College of Podiatric Medicine APMSA Delegate and Student Government Association, 2016-2020