I am a physician leader, educator, and innovator with 20+ years of healthcare experience. I excel at rallying diverse teams around a common goal, developing consensus, and maximizing value for everyone (customer and team).
Specific expertise in:
• Refining product requirements to match end-user needs
• Leveraging research grant funding mechanisms
• Developing and sustaining public-private collaborations
• Integrating technology into clinical and training workflows
• Leading AI and VR program development from ideation through deployment
Bio
I am a husband, father to one beautiful little girl, brother to nine siblings, soldier, physician, nurse, innovator, researcher, board member, and assistant professor. I have had the opportunity to lead multiple teams in healthcare, software development, and research.
I grew up in Upstate New York on a small family dairy farm. I milked cows morning and night, shoveled out gutters during the day, and homeschooled in-between. My parents wanted us to have a better life. They helped me enter college at the age of 15, and I pursued a degree in nursing. Subsequently, I worked as a nurse’s aid, licensed practical nurse, and critical care nurse. It was caring for people as a nurse that developed my passion for medicine. No one in my family had attended more than a few college classes, and we lived three hours from the nearest medical school. So, I read “ehow.com how to become a doctor,” bought a new bookbag, and sought a new degree. I completed medical school at the University of Buffalo and graduated in the top of my class. During medical school, I commissioned into the U.S. Army following the allure of excitement and personal ambition. In 2018, I completed a combat deployment in Baghdad, Iraq.
After medical school, I pursued the practical and adrenaline-filled specialty of Emergency Medicine. This specialty interfaces with the whole hospital and requires high-performing teams to form and disband every shift. During residency, I had an idea to improve trauma training using virtual reality medical simulations. We were awarded multiple grants, completed several iterations, and created a system that is now the base for an international training platform. Through these projects, I developed a passion for creating technology and innovation that saves lives!
Thank you to my amazing wife, daughter, family, and friends for supporting my workaholic habits! And thank you to all the teachers, mentors, and organizations that have helped me along the way. It takes a village.
