Academic Background

M.D., Boston University, 1982

Postdoctoral Training

St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Boston, MA, Residency in Internal Medicine, 1982-85
Boston Medical Center, Residency in Anesthesiology, 1985-87

As clinical director at the Marlborough campus, I have the privilege of showing residents how things are done in a community hospital setting, which is where many residents will end up when their training is done.  Things are a little different here than at the big academic hospital:  there is more emphasis on efficiency, the patients are different, and community surgeons have different priorities.  I was in private practice for a number of years before joining the UMass system in 2001.  Interacting with residents has helped keep anesthesiology fresh and interesting for me.

My path into anesthesiology was a bit indirect.  I went into medical school assuming that I would be a "regular" doctor, and I actually completed my training in internal medicine.  All through my training, however, I found that I particularly enjoyed performing technical procedures, and I enjoyed being in the operating room when I had the opportunity.  (I never, of course, even remotely considered becoming a surgeon!)  I soon realized that a career in anesthesiology would allow me to combine the areas of medicine which I find the most fulfilling, and I have never regretted that decision.

My wife is also a physician, so we certainly have a busy household.  My three daughters are all very proud of the fact that they are the only kids in their classes who can spell the word "anesthesiologist."