I was born and raised in Greater Cleveland, Ohio, graduated Magna Cum Laude from Holy Cross College, and graduated AOA from Case Western Reserve School of Medicine. My Internal Medicine Residency, as well as my Fellowship in Medical Oncology/Hematology at Emory University Affiliated Hospitals concluded in 1983. I co-founded and worked in clinical practice at Central Georgia Cancer Care until 2018. I remain on the Academic Faculty at Mercer University School of Medicine in the Department of Internal Medicine, and I have served as the Founding Board of Director's Chair with the Georgia Center for Research and Education & Research.
I am a member of ASCO, serving as a member of the Clinical Practice Committee for a term, and later rewarded an ASCO award for excellence in clinical research as an ECOG investigator in 2003. I was a founding member of the Community Oncology Alliance (COA) in 2003 and served as it's President in 2006. Beginning in 2018, I accepted the Chief Medical Officer position at COA and am currently working with COA to foster a broad quality and value-based initiative under the aegis of the National Cancer Treatment Alliance (NCTA). Finally, my interest in pathways arose during the creation and implementation of Evidence-based Treatment Pathways with the Cancer Clinics of Excellence (CCE), as a member of the Board of Directors, as well as the CCE Chief Clinical Officer, from a period of time extending from 2007-2015.