Doctor of Medicine from the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, 1994; Internal Medicine internship, residency and chief residency at the Medical College of Virginia of Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, 1994-1998; Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine at the Medical College of Virginia of Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, 2003; Hematology-Oncology fellowship at the Medical College of Virginia of Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, 2006.