1969-1970American Field Service Scholarship recipient to study in France
Fluent in French and Functional in Spanish and some Italian and Portuguese
1974B.A., Baylor University; Waco, Texas
1978M.S., University of Texas at Dallas
Major: Human Development Psychology Research Area: Cardiovascular Psychophysiology, Biostatistics
1986M.D., Texas Tech University School of Medicine; Lubbock, Texas
1986Ph.D., in Neurobiology, Department of Cell Biology, University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Dallas, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.
Research Area: Neuropharmacologic mechanisms involved in central nervous system control of cardiovascular function.
1986Resident Physician, Transitional Program, Emory University of Medicine, Atlanta, GA.
1987Resident Physician, Transitional Program, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
1987 - 1990Resident Physician, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.