| High school: | Highland Park High School, Dallas (1961) Spring Branch High School (1962) and Memorial High School (1963), Houston graduated, Edina-Morningside High School, Minneapolis (1964) |
| Undergraduate: | Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland graduated, Bachelor of Arts, 1968 |
| Medical School: | Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland graduated, Doctor of Medicine, 1971 |
| General Surgery: | straight surgery intern, University of Colorado Medical Center, Denver 1971-2 general surgery resident, 1972-5, senior resident, 1974-5 program director: Thomas E. Starzl, M.D. |
| Plastic Surgery: | Johns Hopkins University, 1977-79. program director: John E. Hoopes, M.D. |
| Maxillo-facial Surgery: | Maryland Institute of Emergency Medical Services, University of Maryland, 1979 program director: Paul M. Manson, M.D. |
| Hand Surgery: | Raymond M. Curtis Hand Center, Union Memorial Hospital, 1980 program directors: Raymond M. Curtis, M.D. and E. F. Shaw Wilgis, M.D. |