- Native of Ackerman, Mississippi.
- Earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Millsaps College 1988.
- Earned M.D. from University of Mississippi School of Medicine 1992.
- Residency in Family Practice and Radiology at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS.
- Board Certified in Radiology by the American Board of Radiology.
- Emergency Radiology Fellowship, UMMC, Jackson, MS 2009.
- Special interest in Computerized Tomography.