EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
General Anesthesiologist – Aegis Anesthesia, Park Hill Surgery Center, June 2015 – Present
Regional Anesthesia Professional Educator – Halyard Health, April 2015 – Present
General Anesthesiologist – Southwest Anesthesia Team, Medical Center of Plano, April 2014 – June 2015
Regional Anesthesiologist and Acute Pain Specialist – Acute Pain and Spine Institute (APSI),
Forest Park Medical Center Southlake, June 2013 – April 2014
General Anesthesiologist – Midwest Anesthesia Consultants, St. Francis Hospital, July 2011 – June 2013
EDUCATION AND DEGREES
American Board of Anesthesiology Certified From April 27, 2012 – Dec. 31, 2022
Medical College of Wisconsin, Residency, Anesthesiology, July 2008 – June 2011
Loma Linda University, Preliminary Year, Internal Medicine, July 2007 –June 2008
Loma Linda University School of Medicine, M.D., July 2003 – May 2007
Bethel College of St. Paul, MN, B.S. in Biology, Sept. 1999 – May 2003
HONORS AND AWARDS
Anesthesiology Resident’s Professionalism Award, 2009
Midwest Anesthesiology Residents Conference First Place Presentation, 2009, 2010
Loma Linda University Anesthesiology Preceptor Award, 2004
Graduated College Magna cum Laude, 2003
Northern Intercollegiate Volleyball Conference MVP, 2003
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS
American Society of Anesthesiologists, 2004 to present
PUBLICATIONS
“Difficult Airway Caused by Remnant Tracheal Cleft After Tracheoesophageal Fistula Repair”,
Merritt N. MD, Diaz C. MD, Luther R.C. MD. International Anesthesiology Clinics. 2011
Spring; Vol 49, Number 2:1-6.
LEADERSHIP
Director of Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Services at Forest Park Medical Center Southlake,
June 2013 – April 2014
Director of Obstetrical Anesthesiology at St. Francis Hospital, April 2012 – June 2013
Chief Anesthesiology Resident of The Medical College of Wisconsin, 2010 – 2011
COMMITTEES
American Society of Anesthesiologists, Political Action Committee, 2008 to present