Education 
1959 - Jefferson City Senior High School (with highest honors), Jefferson City, Missouri 
1963 - B.S., (with high honors) Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois 
1967 - M.D., (with honors) Cornell University Medical College, New York, New YorK 
1973-1976  Surgical Fellow, Mas<d>sachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 
1983 -  M.A., (Immunology) Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts 

Brief Chronology of Employment 
1967-1968 Surgical Internship, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 
1968-1973 Surgical Residency, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 
1973-1973 Surgical Chief Resident, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 
1973 - 1976 Research Trainee in Basic Surgical Sciences, through Peter Bent Brigham Hospital at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass. 
1976 - 1986 Senior Investigator, Surgery Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 
1981 - 1986 Head, Colorectal Cancer Section, Surgery Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 
1986 - 1989 Director Surgical Onco<d>logy, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 
1989 - 1993 Medical Director, Washing<d>ton Cancer Institute, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, D.C. 
1993 - Director, Surgical Oncology, The Washington Cancer Institute, Washing<d>ton  Hospital Center, Washing<d>ton, DC 

Board Certification 
American Board of Surgery Certifi<d>cation, December 12, 1973. 

Societies 
American Association for the Advan<d>cement of Science American College of Surgeons 
American Society of Gastrointestinal Endo<d>scopy 
American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons 
Association for Academic Surgery Soc. of American 
Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (Founding Member) University Sur<d>geons 
American Association of Im<d>muno<d>logists 
American Association Cancer Resea<d>rch 
Society for Biological Therapy 
American Surgical Association 
International Association for Entero<d>stomal Therapy 
International Society of Regional Cancer Therapy (Founding Member) 

Editorial Boards 
- Associate Editor, Journal of Hepato Pancreatico Biliary Surgery,   Har<d>wo<d>od Academic Publishers, London 
- Scientific Advisor, Oncology Nursing Forum, Oncology Nursing Press, Pittsburgh 
- Associate Editor, Regional Cancer Treatment, Forum Medizin, Grafelfing, Germany 
- International Advisory Board, Journal of Istituto Nazionale per lo Studio e la Cura deiTumori, Milan, Italy 

Editorships 
- Associate Editor, Journal of Hepato Pancreatico Biliary Surgery, Harwood Academic Publishers, London. 
- Scientific Advisor, Oncology Nursing Forum, Oncology Nursing Press, Pittsburgh. 
- Associate Editor, Regional Cancer Treatment, Forum Medizin, Grafelfing, Germany. 
- International Advisory Board, Istituto Nazionale per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori, Milan, Italy 

He is author of over 400  scientific articles, reports and books.