Born: Chicago, Ilinois.

Married with two children.

Medical School: Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois 1981.

Internship: Tucson Hospitals Medical Education Program, Tucson, AZ 1981-1982.

Residency: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (including Chief Resident) 1982-1985.

Founded Tucson Eye Physicians, P.L.L.C. in 1987.

Sold Tucson Eye Physicians in 2007 and was an employee of the Practice until I resigned on May 26th 2014.

Currently, I am the longest standing President of a county board of health in the U.S. (Pima County Board of Health)