Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland

Education: B.A. and M.D., University of Kansas; Internship, Residency and Nephrology Fellowship, Michael Reese Hospital, University of Chicago

Faculty Appointments: University of Chicago, New York Medical College, University of Illinois, and Professor of Medicine at Texas Tech University School of Medicine

Military Service: U.S. Navy, Hospital Corpsman

Arrival in Las Vegas: 1996

Clinical Interests: Renal failure, dialysis, and renal pathophysiology

Extracurricular Activities: music, literature, poetry, old movies, backpacking, rock climbing, tennis, elk hunting and marathon running. Has authored the book, The Healing Snake: Cultural Roots of Scientific Medicine from Antiquity to the 19th Century and is currently engaged in writing his first great American novel.