Brigadier General (Air National Guard), USAF, Ret.; Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, 1989; Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1990; Experimental Flight Test Engineer Course, U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School, 1995; Doctor of Medicine, University of Illinois, 2004; Master of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 2012; Nonrated Officer Aircrew/Flight Test Developmental Engineer/Medical Corps; semi finalist in NASA groups 17 and 21 selection; currently Assistant to the Command Surgeon, Air Mobility Command (AMC/SG), HQ AMC, Scott AFB