“There and Back Again.”  Born and raised on Red and Green Chile in Las Cruces, NM, he graduated as a die-hard NMSU Aggie in 1997 and was blessed with an USAF scholarship to attend medical school at Creighton University in Omaha, NE.  He eventually transferred to and graduated from East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, TN in May 2002.  He served on active duty at Dyess AFB in Abilene, TX, followed by his Internal Medicine Residency through the UNC Moses Cone Hospital program in Greensboro, NC.   Practicing for 16 years in Pinehurst, NC, before leaping back into school to complete a Master's in Healthcare Administration at UNC Chapel Hill in Dec 2024.   Life then led him to Cleveland, OH, where he has been practicing for the last 4 years.  During this time, he was blessed with four children, a phenomenal fiancé who is now a successful attorney, his eldest child, a recent graduate from UNC Chapel Hill, and the youngest, about to start preschool.

Blessed is an understatement. He continues to serve in the USAFR and spends his free time with his family, most of it outdoors, and is otherwise obsessed with fitness, history, museums, and delicious ethnic cuisine.

He is thrilled to join the team at Saguaro Medicine and looks forward to visiting his family more often in Las Cruces, NM.