B.S., Physics, University of Pittsburgh, 1968 M.D., School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, 1972 Residency, and Internship, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, 1975 Other, Research Fellow under Albert I. Winegrad, M.D., George S. Cox Medical Research Institute, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 1977 Other, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia , JDF Fellowship under Lester Baker, M.D., 1978  
Research Interests:
He is a consultant for the biochemical genetics laboratory of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He is a member of an analytical chemistry group developing novel biomolecular sensors. The group is currently working on both an ammonia sensor and phenylalanine sensor for point of care use in the home setting.