I began my musical odyssey as a young child watching the movie Toby Tyler. When the band started playing, I jumped up and started conducting the orchestra. I was hooked from then on. I graduated from the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati before I decided to pursue medicine. I attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Medical School and then completed a residency at Duke University Medical Center in anesthesia. I then moved to Dayton, Ohio and practiced for 25 years. After retiring I moved to Charlotte, North Carolina.

“I enjoy cooking, gardening, traveling and, of course, playing the piano.”