University of California Berkeley (B.A. 1958)
Stanford University School of Medicine (M.D. 1962)
Harvard University School of Medicine (Hon.) (M.A. 1989)
Intern and Junior Resident, 5th Surgical Service, Boston City Hospital, Boston (1962-1964)
Surgeon, U. S. Public Health Service, Surgical Associate, NHI, Bethesda, MD (1964-1966)
Resident and Chief Resident in Surgery, Univ of CA, San Francisco (1966-1969)
Resident and Chief Resident in CT Surgery, Stanford Univ School of Med. (1969-1971)
Chief, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital (1987-2005)
Hubbard Professor of Cardiac Surgery, Harvard Medical School (2000)
Editor, Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (2007)