Tony grew up in a military family on the East Coast. He joined the United States Marine Corps directly out of high school, completing infantry school at Camp Lejeune. He was stationed with the 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines, serving as squad leader. After military service, Tony returned to school, enrolling at Skyline Junior College in San Bruno, California then transferring to the University of California, Davis where he earned a degree in Biochemistry. He went on to medical school at the University of California, Irvine, earning his degree in medicine in 2000. He then returned to Northern California to complete his internship and residencies in general and thoracic surgery at Stanford, including Chief Residencies in Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery and Chief Resident in Thoracic Transplant. Throughout his tenure at Stanford, he received numerous awards including the Jon Henry Smith, lll, M.D., “Outstanding Surgical Resident of the Year” Award in 2007 and the Western Thoracic Surgical Association, Norman E. Shumway Award in 2009. Tony is a Hoag Cardiothoracic Surgeon and holds several leadership positions at Hoag’s Jeffrey M. Carlton Heart & Vascular Institute including Co-Director, Hoag Cardiovascular Surgery; Director, Hoag Aortic Center; and Newkirk Family Endowed Chair in Aortic Care. Tony and his wife Jennifer reside in Newport Beach with their children Tyler and Kate.