After completing his undergraduate degree at Yale, Dr. Elwood served in the Peace Corps as a secondary school science teacher trainer in the Republic of Togo, West Africa. He received his MD from the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, where he also completed a fellowship in anatomic pathology. He went on to complete both his general surgery residency and his fellowship in hepatobiliary surgery and liver transplantation at the Lahey Clinic Medical Center in Burlington, MA. Prior to joining Emory, Dr. Elwood served for over ten years as a general, hepatobiliary, and acute care surgeon at Kennestone Regional Medical Center, also completing terms as vice chair and chair of the Department of Surgery.