General Info

Dr. Rayfield began his surgical career in Dallas, Texas. While in college at the University of California, San Diego, he was offered the opportunity to do research focused on burn injuries under the famous Dr. Charles Baxter, a president and founder of the American Burn Association at Parkland Hospital in Dallas, Texas. He then graduated from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas in 1979. Dr. Rayfield completed a five-year general surgery residency at New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center in New York City, which included major rotations at Sloan Kettering Memorial Hospital. Following his general surgery residency, Dr. Rayfield spent two years overseas, serving as a general surgeon in the Navy. He traveled extensively throughout Japan, Thailand, and the Phillippines and was able to complete Naval Aviation Physiology training and the Combat Casualty Care Course, as well as receive an “expert” rating in marksmanship.