Dr. Stratis graduated from Johns Hopkins University in 1975 with a B.A. in Biology. He then performed graduate work at Fairleigh Dickenson University in Teaneck, New Jersey before being admitted to St. George’s University School of Medicine in Grenada, West Indies. After 2 years at St. George’s, he transferred to the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and graduated in 1982 with a medical degree. Dr. Stratis completed a general surgery residency at the Medical College of Pennsylvania and a two-year residency in plastic and reconstructive surgery at the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.