Dr. Pace is a graduate of Southern Methodist University and completed medical school at Tulane University. He completed his surgical internship in New York City at Bellevue Hospital. He was also a surgical research fellow at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital and Harvard Medical School. This was followed by a surgical residency at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, where he trained at Hermann Hospital, the Texas Heart Institute and The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.He completed his hand and microvascular surgical fellowship at the University of Colorado in Denver. Dr. Pace is board certified in hand surgery by the American Board of Surgery.