Dr. Scheker graduated from the University of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and received his postgraduate training in plastic and reconstructive surgery with the University of Glasgow in Scotland.

He served as a Christine M. Kleinert Hand Fellow for one year in 1982 and then as a Research Fellow with the Louisville Institute for Hand and Microsurgery. Dr. Scheker is currently assistant clinical professor of Surgery (Plastic and Reconstructive) at the University of Louisville.

Dr. Scheker's special interests include microvascular reconstruction, congenital anomalies and the distal radio-ulnar joint.