An honor graduate of the University of Texas at Arlington, Dr. Tucker received his doctorate from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas. He completed an internship and residency at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio and a fellowship in Hematology-Oncology at the Boston University Medical Center.

A clinical researcher, Dr. Tucker is board certified in Internal Medicine and Oncology. Dr Tucker is a private practitioner with Southwest Regional Cancer Center in Austin. He has been listed twice in the National Guide to Top Doctors and is currently listed in Texas Monthly’s Super Doctors. He performed the first autologous stem cell transplant for cancer therapy in Central Texas. He is a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, and the American Society of Hematology. He is actively involved on the staff of area hospitals and is chairman of the Quality Assurance Committee at St. David’s Hospital. He is married and has three children.