Dr. Ferriss is a multi-talented individual. In addition to graduating as one of North Carolina State University's Valedictorians, Dr. Ferriss sang in an a capella singing group. In fact, he has managed to find a singing group everywhere he goes, including the Jacksonville Symphony Chorus, which he sang with during his Fellowship at the University of Florida Health Sciences Center. Dr. Ferriss has also volunteered as a physician during the wildfires in 1998 while he was at Shands Hospital in Gainesville, and as a volunteer instructor for atherosclerosis and AIDS education programs while he was at Wake Forest.