Specialty:

Surgery (General, Thoracic & Vascular)

Education:

Bachelor of Sciences
Auburn University
Auburn, Alabama 1971

Doctor of Medicine
University of Alabama School of Medicine
Birmingham, Alabama 1974

Residency:

Residency in Surgery
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 1975-1980

Licensure:

Alabama #9238

Specialty Certifications:

American Board of Surgery Board Certified

Hospital Staff Appointments:

Academic Appointments:

Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery
College of Community Health Services
University of Alabama School of Medicine
Tuscaloosa, Alabama 1981-1986

Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Surgery
College of Community Health Services
University of Alabama School of Medicine
Tuscaloosa, Alabama 1986-present

Member of American College of Surgeon
Committee on Trauma 1986-present

Member of American College of Surgeon
Committee on Cancer 1986-present

Medical Director - Trauma Services
DCH Regional Medical Center 1986-present

EMS Board 1986-present
EMS Board Chairman 1997-resent

Cancer Liason - American College of Surgeons 1986-present

Board of Directors
Tuscaloosa County Health Department 1986-present

Board of Censors
Tuscaloosa County Medical Society
1987-1992 (Chairman 1991-1992)

Board Member, Hospice, 1987-1992

Board Member, Good Samaritan Clinic 1998-present

Medical/Surgical Society:

1980-present - American Medical Asociation

1980-present - Medical Association of Alabama

1980-present - Tuscaloosa County Medical Society

1980-present - Nathan A. Womack Surgical Society

Fellow Member, Southern Medical Association

Fellow, American College of Surgery

Professional Societies:

Member of Omicron Delta Kappa
(Leadership Honorary)

Phi Kappa Phi
(Scholastic Honorary)

Phi Kappa Tau

Published Contributions To
Medical & Surgical Literature:

Journal of Clinical Surgery
"Indications for Tracheotomy in Patients with Thyroid Cancer".