Family Practice Expert Witness

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Expert Witness No.749

Georgia

Education

1957 – 1961 High School Diploma: John McEachern High School, Powder Springs, Georgia

1961 – 1965 Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Science Concentration, cum laude:
Mercer University, Macon, Georgia

1965 – 1969 Doctor of Medicine (M.D.): Medical College of Georgia, Augusta,Georgia

1969 – 1970 Internship (Rotating 0): Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii

1973 – 1975 Family Medicine Residency: Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia

Board Certification

1975 Diplomat, Board Certification, American Board of Family Practice

1981, 1987,1994 Recertification American Board of Family Practice

1996 ECGEXAM of the American College of Cardiology

Professional

U.S. Army Medical Corps:

1970 ENT Clinic Tripler Army Hospital (One Month)

1970 – 1971 Outpatient Clinic and Emergency Room, Fort Gordon, Georgia

1971 – 1972 Battalion Surgeon Drug Treatment Center, Republic of South Vietnam,
Final Rank: Major

1972 – 1973 Outpatient Clinic and Emergency Room, Fort Gordon, Georgia

Public Health Planning and Well Baby Clinics:

1975 – 1976 Washington, Georgia

1974 – 1979 Augusta, Georgia

Family Medicine

1973 – Present Family Medicine Center, Department of Family Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia

1985 – 1997 Student Health Clinic, Medical College of Georgia

1989 – Present Associate Director and/or Attending, Georgia War Veterans Nursing Home

1997 – Present SOURCE and Geriatrics Clinic, Medical College of Georgia Rural Health Clinics

1982 – 1997 Tri County (Warrenton, Crawfordville, Gibson, Georgia)

1985 Lincolnton, Georgia

Current Medical License

Georgia Qualifications:

1) Georgia State Boards, 1969

2) National Board of Medical Examiners, 1970

Hospital Appointments:

1975 – Present Medical College of Georgia Hospital and Clinics

Academic Appointments

1975 – 1976 Instructor, Department of Family Medicine, Medical College of Georgia

1976 – 1981 Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Medical College of Georgia

1981 – Present Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Medical College of Georgia

1982 Granted Tenure

Administrative Responsibilities/Appointments

Departmental:

Acting Director, Student Health Service, Medical College of Georgia, 1988

Assistant Director, Resident Curriculum Unit, Department of Family Practice, Medical College of Georgia, 1977 1979

Acting Director, Resident Curriculum Unit, Department of Family Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, 1977

Continuing Medical Education:

Co director with George Scipione, Ph.D., Annual Winter Institute on Biblical Counseling and Medicine, San Diego, CA, 1992 1994

Director, Medical Care in Crisis: A Biblical Approach, Pittsburgh, PA, 1990

Director, Sexual and Ethical Conflicts in Modern Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 1990

Director, The Sanctity of Life: What Cost and Sacrifice, Atlanta, GA, 1989

Director, Back to Basics: Building Biblical Foundations for Medical Ethics, Birmingham, AL, 1988

Director, Issues at the Beginning and End of Life, Augusta, GA, 1987

Co director with Hubert Merchant, D.M.D., Predictive and Preventive Medicine, 1979,1982

Co director with Glen Garrison, M.D., Family Practice Symposium, 1981 1985, 1987 to present

Editorial Reviewer:

Drug Intelligence and Clinical Pharmacy, 1983

Family Medicine, 1980 1983

Editor

Journal of Biblical Ethics in Medicine, 1996 present

Board of Governors

Journal of Biblical Ethics in Medicine, 1987 present

Committee Assignments

National:

Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Task Force on Sports Medicine, 1980

Christian Medical Society, Southeastern Delegate, 1984 1985

Christian Medical Society Ethics Commission, 1984 1990

Coalition on Revival Chairman, Medicine Section, 1985 1990 Steering Committee, 1985 1990

Heroic Measures Committee, Presbyterian Church in America, 1985 1988
Chairman, 1988

State:

Medical Association of Georgia Committee on Medicine and Human Values - 1985 1988

Medical College of Georgia:

Search Committee: Chairman, Department of Family Medicine, 1975 1976

LCME Committee for Evaluation of Data Base in Continuing Medical Education, 1977

Faculty Senate, 1978 1980, 1980 1982

Ad Hoc Committee on Continuing Education, appointed by the Executive Committee of the Academic Council, 1983

Medical College of Georgia LCME Subcommittee on Continuing Medical Education 1987

Search Committee for Student Health Director, 1988

LCME Committee on Continuing Medical Education 1993

Medical College of Georgia Hospital and Clinics

Medical Records Committee, 1977 1979

Utilization Review Committee, 1976 1987

Nutrition Committee, 1984

Family Medicine Department:

Resident Admissions Committee, 1976 1977

Chairman's Advisory Council, 1976 1979

Chairman, Resident Curriculum Committee, 1976 1979

Behavioral Science Curriculum Advisory Committee, 1977 1978

Resident Curriculum Committee, 1980 1982

Chairman, Appointment, Promotions, and Tenure Committee, 1983 1985

Phase III Core Clerkship in Family Medicine 1983 1986

Appointment, Promotions and Tenure Committee 1986 1987

Search Committee Department Manager 1985

Chairman, Long Range Planning Committee 1987 1988

Awards/Honors

Blue Key Society (Scholastic), Mercer University, 1965

Cum Laude Graduate, Mercer University, 1965

Bronze Star, U.S. Army, Republic of South Vietnam, 1971

Chief Resident, Family Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, 1974 1975

Fellow, American Academy of Family Physicians, 1976

Scientific and Professional Societies

American Academy of Family Physicians, 1973 – 1990

American Medical Association, 1975 1986

Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, 1989 Present

Christian Medical and Dental Society, 1967 1993

Evangelical Theological Society, 1988 Present

Georgia Academy of Family Physicians, 1973 1990

Georgia Institute of Human Nutrition, 1980 1986

Medical Association of Georgia, 1975 1990, 1994 1995

National Association of Nouthetic Counselors, 1980 Present

Richmond County Medical Society, 1975 1990, 1994 1995

Society of Health and Human Values, 1980 1985

Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, 1975 1986

Southern Medical Association, 1970 – 1989

Presentations

Available upon Request

Publications

Available upon Request

Teaching Activities

Resident:

Faculty Attending (on rotating basis) Family Medicine Center, 1975 Present

Family Medicine Inpatient Service, 1975 1984

Newborn Nursery, 1978 1981

University Hospital Extended Care Facility, 1976 1978

Morning Report, 1976 1984

Community Medicine, 1979 1981

Tri County Clinics (Rural) 1982 1997

Other:

Noon Conference Presentations (see Teaching Presentations)
Consultant, V.A. Hospital, 1976 1982

ECG Interpretation, 1975 Present

Resident Orientation, 1976 present

Predictive/Preventive Medicine, 1980

Medical Student:

Phase I
Faculty Advisor 1983

Physical Diagnosis, 1977 1978, 1981 1982, 1984

Health What Is It and How Can It Be Maintained, 1977, 1979 1980
Diagnostic Anatomy In Family Practice, (3 presentations), 1977, 1978 Present

Phase II
Community Medicine, 1979 1983

Health What Is It and How Can It Be Maintained, 1977, 1979 1980

Physical Diagnosis II, 1977

Preventive Cardiology Academic Award, 1980 1982

Family Medicine, 1980

Phase III
ECG Interpretation, August 1977

Core Internal Medicine (Family Medicine Inpatient Service), 1979 Present

Problem Oriented Family Medicine, 1975 1978

Family Medicine Core Clerkship, Tri County and Lincolnton, 1982 Present

Allied Health:

Dental

Dental Enrichment, 1977 1982

Physical Diagnosis, 1975 1976

Graduate Medical Education: (see presentations)

Other:

Clinical Advisor, Student Educational Enrichment Program, Summer, 1979 1981,1985 present.