EDUCATION:

Undergraduate: Vanderbilt University 1975-1979
Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering Summa Cum Laude

Medical: Southwestern Medical School 1979-1983 Doctor of Medicine

Internship and Residency: University of Texas Health Science Center at Dallas Internal Medicine, 1983-1986

BOARD CERTIFICATION:

Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine, 1986
Critical Care Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine , 1991

Certified Diabetes Educator, 1990

PROFESSIONAL:

Professional Activities:

>> Short Term Medical Missions as a student in Monrovia, Liberia, summer, 1982

>> Short Term Medical Missions in western Nepal, September 1986-August 1987

>> Practice of Internal Medicine and Critical Care Medicine, Augusta, Georgia, 1987-present

>> Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at Medical College of Georgia, 1988-present

>> Outpatient Resident Education for Medical College of Georgia 1996, with ongoing involvement with medical student outpatient education 1997

>> Awards and Honors: National Merit Scholar, 1975

>> Summa Cum Laude graduate, Vanderbilt University, 1979

>> Tau Beta Pi, Engineering Honor Society, Vanderbilt University, 1977

>> Alpha Omega Alpha, Southwestern Medical School, 1983

Community Activities:

>> Board of Trustees, First Presbyterian Church, 1993-1994

>> Board of Directors of AGAPE Inner City Ministry, 1989-1993

>> Board of Directors, Summer Medical Institute, 1995-present

>> Served in Volunteer North Philadelphia Summer Vaccination Project, 1995

>> Developed Lay Medical Advisor Outreach for Care Pregnancy Center and continue ongoing work with center activities

>> Industrial Physician, Columbia Nitrogen, 1987- present

>> YMCA under 8 and under 10 girls soccer coach, 1996,1997

>> Teacher, Lay Bible Institute, First Presbyterian Church, 1989-present

Hobbies:

Coaching girls soccer, reading