Specialization:

Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery

Education and Training

High School:

Memphis Central High School Graduated June, 1965

College:

Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN 1965-68

Memphis State University Memphis, TN 1968-69 B.S.

Medical:

University of Tennessee Center for Health Sciences Memphis, TN 1970-73 M.D.

Post Graduate Training:

Internship:

City of Memphis Hospital Memphis, TN 1973-74

Residency:

General Surgery Methodist Hospital Memphis, TN 1974-75

Otolaryngology University of Tennessee Center for Health Sciences Memphis, TN 1975-78

Associations and Affiliations

Professional:

• Memphis & Shelby County Society of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery


• Memphis & Shelby County Medical Society


• Tennessee Medical Association


• American Medical Association


• American Academy Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery


• American Academy of Facial Plastic Reconstructive Surgery - Fellow - 1987


• American College of Surgeons, Fellow - 1982 American Board of Otolaryngology - 1978

Hospital:

• Methodist Hospitals (Active)


• Baptist Memorial Hospitals (Active)


• Le Bonheur Children's Hospital (Active)


• St. Francis Hospital (Active)


• Le Bonheur East Surgery Center


• Methodist Germantown Surgery Center


• Methodist North Surgery Center

Professional Experience

• Private Practice: Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery - Began July, 1978 Ear, Nose and Throat Group, Inc.
  


• University of Tenn Dept of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery Clinical Instructor - 1978-87
  


• St. Francis Hospital Emergency Room Staff Committee - 1982-84


• St. Francis Hospital Cancer Committee 1984-1987


• Methodist North Hospital Staff Executive Committee - 1985-87


• Memphis & Shelby County Medical Society


• Medical Ethics Committee - 1983


• Membership Development Committee - 1984


• Long Range Planning Committee - 1987


• St. Francis Hospital Department of Surgery, Otolaryngology - Section Chief 1986-87


• University of Tennessee Department of Family Family Practice Clinical Instructor - 1988-93
  


• Memphis & Shelby County Society of Otolaryngology


• Head & Neck Surgery Secretary/Treasurer 1989-91 President 1991-93


• Baptist Hospital Executive Committee Department of Otolaryngology President - 1997-1999

Attended Medical Courses

• Head & Neck Anatomy and Clinical Otolaryngoloqy course University of Indiana Purdue University, Indianapolis, Indiana July, 1976


• Gemporal Bone Course - Ear Surgery, Baylor University, Dallas, Texas, September, 1977 Dr. Fred Owens


• Wyoming Post Graduate Allergy Course Jackson Hole, Wyoming - June, 1978 Dr. Russell Williams


• Otolaryngology Assembly Course Chicaog, Illinois, Abraham LIncoln University September 17-23, 1978


• House Ear Institute, Ear Surgery Course Los Angeles, California - January 18-21, 1984


• Endoscopic Sinus Surgery Course Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore, Maryland - July 10-12, 1986


• Fifth Microsurgery Course on Tympanoplasty & Stapedectomy - Professor Ugo Fisch, Zurich, Switzerland - September 22-25, 1986


• The Sixteenth Endoscopic Sinus Surgery Workshop Shadyside Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA December 5-7, 1993


• Laser Assisted Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty Vanderbil University Medical Center Department of Otolaryngology - August 30, 1994

Meetings

• Fifth International Otology Conference Bad Gaus, Austria - October 13-18, 1986


• Triologic Society Annual Meeting, Palm Beach, Florida 1976, 1978


• Third International Conference on Head, Neck & Facial Plastic Surgery New Orleans, Louisiana 1979


• Nasal Reconstructive Surgery University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN Spring, 1980


• American College of Surgeons ACS, Alabama Chapter Meeting - Mobile, Alabama 1981


• Mid-South Head & Neck Conference, University of Tennessee, College of Medicine - April 1995


• American Academy of Otolaryngology Managed Care Symposium, Chicago, Illinois - May 1995


• Advanced Rhinoplasty, American Academy of FP&RS Atlanta, Georgia - March 1996


• Phonosurgery Course Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee - May 1996


• Advanced Cardiac Life Support Baptist Hospital, Memphis, TN - June 1996


• Cottle International Rhinology Centennial Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - June 1997

Lectures

• Carcinoma of the Neck, Unknown Primary St. Francis Hospital Board April 25, 1985


• Carcinoma of the Larynx St. Francis Hospital Tumor Board July 24, 1986


• Diagnosis & Treatment of Sinusitis St. Francis Hospital - Family Practice Residency Conference December 23, 1986


• Endoscopic Sinus Surgery West Tennessee Society of Head & Neck Nurses St. Francis Hospital March 10, 1987


• Multidisciplinary Assessment and Treatment of Professional Voice Disorders The University of Chicago October 25-26, 1991


• Diagnosis and Treatment of Sinusitis Endoscopic Sinus Surgery Methodist North Hospital Conference April 1992, 1993