Leonard D. Wright, Jr. M.D.

SPECIALIZATION

Otolaryngology; Head & Neck Surgery

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Medical School: University of Tennessee Graduated 1959

Post Graduate Training  

Internship: John Gaston Hospital Memphis, TN 1959-1960

Residency: Memphis Teaching Hosptials Memphis, TN

1960-1963

Private Practice: Otolaryngology Memphis, TN 1965

FELLOWSHIP

Board Certified November 12, 1965 American Board of Otolaryngology

American Academy of Ophthalmology & Otolaryngology 1967

American College of Surgeons 1968

American Academy of Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery 1985

ASSOCIATIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

Professional

Memphis & Shelby County Medical Society

Tennessee Medical Association

American Medical Association

Memphis Society of Otolaryngology

American Academy of Otolaryngology: Head & Neck Surgery

American College of Surgeons

Hospital

Methodist Hosptial, Memphis, TN Active

Baptist Hospital, Memphis, TN Junior

St. Francis Hosptial, Memphis, TN Active

LeBonheur East, Memphis, TN Active

MOST RECENTLY ATTENDED MEDICAL COURSES

Endoscopic Sinus Surgery Symposium 1995 Shady Side Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA

Medical-Dental-Legal Update 1995

Laser Assisted Uvulo Palatoplasty 1994 Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN .

Tennessee Academy of Otolaryngology -

Head & Neck Surgery, Memphis, TN 1994

LECTURES GIVEN

Endoscopic Nasal Sinus Surgery Methodist Hospital 1990 & 1992 Given to general public

 

Edgar R. Franklin, M.D.

SPECIALIZATION

Otolaryngology; Head & Neck Surgery

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

High School: Young High School, Knoxville, TN.

College: Carson Newman College, Jefferson City, TN B.S. Degree in Chemistry, with honors, 1956

Medical School: University of Tennessee at Memphis, Graduated March, 1960

Post Graduate Training  

Internship: Holston Valley Community Hospital, Kingsport TN. Completed in March, 1961

General Practice: Middlesboro, Kentucky, one year, April 1961 - June 1962

Internal Medicine: United Mine Workers of America, Wyse, VA. one year. July 1962 - June 1963

Residency: University of Tennessee, four years -Otolaryngology, completed in July, 1967

Private Practice: Otolaryngology, Memphis, Tennessee July 1967 - Present

Certification: Board Certified in Otolaryngology, 1971

Fellowship: American College of Surgeons in 1973

American Academy of Ophthalmology & Otolaryngology, 1972

American Academy of Ophthalmologic & Otolaryngology Allergy in 1978

ASSOCIATIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

Professional

Member of Memphis & Shelby County Medical Society

Tennessee Medical Association

American Medical Association

Memphis Society of Otolaryngology

Hospital

Baptist Memorial Hospital

Baptist Hospital Ambulatory Surgery Center Germantown

Le Bonheur East Ambulatory Surgery Center

LeBonheur Children's Medical Center

Methodist Hospitals

Methodist Hospital Ambulatory Surgery Center Germantown

St. Francis Hospital

Memphis Surgery Center

UNIVERSITY APPOINTMENTS

University of Tennessee Department of Otolaryngology, Clinical Assistant Professor

HONORS

Memphis Society of Otolaryngology - Past President - two terms

Methodist Hospitals, Department of Otolaryngology - Chairman - two terms

St. Francis Hospital, Department of Otolaryngology - Chairman - two terms

Memphis & Shelby County Medical Society, Treasurer

Memphis & Shelby County Medical Society, Secretary

Memphis & Shelby County Medical Society, Board of Directors

Tennessee Board of Audiology & Speech Pathology - two terms

 

Chester Allan Ruleman, Jr., M.D.

SPECIALIZATION

Otolaryngology; Head & 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

Residency: Otolaryngo logy Univerisyt 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

Carcinoma of the Larynx Tumor Board St. Francis Hospital February 1988

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

 

Christopher James Hall

SPECIALIZATION

Otolaryngology; Head & Neck Surgery

Education:

Undergraduate- Memphis State University, Memphis, TN—1988-1993 Bachelor of Fine Arts, summa cum laude, Cumulative GPA: 4.0 Major: Music: Concentration in Music Composition & Saxophone Performance Minor: Physical Science

Graduate- University of Memphis, Memphis, TN—1993 Degree Sought: Masters Health Administration, unfinished

Graduate- University of Tennessee, College of Medicine, Memphis, TN—1994-1998: Medical Doctorate

Post Graduate- Yale University New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT—1998-1999: Surgical Internship

Post Graduate- University of Tennessee, College of Medicine, Department of Otolaryngology, Memphis, TN—1999-2004: Otolaryngology Residency

Board Certification: American Board of Otolaryngology- Head & Neck Surgery

(June 1, 2005) Certificate number: 18823

Medical Licensure:

Tennessee 38419 (Issue Date: 2-9-04)

Arkansas E-4088 (Issue Date: 6-4-2004)

Academic Appointment:

University of Tennessee, Department of Otolaryngology- Head & Neck Surgery

Part-Time Instructor, 2006- current

Research Interests/ Presentations/ Publications:

Mirvis, David M.; Chang, CF; Hall, Christopher; Zaar, GT; Applegate, WB, “TennCare- Health System Reform in Tennessee,” JAMA, Oct 18, 1995, 274(15) p1235-41 Cost Shifting Under Managed Competition- A Study of Cost Shifting in Tennessee Hospitals Before and After Implementation of TennCare. Dept. of Preventative Medicine, University of Tennessee College of Medicine. (Unpublished)

Development of a capitation rate for Radplat: an organ preserving alternative to surgical management of head and neck cancers. (Unpublished) The Impact of TennCare on Utilization and Payor Mix of Elective Pedicatric Surgery (Submitted for publication)

Aural Tuberculosis Revisited: A Case Report and Review of the Literature Presented at the Edwin Cocke Symposium, 2002. Presented at Combined Otolaryngologic Spring Meeting Trilogic Society, 2004. Pharyngeal Barotrauma: a Firework Injury and review of the literature. Presented at 2003 Edwin Cocke Symposium. Presented Combined Section Meeting Trilogic Society, 2004.

Acute Mastoiditis: Mastoidectomy vs. Conservative Management. Presented Ed Cocke Symposium, 2004.

Grand Rounds:

Unilateral Vocal Fold Paresis

Nasal Septal Perforations

Laryngopharyngeal Reflux: Current Management and Controversies

Conservative Management of Vestibular Schwannoma

Schneiderian Papilloma

Orbitozygomatic Fractures

Cost-Benefit Analysis in Outcomes Research

Primary Osseous Neoplasms in the Head and Neck

Cleft Lip and Palate

Embryology of the Head and Neck

Honors/Awards:

Dean’s Award for Academic Excellence, 1993 (for one graduating senior in the college)

Dean’s Award for Creative Achievement, 1993 (for one graduating senior in the college)

Omicron Delta Kappa (leadership society), 1992

Phi Kappa Phi, 1993

University of Tennessee Annual Edwin Cocke Research Symposium 2nd Place Award for Research, 2000

University of Tennessee Annual Edwin Cocke Research Symposium Award for Outstanding Case Report, 2002

University of Tennessee Annual Edwin Cocke Research Symposium 2nd Place Award for Research, 2004

Courses

Otoplasty. American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Combined Spring Meetings, Las Vegas, Nevada, May 1, 2006.

Endoscopic Perorbital Rejuvination. American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Combined Spring Meetings, Las Vegas, Nevada, May 1, 2006.

Mid-Face/Lower Lid Rejuvenation. American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Combined Spring Meetings, Las Vegas, Nevada, May 1, 2006.

Anatomical Approach to Blepharoplasty. . American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Combined Spring Meetings, Las Vegas, Nevada, May 1, 2006.

Rhinoplasty. American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Combined Spring Meetings, Las Vegas, Nevada, May 1, 2006.

Rhinology. American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Combined Spring Meetings, Las Vegas, Nevada, May 1, 2006.

Reconstructive Issues. American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Combined Spring Meetings, Las Vegas, Nevada, May 1, 2006.

Soft Tissue Augmentation and Facial Skin Rejuvenation. American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Combined Spring Meetings, Las Vegas, Nevada, May 2, 2006.

Keynote Presentations, American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Combined Spring Meetings, Las Vegas, Nevada, May 2, 2006.

Alternative to Correct Mid-Face Ptosis. American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Combined Spring Meetings, Las Vegas, Nevada, May 2, 2006.

Managing Nasal Length. American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Combined Spring Meetings, Las Vegas, Nevada, May 2, 2006.

Fat Injections for Facial Rejuvenation. American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Combined Spring Meetings, Las Vegas, Nevada, May 2, 2006.

Periorbital Rejuvenation. American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Combined Spring Meetings, Las Vegas, Nevada, May 3, 2006.

Sculptural Rejuvenation of the Face. American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Combined Spring Meetings, Las Vegas, Nevada, May 3, 2006.

Minimally Invasive “Extreme Makeover.” American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Combined Spring Meetings, Las Vegas, Nevada, May 3, 2006.

Volumetric Rejuvenation of the Orbit. American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Combined Spring Meetings, Las Vegas, Nevada, May 3, 2006.

Suture Suspension Technique. American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Combined Spring Meetings, Las Vegas, Nevada, May 3, 2006.

Rhytidectomy and the Mid-Face. American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Combined Spring Meetings, Las Vegas, Nevada,May 4, 2006.

Endoscopic Periorbital Rejuvenation. American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Combined Spring Meetings, Las Vegas, Nevada, May 4, 2006.

Injectable Face Contouring. American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Combined Spring Meetings, Las Vegas, Nevada, May 4, 2006.

ExtraCurricular:

Music ministry on trips to Jamaica, England, Belgium, Tanzania, and Thailand.

Medical missions to Phillipines in 2002 and planned mission 11/2003 to perform cleft lip and cleft palate surgery.

Art of Medicine Student/Resident Organization.

Soloist and orchestra member, First Assembly of God Church, Memphis.

Occasional performance in the Memphis Symphony Orchestra

Sunday School teacher, First Assembly of God Church, Memphis

Memphis inner city community service at Dixie Homes and Hurt Village housing projects in association with Memphis Outreach

Visiting local elementary schools to teach music and perform

Visiting local elementary schools to speak and educate during Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week

Hobbies/Interests:

Music, writing, golf, squash, swimming, tennis, photography, and Vols and Steelers football.

 

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