Faculty & Staff
Personal
Date of birth: August 28, 1960
Birthplace: Okmulgee, Oklahoma
Children: Holly & Drew
Certification
1999
Board Certification in Pediatrics granted by the American College of Osteopathic Pediatricians after successfully completing the pediatric board examination.
2007
Board re-certification by the American College of Osteopathic Pediatricians
Education
1996-1999
- Internship/Residency
Completed an American Osteopathic Association approved pediatric emphasis internship and pediatric residency at Tulsa Regional Medical Center. Publishable research papers were submitted on The Indications for Tonsillectomy in the Pediatric Patient as an intern, and Sinusitis in the Pediatric Population as a senior resident.
1997-1999
- Instructor for Pediatric Advanced Life Support and Neonatal Advanced Life Support.
1993-1996
- D.O. (Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine)
OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine, Tulsa, OK
Employment
2006 - present
- Vice-chair, Department of Pediatrics
Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences, Tulsa, OK
2003-present
- Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences
Duties include pediatric training of medical students, interns and residents, as well as direct patient care, minor procedures including circumcision and laceration repair and hospital rounds. Duties also include lecturing, case preparation and presentation, research and publishing.
2000-2003
- Clinical Associate Professor
Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine
and Oklahoma University College of Medicine
- I instructed group sessions of manual medicine for the second year students of OSU COM 4 hours weekly. I also took students, interns and residents in my office for preceptorship training including core pediatric rotation for OSU COM medical students.
2003
- Provided temporary contract medical services to Aventis Bioservices working nights and weekends as a clinic physician.
1999-2003
- Private practice Pediatrics - Springer Clinic Pediatric Urgent Care (20-40 hrs. per month)
Professional Affiliations
1999-present
- Fellow of the American Academy of Osteopathic Pediatricians
(membership beginning in 1997)
1996-present
- Member of the American Osteopathic Association
- Member of the Oklahoma Osteopathic Association
- Member of the Tulsa Osteopathic Medical Society
- Staff privileges - OSU Medical Center (formerly TRMC)
- Courtesy privileges - Southcrest Medical Center and Hillcrest Medical Center
Committees and Professional Services
2006-present
- Vice-Chair - Department of Pediatrics
2005-present
- Appointed to OSU Institutional Review Board
- Appointed Chair of the Women’s and Children’s Service Line of Tulsa Regional Medical Center
- Appointed Medical Advisor of the Tulsa Area Immunization Coalition
- Appointed to the Public Awareness Committee of the Oklahoma Osteopathic Association
2005
- Served on Academic Appeals Committee
2004-present
- Chairman of the department of Pediatrics at TRMC
2004
- Served as chairman on search committee for Chairman of the
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Presented with the National Leadership Award by the National
Republican Congressional Committee by Congressman Tom DeLay,
Majority Whip
Teaching and Educational Activities
2007
- Presented a 1 hour presentation to the OSU family medicine residents on Current Immunization Recommendations
2006
- Presented updated lecture series to 2nd year medical students on Pediatric Well Child Visit and, Developmental Milestones
2005
- Presented a lecture series to the 2nd year medical students at OSU-CHS on Pediatric Well Child Check-ups
2004
- Authored a protocol for sedation analgesia for pediatric MRIs
- Presented 3 hour lecture series with powerpoint and discussion to the OSU Family Medicine Residents for their Academic Afternoon titled Respiratory Illnesses in the Pediatric Patient
2003-present
- Service as preceptor for resident journal club and Academic Afternoon on a rotating basis
- Service as fulltime pediatric attending physician for 3rd and 4th year medical students, interns, and residents in hospital and out-patient clinic
- Presented 1 hour lecture to staff and medical students with Powerpoint presentation entitled Asthma in the Pediatric Patient
2003
- Attended Osteopathic Medical Education Conference on Competency-based curriculum
1999-2002
- Spent 4 hours weekly in OMM lab providing hands-on instruction including didactics to 1st and 2nd year medical students
Publicity and Speaking Engagements
2006
- September (airing dates)
Interviewed by ABC's 'Primetime' on Morgellons Disease.
Interviewed by NBC's Dateline on Morgellons Disease.
- March (publication date)
Interviewed for
Psychology Today magazine on Morgellons Disease.
2005
- September
Presented a lecture series on immunizations to the School Nurses Organization of Oklahoma for the Tulsa Area Immunization Coalition.
- May
Authored a script of Tick-borne illness in Oklahoma and filmed "Medical Minute" with Denise Brewer, anchorwoman with KTUL-Channel 8 which aired on several segments of the KTUL-Channel 8 news.
- January
Authored a script on RSV and filmed "Medical Minute" with Denise Brewer, anchorwoman with KTUL-Channel 8 which aired on several segments of the KTUL-Channel 8 news.
2004
- September
Interview published in Tulsa World on Respiratory Syncycial Virus Bronchiolitis.
- August
Guest speaker by request for The Tulsa Area Chapter of Play Therapists. The hour lecture with powerpoint presentation was entitled ADHD Medication in the Pediatric Patient.
2003
- September
Invited to speak to the Gfted and Talented Class for Bixby Public Highschool. The subject of the hour long lecture was
Education for Success and included audience interaction.
- May
Interview published in the Tulsa World on Healthy Breakfast For Children.
Research
- Subinvestigator in Safety and Efficacy of Pentavalent Human-Bovine Rotavirus Vaccine in Healthy Infants.
- Subinvestigator in A Comparison of the Safety, Tolerability, and Immunogenicity of M-M-R II Manufactured from the 2003 Measles Stock Seeds with Recombinant Human Albumin versus Currently Licensed M-M-R II Manufactured from the 1967 Measles Stock Seeds with Human Serum Albumin In Healthy Children 12 to 18 Months of Age.
- Subinvestigator in Study of Environmental Safety Education in the Pediatric Population. – an AAP Study.
- Safety & Immunogenicity of Fluzone Influenza Virus Vaccine (2005-2006 Formulation) Among Healthy Children 6 to 12 Weeks of Age.
- Primary investigator and author of a study to determine the therapeutic effects of Osteopathic Manual Medicine on Pediatric Asthma Patients. This Study has been submitted to the IRB and returned with recommendations. I am currently attempting to recruit students and house staff to assist with the continuation of this study.
Publications
- Authored a case study included in an article published by one of my associates in the JAOA on Sinusitis in the Pediatric Patient.
Continuing Medical Education
2006
- Fall AOA and ACOP Conference in Las Vegas - October
- Sat for board recertification
2005
- Mississippi Osteopathic Medical Association Annual Medical Conference - June.
2004
- AOA and ACOP Annual Convention & Scientific Seminar in San Francisco - November.
2003
- OEA Conference in Chicago - September.
- OSU-CHS Annual Sports Medicine Medical Education Conference - Spring.
- OOA Annual Convention at Shangri La resort - April.
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