Clinical Psychology Pain Management Expert Witness

ACADEMIC AND CLINICAL TRAINING

• PH.D. Clinical Psychology Oklahoma State University 1985-1989
• M.S. Clinical Psychology Oklahoma State University 1985-1986
• M.Sc. Counseling Psychology Northeastern State University 1982-1984
• B.A. General Psychology Oral Roberts University 1976-1978
• Biofeedback Children’s Medical Center Tulsa, OK 1979-1981
• Counseling Psychology City of Faith Medical Center Tulsa, OK 1983-1984
• Clinical Psychology Dartmouth Medical School Hanover, NH 1988-1989

LICENSURE and CERTIFICATIONS

Independent License to Practice Clinical Psychology 7/11/90
S.C. STATE BOARD OF EXAMINERS IN PSYCHOLOGY, Columbia, SC

Diplomate in Clinical Psychology 12/18/95
AMERICAN BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGY, Columbia, MO

Fellow in Clinical Psychology 4/28/2010
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY, Columbia, MO

Listed in National Register of Health Service Provider in Psychology 12/90
NATIONAL REGISTER OF HEALTH SERVICE PROVIDERS, Wash., DC

Senior Fellow in Biofeedback 12/31/85
BIOFEEDBACK CERTIFICATION INSTITUTE OF AMERICA, Wheat Ridge, CO

Diplomate in Pain Management 12/2/91
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PAIN MANAGEMENT, Modesto, CA

EXPERIENCE

Senior Partner
Psychology Group, LLC
Florence, South Carolina
PRIVATE PRACTICE July 1990 – Present

• General practice of clinical psychology in multi-specialty mental health group
• Individual, marital and family psychotherapy
• Diagnostic and forensic evaluations
• Biofeedback and clinical psychophysiology
• Hospital consultations with medical/surgical patients

McLeod Family Medicine Residency Training Program (MUSC Community-based program)
McLEOD FAMILY MEDICINE CENTER
Florence, South Carolina
DIRECTOR of BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE July 89 – December 98

• Administration of behavioral science portion of residency curriculum
• Associate Professor of Family Medicine and Psychiatry
• Teaching and supervision of residents regarding interviewing skills, psychodynamics of psychosomatic illness, basic counseling, behavioral medicine, etc.
• Precepting residents in patient care activities (general health visits, Short Term Counseling Clinic, Coalition Clinic) and supervising medical students on Family Medicine clinical rotation
• Coordinating research component of curriculum

The Durant Center Clinic
PEE DEE COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL ASSAULT
Florence, South Carolina
CLINICAL DIRECTOR June 1994 – Dec 1995

• Conducted interactive forensic interviews with children suspected of being abused
• Provided court testimony in prosecuted cases of abuse
• Consulted with multi-disciplinary team (Law Enforcement, Medical, Social Services, etc.)

Department of Community and Family Medicine
DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER
Durham, North Carolina
FACULTY DEVELOPMENT FELLOW August 89 – May 91

• Completed faculty development training sequence
• Structured curriculum of four-day workshops offered in: Clinical Teaching Skills; Small Group
  and Lecture Skills; Administrative Skills: Power, Leadership and Authority; Problem Learning
• Situation Skills; Curriculum Design and Implementation; Advanced Academic Management Skills

Department of Psychiatry
DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL
Hanover, New Hampshire
FELLOW in PSYCHOLOGY July 88 – June 89

• Clinical activities in general clinical and behavioral medicine services
• General practice included psychotherapy, assessments and consultations
• Behavioral Medicine practice included psychophysiological assessments and treatments as well as consultations to medical/surgical staff

Psychological Services Center
OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY
Stillwater, Oklahoma
CHIEF PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATE August 86 – July 88

• Responsible for daily administration of clinic operations
• Supervised secretarial staff and entering practicum students
• Performed consultations with senior practicum students

PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATE August 85 – July 86

• Clinical practicum duties of individual, family/marital, and group psychotherapy and psychological assessments
• Performed emergency consultations with walk-in patients
• Received supervision in behavioral, psychodynamic, group, and interpersonal systems models

Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry
CITY OF FAITH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER
Tulsa, Oklahoma
COORDINATOR OF COUNSELING SERVICES
Jan 83 – Aug 85

• Responsible for overall administration of the service and for supervision of the support staff
• Conducted intakes for six staff psychologists
• Performed ongoing counseling with clinic and hospital patients
• Served as Chief Biofeedback Therapist providing biofeedback services in the clinics and hospital

Department of Electrophysiological Psychology
CHILDREN’S MEDICAL CENTER
Tulsa, Oklahoma
RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
June 79 – January 83

• Served as staff biofeedback therapist
• Coordinated enuresis treatment and cerebral palsy clinics
• Assisted the Director in daily management of the department

Career Planning and Placement
ORAL ROBERTS UNIVERSITY
Tulsa, Oklahoma
CAREER COUNSELOR
April 78 – June 79

• Counseled individuals and groups with career problems and decisions
• Coordinated weekly publication of job vacancy bulletin; JOBMART

CONSULTANTSHIPS

Chief Psychologist
August 89 – September 92; September 96 – Present
Pain Management Program, McLEOD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, Florence, SC

Consulting Psychological Associate
March – June 88
Private psychological practice of Dr. Horace C. Lukens, Jr., Tulsa, Oklahoma

Mediator in Landlord/Tenant Disputes
January – August 86
O.S.U. RENTER’S ADVISORY COUNCIL, Stillwater, Oklahoma

Consulting Psychological Associate
April – August 86
UNITED CLINICS OF COUNSELING, INC., Tulsa, Oklahoma

Consulting Biofeedback Specialist
November 82 – January 85
Pain Management Program, CITY OF FAITH HOSPITAL, Tulsa, Oklahoma

MEDICAL STAFF APPOINTMENTS

• McLeod Regional Medical Center (Psychology Staff)
  July 89 – Present
• Carolinas Hospital System (Consulting Staff)
  August 90 – Present
• HealthSouth Rehabilitation Center (Consulting Staff)
  March 92 – Present
• Wilson Clinic and Hospital (Psychology Staff)
  January 92 – Present
• Dartmouth-Hitchcock Memorial Hospital (House Staff)
  July 88 – June 89
• City of Faith Hospital (House Staff)
  Jan 83 – August 85

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Clinical Associate Professor, Departments of Family Medicine and Psychiatry
Dec 98 – Dec 08
Associate Professor, Departments of Family Medicine and Psychiatry
July 95 – Dec 98
Assistant Professor, Departments of Family Medicine and Psychiatry
July 89 – July 95
MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Charleston, SC

Lecturer on Psychopathology, Department of Psychology
Fall Quarter – 88
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE, Hanover, New Hampshire

Assistant Professor, Department of Pastoral Counseling
August 87 – June 88
ORAL ROBERTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY, Tulsa, Oklahoma

Instructor, Department of Psychology June 86 – June 88
OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY, Stillwater, Oklahoma

Psychology Instructor, Division of Liberal Arts
August 81 – May 85
TULSA JUNIOR COLLEGE, Tulsa, Oklahoma

Instructor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
May 84 – August 85
ORAL ROBERTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, Tulsa, Oklahoma

BOARD SERVICE

Elected Member – National Board of Directors
2012-2017
Secretary
2013-2017
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
Tampa, Florida

Chairman – Legislative Committee
2011-2013
Member – Legislative Committee
2010-2011
SOUTH CAROLINA PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
Columbia, South Carolina

Elected Member – National Board of Directors
2002-2005
CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDIES
New Braumfels, Texas

Sitting Member (Appointed by Governor)
1992 – 1996
Secretary
1993 – 1995
BOARD OF EXAMINERS IN PSYCHOLOGY OF THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
Columbia, South Carolina

National Board of Directors
1995-1998
BIOFEEDBACK CERTIFICATION INSTITUTE OF AMERICA
Denver, Colorado

Board of Directors – (Secretary/Treasurer) Elected Member
1992 – 1993
SOUTH CAROLINA ACADEMY OF PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGISTS
Columbia, South Carolina

Board of Directors – Governor Appointed Member
1990 – 1992
FOSTER CARE REVIEW BOARD, STATE GOVERNMENT OF SOUTH CAROLINA
Columbia, South Carolina

Board of Trustees – Elected Member
1989-1993; 1997-2002
THE KING’S ACADEMY
Florence, South Carolina

Steering Committee
1991-1993
THE McLEOD FAMILY INSTITUTE of the McLeod Regional Medical Center
Florence, South Carolina

Board of Directors – Solicited Member
1988 – 1989
UNITED DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES
Hanover, New Hampshire

Board of Directors – Elected Member
1982 – 1984
OKLAHOMA SOCIETY FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF BIOFEEDBACK
Tulsa, Oklahoma

COMMITTEES

Physician Health Committee, McLeod Hospital
2008- Present

Medical Staff Leadership Committee, McLeod Hospital
2006- 2011

Evaluation Committee, McLeod Family Medicine Residency Program
July 1989 – Dec 1998

S.C. Family Practice Research Consortium, S.C. AHEC System
June 1992 – Dec 1998

Healthcare Committee, S.C. Academy of Professional Psychology
Oct 1994 – Mar 1996

Ethics Committee, McLeod Regional Medical Center
May 1995 – May 1998

Carrier Advisory Committee, South Carolina Medicare
Jan – Dec 1995

Recertification Review Committee – Chair, BCIA
Jan 1996 – Sept 1998

Board Examination Item Review Committee, BCIA
Jan 1996 – Sept 1998

BCIA/AAPB Liaison Committee, BCIA
Jan 1996 – Sept 1998

Ethics Committee, BCIA
Jan 1997 – 2007

Sleep Center Operations Committee, McLeod Hospital
April 1996 – 2000

PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT

• Expanded solo private practice into a Psychology Group comprised of multiple psychologists and counselors.
• Implemented operation of the Short Term Counseling Clinic of the McLeod Family Medicine Residency Program; developed psychological component of the Durant Center Clinic of the Pee Dee Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence; started and edited quarterly family medicine newsletter, The Family Tree , created and administered McLeod Biofeedback Services, McLeod Regional Medical Center, Florence, SC.
• Hired to create, develop, and provide continuing administration for the first psychology service within the City of Faith Med and Research Center, Tulsa.
• Planned and implemented specialty clinic at Children’s Medical Center, Tulsa, to provide rehabilitative biofeedback therapy to patients with cerebral palsy, assisted in gaining grant monies to fund the clinic as a free service, and served as Coordinator of the project.
• Expanded enuresis treatment clinic of Children’s Med Ctr, Tulsa, to serve twice the number of patients; also expanded the program to include treatment of diurnal enuresis.
• Developed Career Planning Workshop series for the Oral Roberts Univ Career Counseling Service, Tulsa.

COMPETITION FELLOWSHIPS

U. S. Dept. of Education Indian Education Program doctoral training fellowships -’85 – ’89
American Psychological Association Minority Training Fellowships -’86 – ’88

GRANTS

Received:

• Site Coordinator, Women’s Cancer and Cardiovascular Control Project (CDC)-1996
• Division of Mental Health, American Medical Association – D.A.R.T. grant-1991
• Oklahoma Regents for Higher Education tuition grants-1985-1989
• Carrie Jacobi Educational Foundation grant-1988
• Regents Scholastic Merit Scholarship Grants-1976-1978

Reviewed:

• Grant Reviewer, USDE, National Institute on Disability and Rehab Research-1993 – 1995
• Grant Reviewer, American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation-1990 – 1999

HONORS and AWARDS

• ’97 Selected into Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare
• ’95 Received Faculty Recognition Award from McLeod Family Medicine Residency Prog.
• ’92 Selected into Who’s Who in the South and Southwest
• ’91 Selected into Men of Achievement, International Biographical Centre (United Kingdom)
• ’88 Selected into Psi Chi, National Honor Society in Psychology
• ’87 Selected into Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges
• ’84 Selected into Outstanding Young Men of America
• ’81 Received President’s Travel Award from the Biofeedback Society of America

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

• American Psychological Association-’77 – Present
• Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback-’79 – Present
• Christian Association for Psychological Studies-’81 – Present
• South Carolina Psychological Association-’89 – Present
  – Legislative Committee – 2010 – 2013
• South Carolina Academy of Professional Psychologists- ’89 – Present
  – Secretary/Treasurer-1992 term
• Association for the Advancement of Psychology -’89 – 1996
• Oklahoma Society for the Advancement of Biofeedback -’80 – ’86
• Oklahoma Psychological Association – ’77 – ’88
• Society of Teachers of Family Medicine – ’89 – 1998

EDITORIAL SERVICE

Manuscript and Book Reviewer-1990 – 1998
Journal of Family Practice

Editor- 1993 – 1998
The Family Tree – quarterly newsletter of the McLeod Family Medicine Center

Associate Editor: Practice and Professional Issues – 1995 – 1997
Guest Editor, Special Issue- 1995
Consulting Editorial Board- 1989 – 1995
Journal of Psychology and Christianity

Ad Hoc Reviewer 1992 – 1996
Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

Student Editorial Board 1981
Health Psychology

Editor 1978-1979
JobMart – monthly job opportunity publication (@3,000 circulation)

SCHOLARLY ACTIVITY

Publications, Paper and Poster Presentations, Symposia/Presentations, Workshops:
Available on full CV