Provides Testimony In
colon cancer, rectal cancer, colorectal cancer, colon surgery, colorectal surgery,colonoscopy, inherited colon cancer, anal diseases, hemorrhoids, colon, rectum, rectal
EDUCATION:
- University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, December, 1992
- University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Doctor of Medicine, 1999
- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Residency in General Surgery, 1999 to 2004
- The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Fellowship in Head and Neck Surgical Oncology 2004 to 2005
- The Western Pennsylvania Hospital/Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Fellowship in Colon and Rectal Surgery, 2005 to 2006
BOARD CERTIFICATION:
- National Boards, Parts I-III, Completed 2000
- American Board of Surgery, General Surgery, March 23, 2005, Recertified December, 2014
- American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Colorectal Surgery, Recertified May, 2016
MEDICAL LICENSURE:
- Texas, February, 2005
- Tennessee, February, 2006
HOSPITAL AND FACILITY APPOINTMENTS
- St Thomas Midtown Hospital, Nashville, TN
- Centennial Hospital, Nashville, TN
- Decatur County Regional Hospital, Parsons, TN
- St Thomas Midtown Surgery Center, Nashville, TN
- Centennial Surgery Center, Nashville, TN
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND ACTIVITIES
- Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
- Fellow of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons
- American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, Healthcare Economic Committee, Member 2007 to Present
- American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, Healthcare Economics Committee, Vice-Chairman 2013 to 2017
- American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, Standards Committee, 2010 to 2014
- American Medical Association, Advisor to the Current Procedural Technology (CPT) Committee
- Tennessee Medical Association, Member, 2006 to Present
- Tennessee Medical Association, Insurance Issues Committee, Member 2007 to 2015
- Tennessee Medical Association, Membership Committee, 2011 to 2012
- BlueCross Payer Simplification Advisory Panel, 2013 to 2015BlueCross Physician Services Advisory Panel, 2014 to 2015
- Nashville Academy of Medicine, Member 2006-2015
- Nashville Academy of Medicine, Membership Committee, Chairman 2012-13
- Nashville Academy of Medicine, Board of Directors, 2012-2015
- Nashville Academy of Medicine, Treasurer 2015
- Lynch Syndrome International, Board Member, 2013-Present
- Collaborative Group of the Americas on Inherited Colorectal Cancer, Member 2007-Present
- International Society for Gastrointestinal Hereditary Tumors (InSiGHT), Member 2010-Present
- University of Tennessee College of Medicine Alumni Council, Member 2014-2015
- Tennessee Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Secretary/Treasurer 2014-Present
- St Thomas Midtown Hospital Surgical Advisory Committee, 2015 to Present
- St Thomas Midtown Hospital Clinical Event Oversight Committee, 2012 to 2015
- St Thomas Midtown Hospital Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP) Surgeon Champion, 2012-2014
- St Thomas Midtown Hospital Medical Ethics Committee, 2009-2014
- St Thomas Midtown Hospital Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, 2008 to 2015
- St Thomas Midtown Hospital Clinical Resource/Utilization Management Committee, 2008-2014
- St Thomas Midtown Hospital Medical Staff President Nominating Committee, 2007
- St Thomas Midtown Hospital Infection Prevention Committee, 2006-2009
- St Thomas Midtown Hospital Cancer Registry Quality Review Coordinator, 2006-07
- Alive Hospice Medical Ethics Committee, 2009-2013
- St. Thomas Colorectal and GI Update Co-Course Director 2008 – Current
PROFESSIONAL PEER REVIEW
Diseases of the Colon and Rectum, Associate Editor, 2014 – Present
Star Reviewer, 2019
- World Journal of Colorectal Surgery, Invited Manuscript Reviewer, 2014-15
- Diseases of the Colon and Rectum, Invited Manuscript Reviewer, 2012 – Present
- Annals of Surgery, Invited Manuscript Reviewer, 2019 – Present
LABORATORY RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
- Thompson Cancer Survival Center, Knoxville, Tennessee, May, 1991 to August, 1991. Preceptor: Bergein F. Overholt, M.D.
HONORS
- Vitals Top Doctor 2014-2019
- Vitals On-time Award 2014-2019
- Castle-Connolly Top Doctors 2013-2019
- Vitals Patients Choice Award 2012-2019
- Vitals Compassionate Doctor Recognition 2012-2019
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
LECTURES TO HOSPITAL, STAFFS, LAY GROUPS
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