• Murrah High School
  Jackson, MS
  Graduated 1966
   
• University of Tennessee
  Knoxville, TN
  B.S. Degree, 1970
   
• University of Mississippi
  Jackson, MS
  M.D. Degree, 1974

• Baylor University Medical Center
  Dallas, TX
  July 1, 1974 - June 30, 1979

• University of Tennessee Center for Health Science
  Memphis, TN
  July 1, 1979 - July 1, 1981

• Completed residency in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the University of Tennessee Center for Health Science on June 30, 1981.
• Partner in The Clinic of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery from 1981 – 2003.
• Started my Own private practice in 2003 to present

• Southeastern Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons - Member
• American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons - Member
• Shelby County Medical Society - Member
• Tennessee Medical Society - Member
• American Medical Association - Member
• American Burn Association - Member
• American College of Surgeons - Member
• University of Tennessee Center for Health Science
  Assistant Professor of Surgery
  Child Development Center
• LeBonheur Children’s Medical Center
  Former Director, Microvascular Laboratory
  Former Director, Pediatric Plastic Surgery
• Craniofacial Anomalies Clinic - Plastic Surgery
  Former Director

• General Surgery - Board Eligibile
• Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Board Certified 1983

• Outstanding Resident Award, 1981
  Southeastern Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
   
• Physician Recognition Award, 1982 - 1985
  American Medical Association
   
• Physician Recognition Award, 1985 - 1988
  American Medical Association

"Topical Vasodilator Therapy and Skin Flap Survival"
1981 Outstanding Resident Award Special Interest in Microvascular tissue transfer and survival of composite Tissue transfer

• LeBonheur Children’s Medical Center – Former Director of Pediatric Plastic Surgery
• Memphis Surgery Center
• LeBonheur East Surgery Center
• St. Francis Hospital
• Baptist Hospital – East, Germantown, Collierville, Desoto, Women’s Hospital
• Methodist Hospital – Central, Germantown, North
• Methodist North Surgery Center
• Germantown Methodist Surgery Center
• Delta Medical Center

• Tennessee Medical Association Meeting
  Nashville, TN, March 1980
   
• American Association of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
  Scottsdale, AZ, March 1980
   
• Southeastern Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
  White Sulphur Springs, WV, May 1980
   
• Myocutaneous Flap Workshop
  Norfolk, VA, June 1980
   
• American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
  New Orleans, LA, September 1980
   
• Plastic Surgery Senior Residents Conference
  Nashville, TN, March 1981
   
• Southeastern Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
  Sea Island, GA, May 1981
   
• Southeastern Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
  Bermuda, June 1982
   
• American Association of Plastic Surgeons
  Boston, MA, April 1983
   
• Southeastern Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
  Amelia Island, FL, May 1983
   
• Baylor University Medical Center, Department of Surgery Meeting
  Dallas, TX, October 1983
   
• Methodist Hospital Central Medical Seminar
  Breckenridge, CO, January 1984
   
• Southeastern Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
  Williams, VA, April 1984
   
• American Association of Orthopedic Surgeons: "Limb Reconstruction"
  Baton Rouge, LA, November 1984
   
• 35th Annual Congress of the Association of Operating Room Nurses, Inc.
  Dallas, TX, March 1988
   
• Lipoplasty Society of North America: "Lipoplasty Symposium"
  Las Vegas, NV, March 1988
   
• Plastic Surgery Education Symposium: "Refinements in Free Flap Surgery"
  New York, NY, May 1988
   
• Southeastern Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
  Kiawah Island, SC, June 1990
   
• Vanderbilt Plastic Surgery Symposium: "Ultrasonic Assisted Liposuction"
  Nashville, TN, March 1996
   
• American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons: "Horizons in Plastic Surgery"
  La Jolla, CA, January 1997
   
• American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons Annual Scientific Meeting
  • San Francisco, CA – September 1998
  • New Orleans, LA – October 1999
  • Los Angeles, CA – October 2000
  • Orlando, FL – October 2001
  • San Antonio, TX – October 2002
  • San Diego, CA – October 2003
  • Philadelphia, PA – October 2004
  • Chicago, IL – October 2005
  • San Francisco,Ca.-October 2006
     
• 38TH Annual Baker Gordon Symposium
  February 2004
   
• American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery,  Annual Scientific Meeting
  • New Orleans, LA, April 2005
  • Orlando, FL, April, 2006
  • New York, NY, April 2007
     
• Perspectives and Advances in Plastic Surgery,
  • Vail, CO, March 2006
  • Vail, CO, March, 2007
     

• "Advances in Reconstructive Surgery"
  Methodist Hospital Medical Seminar
  May 14, 1982
   
• "Vascularized Skin Flaps for Foot and Ankle Reconstruction"
  LeBonheur Children’s Medical Center Symposium
  October 9, 1982
   
• "Burns of Hands and Face"
  LeBonheur Department of Surgery
  December 15, 1982
   
• "Cleft Palate Surgery"
  Craniofacial Anomalies Conference, UTCHS, Memphis, TN
  January 26, 1983
   
• "John Andrew Wyeth"
  Presentation at Annual Meeting of Southeastern Society of Plastic and
  Reconstructive Surgeons, Amelia Island, FL
  May 9, 1983
   
• "Evaluation and Treatment of Hand Burns",
  University of Tennessee Department of Surgery,
  May 18, 1983
   
• "Microvascular Surgery"
  Channel 3 Television Presentation, Memphis, TN
  May 25, 1983
   
• "Hand Burn Therapy"
  Methodist Hospital Central Department of Surgery Talk
  August, 22, 1983
   
• "Brown Recluse Spider Bite – Evaluation and Treatment"
  Baptist Memorial Hospital Emergency Room Department
  August 29, 1983
   
• "Human Bite Injuries"
  Baptist Memorial ER Department
  September 28, 1983
   
• Advances in Reconstructive Surgery
  Methodist Hospital Medical Seminar
  May 14, 1982
   
• "Vascularized Skin Flaps for Foot and Ankle Reconstruction"
  LeBonheur Children’s Medical Center Symposium
  October 9, 1982
   
• "Burns of Hands and Face"
  LeBonheur Department of Surgery
  December 15, 1982
   
• "Cleft Palate Surgery"
  Craniofacial Anomalies Conference, UTCHS, Memphis, TN
  January 26, 1983
   
• "John Andrew Wyeth" Presentation
  Annual Meeting of Southeastern Society of Plastic and
  Reconstructive Surgeons, Amelia Island, FL
  May 9, 1983
   
• "Evaluation and Treatment of Hand Burns"
  University of Tennessee Department of Surgery
  May 18, 1983
   
• "Microvascular Surgery"
  Channel 3 Television Presentation, Memphis, TN
  May 25, 1983
   
• "Hand Burn Therapy"
  Methodist Hospital Central Department of Surgery Talk
  August, 22, 1983
   
• "Brown Recluse Spider Bite – Evaluation and Treatment"
  Baptist Memorial Hospital Emergency Room Department
  August 29, 1983
   
• "Human Bite Injuries"
  Baptist Memorial ER Department
  September 28, 1983
   
• Microvascular Surgery"
  Northeast MS Medical Society, Tupelo, MS
  June 7, 1984
   
• "Lymphedema – Surgical and Non-Surgical Treatment"
  Memphis Area Mastectomy Association
  July 23, 1984
   
• "Microvascular Tissue Transfer"
  St. Francis Hospital Operating Room Nurses
  September 5, 1984
   
• "Microvascular Reconstruction"
  Bowers Surgical Society – Veterans Administration Hospital, Memphis, TN
  October 5, 1984
   
• "Microvascular Flap Reconstruction"
  American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive, Las Vegas, NV
  October 13, 1984
   
• "Facial Injuries from MVAs"
  Memphis University School Drivers Ed. Class
  October 17, 1984
   
• "Microvascular Surgery" Presentation
  ER Nurses of Memphis Association, Memphis, TN
  April 12, 1987
   
• "Advances in Microvascular Surgery" Methodist
  Hospital South Nursing Staff, Memphis, TN
  April 22, 1987
   
• "Free Flaps for Reconstructive Surgery of the Nose and Eye"
  Methodist Hospitals of Memphis and Universtiy of TN Memphis College of Medicine
  May 15, 1987
   
• "Skin Coverage for Extremity Trauma"
  Trauma in the Child – LeBonheur Children’s Medical Center, Memphis, TN
  May 1987
   
• "Cosmetic and Reconstructive Breast Surgery"
  Clinic of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Memphis, TN
  September 28, 1987
   
• "Microvascular Surgery"
  Association of Surgical Technologists – Methodist Hospital Central, Memphis, TN
  October 24, 1987
   
• "Plastic Surgery, An Overview"
  Covington Lions Club, Covington, TN
  November 16, 1987
   
• "Microvascular Surgery"
  University of Tennessee, Department of Surgery Grand Rounds, Memphis, TN
  November 18, 1989
   
• "Microvascular Surgery Update"
  LeBonheur Children’s Medical Center, Memphis, TN
  November 19, 1987
   
• "Advances in Tissue Expansion"
  St. Francis Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery,
  Memphis, TN, January 5, 1988
   
• "Microvascular Surgery Update"
  Eastwood Medical Center (AKA Delta Medical Center) Memphis, TN
  January 12, 1988
   
• "Tissue Expansion"
  University of Tennessee, Department of Dermatology, Baptist Memorial Hospital, Memphis, TN
  February 23, 1988
   
• "World of Microvascular Surgery in Extremity Injuries"
  Multiple Trauma in the Pediatric Patient, Universtiy of TN, College of Medicine and LeBonheur Children’s Medical Center, Memphis, TN,
  March 3, 1988
   
• "Advances in Microvascular Surgery"
  35th Annual Congress of the Association of Operating Room Nurses, Inc.
  Dallas, TX
  March 7, 1989
   
• "Reconstructive Surgery – Problem Wounds"
  Poplar Bluff Medical Staff, Poplar Bluff, MO
  March 11, 1988
   
• "Microvascular Surgery Update"
  Eastwood Medical Center, Memphis, TN
  March 23, 1988
   
• "Microvascular Surgery and Suturing Techniques"
  Pediatric Critical Care Symposium – UTCHS, Memphis, TN
  March 1988
   
• "Microvascular in Orthopedics"
  National Association of Orthopedic Nurses District Workshop,
  April 8, 1988
   
• "New Techniques in Reconstructive Surgery"
  McNairy Co. Medical Staff, McNairy Co. General Hospital, Bolivar, TN
  April 14, 1988
   
• "Cosmetic Breast Surgery"
  The Clinic of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Memphis, TN
  April 28, 1988
   
• "Microsurgery in Orthopedics" – National Association
  of Orthopedic Nurses, Memphis, TN, April 1988
   
• "Microvascular Surgery"
  Memphis Area Association of Physical Therapists, Memphis, TN
  July 21, 1988
   
• "Seatbelts and Facial Injuries"
  Channel 3 News Memphis, TN
  July 22, 1988
   
• "Cosmetic and Reconstructive Breast Surgery"
  WHBQ Radio, Memphis, TN
  September 8, 1988
   
• "Microvascular Tissue Transfer"
  Association of Surgical Technologists, Mississippi Chapter #6, Biloxi, MS
  August 1988
   
• "Cleft Lip and Palate Surgery"
  Craniofacial Anomalies Clinic, Child Development Center,  UTCHS, Memphis, TN
  October 5, 1988
   
• "Wound Closure"
  Methodist Hospital Central Nurse First Assistant Program
  Methodist Hospital Central, Memphis, TN
  October 3, 1988
   
• "Microvascular Surgery"
  Methodist Hospital North Nurses Staff, Memphis, TN
  October 27, 1988
   
• "Plastic Surgery – An Overview"
  Health Resource Center, University of TN Faculty Women, Memphis, TN
  November 18, 1988
   
• "Treacher-Collin Syndrome"
  Child Development Center Teaching Conference
  Craniofacial Anomalies Conference
  November 30, 1988
   
• "Leeches in Microvascular Surgery"
  Channel 5 Wake-up Call, Television Presentation, Memphis, TN
  January 25, 1989
   
• "Advances in Reconstructive Microsurgery"
  Dyersburg Medical Staff, Dyersburg, Hospital, Dyersburg, TN
  February 21, 1989
   
• "Body Contouring"
  Channel 5 Wake-Up Call, Television Presentation, Memphis, TN
  February 1, 1990
   
• "Lawn Mower Injuries" Channel 5 Wake-Up Call,
  Television Presentation, Memphis, TN
  June 14, 1990
   
• "Overview of Plastic Surgery"
  Greater Memphis Chapter of Transcriptionists, Memphis, TN
  October 1996
   
• "Advances in Plastic Surgery"
  Junior League Of Memphis, Memphis, TN
  April 2000
   
• "Reconstructive Plastic Surgery"
  Tennessee State Society of Surgical Assistants, Memphis, TN
  February, 25, 2005
   
• "Post-Bariatric Surgical Contouring"
  UTCHS Bariatric Support Group, Memphis, TN
  April 2, 2005
   
• "Post Bariatric Body Contouring"
  St. Francis Hospital Bariatric Support Group, Memphis, TN
  April 13, 2005
   
• "Body Contouring, Post Bariatric Surgery"
  University of Tennessee Bariatric Seminar, Memphis, TN
  May 6, 2006
   

• "John Allen Wyeth – Soldier, Surgeon, Author, And Founder of American Post Graduate Medical Education"
  American Journal of Surgery
  September 1980
   
• "Johns Bingham Roberts – Philadelphia Plastic Surgeon"
  Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Volume 69
  January 1982
   
• "Pediatric Plastic Surgery"
  Current Pediatric Therapy
  Currently in Print
   
• "Microvascular Tissue Transfer"
  Journal of the Association of Operating Nurses, Volume 49
  April 1989
   

• Church Health Center – Volunteer Staff
  Since 1995
   
• 9/11 World Trade Center Attack – Volunteer AMA Physicians
   
• Hope Medical Mission – Nairobi, Kenya - Volunteer
  July 2002
   
• Operation Smile Surgical Missions Team - Member
   
• Operation Smile Surgical Missions Trip - Interplast Medical Missions Volunteer
  • Settat, Morocco,  June 20 – July 1, 2006
  • Bao Loc, Vietnam,  May 29 – June 10, 2007
  • Bolivia,  November 5 – Nov. 19, 2007