GENERAL, TRAUMA & ACUTE CARE SURGERY (USA)
BA: University of Virginia (1969-1973)
Paralegal: Arnold & Porter Washington, DC (1973-1975)
Pre-medical training: University of Texas-Austin (1977-1979)
Medical School: University of Texas-Health Sciences Center- Dallas (Southwestern) (1979-1983) MD awarded, 1983
Surgical Internship, Oregon Health Sciences University (Portland, OR) 1983-1984
General Surgery Residency, Oregon Health Sciences University 1984-1988
Board Certification in Surgery, American Board of Surgery 1989, recertified 1997, 2007
Fellow, American College of Surgeons 1991-present (FACS), retired status in 2018
Clinical Instructor (1988-1997) & Clinical Assistant Professor (1997-2001) Oregon Health & Sciences University Division of General Surgery
Active General Surgery practice x 25 years The Portland (OR) Clinic (1988-2000) & Providence Hood River (OR) Medical Group (2001-2013)
Emergency Room Physician Providence Hood River Hospital 2012-2017
Active Medical Licenses: Oregon (1989-present), Texas (1984-1990), Washington (2001-2019)
ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) (1988-present) & ATLS (Advanced Trauma Life Support) (1988-2019)
Western Trauma Association member
Portland Surgical Society member
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GLOBAL HUMANITARIAN SURGERY & TROPICAL MEDICINE
Diplomate, Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, West Virginia University, 2008 (DTM&H)
Gorgas Expert Course in Tropical Medicine, Lima, Peru 2010
Certification: Travel Medicine, 2007, International Society of Travel Medicine (CTH)
Multiple courses on Surgery in Low-Resource settings: MSF (Paris, NYC), Stanford University (CA), WCSOTA (Trinidad)
Six 4-6 week surgical missions with Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF/Doctors without Borders) to Africa (Ivory Coast x2, DR-Congo x2, Burundi, Ethiopia) 2001-2013 Nine months in the field
Brief medical missions to Guatemala (LAMP) & Cuba (People-to-People)
WHO-GIEESC member (World Health Organization-Global Initiative for Essential Emergency Surgical Care)
ASTMH & ISTM member (American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, International Society of Travel Medicine)
WILDERNESS, EXPEDITION & TRAVEL MEDICINE
Personal Interests: Mountain (CAMBA, HRATS) & road bicycling; ocean and white-water kayaking (OKCC, American Whitewater, American Rivers); kite boarding and windsurfing (CGW2); rock-climbing and mountaineering (Mazamas, AAC); Alpine, Nordic (Teacup) & Backcountry skiing; Sailing; Open water swimming (OR Masters); Skin & scuba diving
AWLS certification (Advanced Wilderness Life Support)
Swift-water rescue and snow safety/avalanche trainings
Co-founder and Medical Director, Providence Hood River Hospital Travel Health Services (2007-2017) (Hood River, Oregon, USA)
Providence/Mount Hood Meadows (Oregon, USA) medical clinic: 25 seasons as staff physician (1989-2014)
Medical director Wet Planet (2007-2018) and Northwest Rafting whitewater companies, Columbia River Gorge, Oregon
Wilderness Medical Society member since 1989; peer reviewer, Journal of Wilderness & Environmental Medicine
Ship’s Doctor for Polar expedition cruise vessels (Clipper Odyssey, Vavilov & Ioffe): Bering Sea, East & West Greenland, Iceland, Svalbard, Falklands & South Georgia, Antarctic Peninsula Ten cruises & six months at sea 2008-2015
INTEGRATIVE BODYWORK
Medical Acupuncture Certification, Helms Medical Institute 2003
Licensed Massage Technician, State of Oregon (2003- 2015)
Medical Acupuncture/Integrative Bodywork practice-Seven Dragons Healing Arts Hood River, OR 2003-2013
Extensive yoga training & active practice
Association of Medical Acupuncture member (2003-2013)
Association of Bodywork & Massage Professionals (ABMP) member (2003-2013)
EVENT MEDICINE
RockMed Medical triage and first aid: Rock concerts (Grateful Dead @ Autzen stadium) indoor and outdoor venues (Crystal Ballroom, Horning’s Hideout)
Medical care: sports events (Nike World Masters’ Track Meet, Gorge Games)
Whitebird Medical/Rock Med: medical care at festivals (Renaissance Faire, Oregon Country Fair, Beloved, WTF& Symbiosis Oregon Eclipse
