Current Positions

Virginia Commonwealth University, Otherwise Unaffiliated Community Member, Institutional Review Board

University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Professor Emeritus

Baptist Memorial Hospital, Memphis, Emeritus physician

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (FACOG) Life Fellow

American Society of Reproductive Medicine, Technology Committee

 

Past Positions

University of Tennessee Health Science Center (1977-2016)

Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology (Ob Gyn)Interim Director, Gynecologic ServicesDivisional Director, Reproductive Endocrinology (REI)Divisional Director, Minimally Invasive Gynecologic SurgeryFaculty SenateInstitutional Review Board

Clinical Private Practice, Memphis, Tennessee

Obstetrics and Gynecology (Ob Gyn) 1979-1980Gynecology (Gyn) and Reproductive Endocrinology (REI) 1979-2006

Johns Hopkins Medical Institutes, Divisional Director in Medical Education

President of the American Association of Gynecologic LaparoscopistsPresident of the Gynecologic Surgery Society

Charter Member of the Society of Reproductive Surgeons

Member American National Standard Institute Committee on Lasers

Board of the International Society of Gynecological Endoscopy

Chairman Maryland Junior Fellows American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

Delegate to the Tennessee Medical Association

Editor of the AAGL Manual of Endoscopy

AAGL (formerly American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists), Chair, By-Laws Committee

Fellowship in Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery (SRS & AAGL), Chair, Ethics Committee

World Congress of Endometriosis, Co-Chair, Pelvic Pain and Pain Mechanisms, 2017

 

Honors

Certificate of Achievement, Consumers’ Checkbook 2009Endometriosis Association 1995, 2005

Endometriosis Foundation of America 2013

Professor Emeritus, College of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center 2016

Emeritus Physician, Baptist Memorial Hospital, Memphis, 2016

Alpha Omega Alpha, Medical Honorary Society 2011

Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics (APGO), Excellence in Teaching Award 2010 & 2015

Shelby County Board of Commissioners' Commendation 2005

WREG Memphis - Top 1% of Physicians by Consumers’ Checkbook 2009Texas Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Honorary Member 1989

One of the original eight reproductive surgeons in Woodward and White’s "The Best Doctors in America" 1992

Doctor's Doctor, Memphis Commercial Appeal 1993-2016U.S. News & World Report, Castle Connolly’s Top Docs 2011-2016

American Fertility Society, Codman Surgical Awards for Medical Education Video 1982 & 1983

Society of Reproductive Surgeons Awards, American Fertility Society 1986, 1988, & 1990

American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists Video Awards 1991 & 1993

New York Festivals: Television and Non-Broadcast Awards 1992

Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgery, Best of Laparoscopy Update 2007

Sigma Pi Sigma Associate (Physics) 1967

Picker Foundation Fellow, Radiation Physics 1969

Who's Who in Memphis Medicine 1984-2016

Who's Who in Medicine and Health Care 1997-2016

Who's Who in America 1998-2016

 

Education

Central Gwinnett High School, Lawrenceville, Georgia, 1960-1961Georgia Military Academy (Woodward Academy), College Park, Georgia, 1961-1964Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia

BS (Physics), 1968MD, 1972

Johns Hopkins Medical Institutes, Baltimore, Maryland

Internship in Gynecology and Obstetrics 1972-73Residency in Gynecology and Obstetrics 1973-76Fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology 1976-77 with Drs. Howard and Georgeanna Jones

Microsurgery Techniques - Dr. Brian Cohen 1977 to 1979

Microsurgery Techniques - Dr. Victor Gomel 1980

 

Microsurgery & Minimally Invasive Educator

Tubal Ligation Reversals 1974 - 2016

 

Operative Laparoscopy 1981 - 2016

Department of Ob/Gyn, University of Tennessee Health Science Center 1977- 2016

Microsurgery and Laser Labs, University of Tennessee Health Science Center 1981 - 1993

Microsurgery Labs, University of California, Irving 1984 - 1989

AAGL / Presbyterian Hospital / University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas 1984 -1989

 

Editorial Boards and Reviewer

Journal of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists

Journal of Gynecologic Surgery

Fertility and Sterility

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Endometriosis Zone

 

ecognition

Axel Munthe Award Presenter

Australian Gynaecological Endoscopy Society

Japanese Endometriosis Society

Argentina Endoscopy Society

International Society of Gynecological Endoscopy

 

International Educator

Argentina

Australia

Brazil

Belgium

Canada

China

Dominican Republic

England

Iceland

Israel

Italy

Japan

Mexico

New Zealand

Republic of South Africa

Russia

Singapore

Switzerland

West Germany

Zimbabwe

 

Temporary Medical License to Perform Surgery in Educational Classes

Australia

Israel

Italy

Republic of South Africa

Russia

New Zealand