Board Certified American Board of Geriatrics and Internal Medicine.

Memberships: American Medical Association, Tennessee Medical Association, American College of Physicans, American Geriatrics Society, National Osteoporosis Foundation.

Fellow: American College of Physicians.

Residency: Polyclinic Medical Center, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Medical School: University of Maryland.

Practice restricted to patients over 40. ISCD-Certified in bone density study interpretation for osteoporosis evaluation, 1997 Regional Vice President for Tennessee Medical Association, Tennessee Medical Association Communications and Public Relations Committee Chairman, former president of Consolidated Medical Assembly, former American Society of Internal Medicine national delegate and state executive council member. American Medical Association Physician Recognition Award 1982, 1991, 1997.

Undergraduate: State University at Stony Brook.