Retired Director
The Neurosurgical Group
Pensacola, Florida, United States
Married to Diane since 1967. Daughters Andrea and Rachel.
BA University of Missouri 1966, MD Univ of Tennessee, 1969.
Neurosurgery residency Memphis 1970-5. Certified ABNS-1978.
Military Army Reserve and Air National Guard.
Practice-The Neurosurgical Group, Pensacola, Florida -partner and director 1976- retired 2013.
President medical staff Baptist Hospital Pensacola 1991,
President Escambia County Medical Society 1995.
Florida State Legislature Doctor of the Day 1994-97.
Chair Medical/Surgical Guidelines Committee Florida Agency for Health Care Administration 1994-5.
President Florida Neurosurgical Society 1996.
President-Neurosurgical Society of America 1999.
Chair-American Neurosurgical Political Action Committee1999.
Chair-Washington Committee for Neurological Surgery 2004-7.
Chair of Florida AMA delegation 2005-7.
President Florida Medical Association 2005.
President-American Association of Neurological Surgeons 2009.
Fellow American Association of Neurological Surgeons-Life.
President-Neurosurgical Research and Education Foundation 2013.
Fellow of the American College of Surgeons-retired.
Florida State University Clinical Assistant Prof. Dept of Clinical Sciences (Surgery).
Courtesy Assistant Professor Univ of Florida.
Distinguished Service Award, The American Association
of Neurological Surgeons, April 2003
Exceptional and Distinguished Service Award, Congress of
Neurological Surgeons, September 2008
PACE Award for Professional Leadership, Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce 2007
Hollinger Award for Physician of the Year, Baptist Healthcare Foundation, November 2009
Cushing Medal-American Association of Neurological Surgeons 2015
Fiesta of Five Flags-Bobby DePew Award for Volunteer of the Year 2016
Pensacola State College Board of Trustees 2020-present and Chair 2022-3.
Volunteer-Loaves and Fishes, Fiesta of Five Flags, Paint Your Heart Out Pensacola, United Way, First Night Pensacola, Fiesta Crawfish Festival, Fiesta Seafood Festival, WSRE Board of Directors.
(OS) Distinguished Advocate Award
Friday, April 21, 2023
5:44pm – 5:45pm PST
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose