• 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
  Novemb