Born: September 20, 1961

Business Address:

Advanced Dermatology of East Tennessee, P.C.
615 Smithview Drive
Maryville, TN 37803

Education:

Graduate Medical:
Dermatology Residency
Geisinger Medical Center
Danville, PA
7/92 - 6/95

USAF Aerospace Medicine Primary Course
USAF School of Aerospace Medicine
Brooks Air Force Base, TX
7/88 - 9/88

Internal Medicine Internship
USAF Keesler Medical Center
Keesler Air Force Base, MS
7/87 - 6/88

Medical Education:

MD Medicine
SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse
Syracuse, NY
9/83 - 5/87

Undergraduate:

B.S. Biology  Summa Cum Laude
Phi Beta Kappa
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY
May 1983

Professional Experience:

Private Practice Dermatologist
Advanced Dermatology of East Tennesee, P.C.
615 Smithview Drive
Maryville, TN 37803
6/00 - present

Staff Dermatologist
Dermatology Associates of Knoxville, P.C.
930 Emerald Ave, Suite 511
Knoxville, TN 37917
7/95 - 5/00

2000 President
East Tennesee Dermatology Society

Medical Society Delegate to the Tennesee Medical Association
Knoxville Academy of Medicine
2000 - 2003

USAF Flight Surgeon
Chief, Flight Medicine
Keesler Air Force Base, MS
9/88 - 6/92

Responsible for the delivery of primary health care to base flight personnel and their dependents, preventive medicine, environmental health and department administration. Deployed to Saudi Arabia for Operation Desert Shield.

Adjunct Professor
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Keesler AFB Regional Center
Aerospace Physiology Course Instructor

Board Certification:

American Board of Dermatology 1995

American Board of Dermatology - Re-certified 2005

Hospital Staff:

Blount Memorial Hospital, St. Mary's Medical Center

Medical Society Memberships:

Blount County Medical Society
Tennesee Medical Association
American Medical Association
American Academy of Dermatology
Southern Medical Association

Publications:

First author, "Successful Treatment of acrodermatitis continua of Hallopeau with etretinate" J Amer Acad Derm 1990: 23(6): 1176-77

First author, "Epidermodysplasia verruciformis associated with severe immunodeficiency, lymphoma, and disseminated molluscum contagiosum" J Amer Acad Derm 1992: 27: 448-50

Co-author, "Epidemiology of hand dermatitis in dental personnel" Mil Med 1995 Jul: 160(7): 335-8

First author, "Association of scabies with a bullous pemphigoid-like eruption" J Amer Acad Derm 1996: 34(S Pt 2): 878-9

Presentations:

Common Hair Disorders
Advances in Dermatology Spring Seminar
Geisinger Medical Center
Danville, PA   April 1993

Granulomatous Mycosis Fungoides
Gross & Microscopic Symposium
American Academy of Dermatology
52^nd Annual Meeting
Washington, DC   December 1993

Immunobullous Disease
Advances in Dermatology Spring Seminar
Geisinger Medical Center
Danville, PA   April 1994

Perniosis: Association with Systemic Disease
Pennsylvania Academy of Dermatology
Annual Meeting
Philadelphia, PA   Septermber 1994

Association of Scabies with a Bullous Pemphigoid-like Eruption
Gross & Microscopic Symposium
American Academy of Dermatology
53^rd Annual Meeting
New Orleans, LA   February 1995

Common Papulosquamous Diseases of the Skin
Advances in Dermatology Spring Seminar
Geisinger Medical Center
Danville, PA   April 1995

Medical Licensure:

National Board of Medical Examiners   347601
State of Tennesee                          MD-26250