• Externship: Charity Hospital, New Orleans, LA, December 1977 - January 1978.
• Fellowship: Department of General Practice, Queen's Medical Center, Nottingham, England, May 1978.
• Residency: Department of Family Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, July 1978 - June 1981.

HONORS DURING EDUCATION:

• High School: 1970 - Who's Who in American High Schools; Optimists Club's Most Outstanding Youth in East Baton Rouge Parish; Boy's State of Louisiana: Lieutenant Governor Candidate, Outstanding Mayor.
• College: 1971 - Freshman Honors Award, Phi Eta Sigma Honorary Society. 1972 - Centennial Honors Award, Arts and Sciences Outstanding Student Award. 1974 - Alpha Epsilon Delta National Premedical Honor Society, Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society.
• Medical School: 1976 - Alpha Omega Alpha National Medical Honor Society. 1978 - C.V. Mosby Scholastic Achievement Award (Top five graduates in Medical Class).
• Residency: 1979 - South Medical Association Resident's Study Award. 1989 - Mead Johnson Award (Awarded to "the 12 most outstanding Family Practice Residents in the Nation)

CURRENT ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:

• 1988-Present University of Florida School of Medicine - Department of Family Medicine
• 1988-1993 Associate Clinical Professor
• 1993-Present Clinical Assistant Professor
• 2002-2005 University of Colorado School of Medicine - Department of Family Medicine
• 1988-1993 Associate Clinical Professor
• 1993-Present Clinical Assistant Professor

CURRENT MEDICAL STAFF APPOINTMENTS:

• 2003-Present University of Colorado Hospital
• 2003-2004 Provisional Staff
• 2004-2005 Clinical Staff (Expires 3/31/05)