Professional Activities

Present Positions

2013 – Present	Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery Professor, Department of Surgery Professor of Bioengineering University of Kentucky College of Medicine Lexington, Kentucky
2003 – 2013	Professor, Department of Surgery Professor of Bioengineering University of Kentucky College of Medicine Lexington, Kentucky
2000 – Present	Clinical Professor of Surgery Pikeville College of Osteopathic Medicine Pikeville, Kentucky

Previous Positions

1973 – 1975	Teaching Fellow Medical University of South Carolina Charleston, South Carolina
1975 – 1976	Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia
1975 – 1976	Chief, Thoracic Surgery V.A. Hospital Salem, VA
1976 – 2002	President Cardiovascular & Thoracic Associates, P.S.C. 1720 Nicholasville Road Suite 502 Lexington, Kentucky
1987 – 2003	Voluntary Clinical Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery University of Kentucky College of Medicine Lexington, Kentucky

Editorial Boards

• Editorial Review Board, International Journal of Angiology
• Editorial Review Board, Journal of International College of Surgeons
• Editorial Review Board, Journal of Thoracic Diseases
• Editorial Review Board, Journal of Case Reports in Surgery
• Editor-in-chief, Journal of Cancer Therapy
• Editorial Board Member: World Journal of Cardiovascular Diseases

Invited Reviewer of Journals

• Journal of Artificial Agents
• Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research
• Annals of thoracic surgery