Professional Activities:

Selected Honors And Awards

• Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, 1975
• Outstanding Teacher Award, Family Practice Residency Program, Martin Army Hospital, Ft. Benning, Georgia, 1979
• Aesculapian Award for Outstanding Clinical Faculty Member, University of Oklahoma School of Medicine, 1983
• VA Meritorious Service Award, 1993
• First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton's Certificate of Appreciation, 1993
• Medal of Honor, Golden Eagle Physician Recognition Award, Alabama Senior Citizens Hall of Fame, l994
• Managerial Federal Employee of the Year, Birmingham Federal Executive Association, 1995
• Senior Executives' Association Professional Development League's 1998 Executive Excellence Award for Executive Achievement finalist.
• Department Appreciation Award, Disabled American Veterans, 1999
• John D. Chase Award for Physician Executive Excellence, Association of Military Surgeons of the United States, 1999
• Volunteers of America Honor Award, 2000
• Army Meritorious Service Medal, 2000.
• Vice President Al Gore’s National Partnership for Reinventing Government Hammer Award, 2001.
• Certificate of Outstanding Achievement, National Disaster Medical System, 2001.
• Special Recognition Award, Florida Nurses Association, 2001.
• Leadership Award, Department of Veterans Affairs, 2002.
• Honorary Fellowship, American Academy of Medical Administrators, 2002.
• Service Award, Department of Veterans Affairs, 2003.
• Honorary Service Award, Military Order of the Purple Heart, 2004.
• Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry’s Governor’s Commendation, 2007.

Professional Appointments

2004-Present   Senior Associate Dean, Oklahoma University College of Medicine, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Serves as the second highest-ranking officer of the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine’s Oklahoma City campus, and assists the Executive Dean in the overall management, planning and conduct of the college’s academic, research and service missions.  Major responsibilities include oversight of continuing medical education, graduate medical education, veterans’ affairs, space and facilities planning, information systems and technology, and hospital-based clinical services.

2002-2004       Under Secretary for Health, Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC

Nominated by President George W. Bush and confirmed by the United States Senate.  Directed the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) with responsibility for the operation of the nation’s largest integrated health care system.  VHA has an annual medical care budget of more than $27 billion and employs over 190,000 health care professionals at 163 hospitals, more than 800 community and facility-based clinics, 135 nursing homes, 43 domiciliaries, and 206 readjustment counseling centers.  VHA is also the nation’s largest provider of graduate medical education and a major contributor to medical and scientific research.  Facilitated by the extensive deployment of a comprehensive electronic medical record system, VHA attained benchmark levels of performance in the areas of quality, patient safety, and patient satisfaction.  VHA was transformed from a system of hospitals to comprehensive healthcare delivery system that includes an extensive network of primary care clinics and homecare services augmented by telehealth and disease management programs, in addition to a full range of tertiary care and rehabilitation services.

1995-2002       Network Director, Florida and Puerto Rico Veterans Integrated Service Network, Veterans Health Administration, Bay Pines, Florida

Served as the chief executive officer off an integrated healthcare delivery network that included seven Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers, 38 outpatient clinics, and 8 nursing homes with over 14,000 employees throughout the state of Florida and on the island of Puerto Rico.  This network included affiliations with seven schools of medicine and provided a full range of health care services to over 400,000 veterans each year, with an annual operating budget in excess of 1.4 billion dollars.

Academic Appointments

2004-present	Professor, Department of Medicine, Oklahoma University College of Medicine, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
2004-present	Senior Associate Dean, Oklahoma University College of Medicine, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
2004-present	Professor, Department of Health Administration and Policy, College of Public Health, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
1998-2002	Professor, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
1993-1995	Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine
1993-1995	Associate Dean for Veterans Affairs, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine
1989-1991	Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
1989-1991	Assistant Dean for VA Medical Center Affairs, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
1984-1988	Assistant Professor of Medicine, Endocrinology Section, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, Texas
1982-1984	Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Section of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Hypertension, Oklahoma University Health Services Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
1978-1980	Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of     Medicine, Emory  University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia

University And Public Service

University And Public Service

Oklahoma University Tulsa, School of Community Medicine

May, 2013-present   Visiting Oklahoma City Dean (Monday of each week spent at Tulsa Schusterman Center)

Meeting participation:

• Tulsa Medical Education Foundation Board
• Tulsa Medical Education Foundation Finance Committee
• OU Physicians Executive Board
• School of Community Medicine Executive Steering Committee
• Executive Advisory Committee
• Hillcrest Medical Center leadership meetings
• Saint John Medical center leadership meetings

National Committees and Service (selected)
Current

• Office of the National Coordinator for Health information Technology Community of Practice Working Group
• IBM Health Care and Life Sciences Advisory Council
• Clinician Electronic Health Record Advisory Council, Hospital Corporation of America (HCA)
• The Atlantis Group Think Tank on the Future of Health Care
• Association of American Medical Schools, Group on Institutional Planning and Government Relationships Representative
• National Board of Medical Examiners USMLE Part II Item Writing Work Group

 Previous

• Co-Chairman, Health Executive Council, Departments of Veterans Affairs and Defense
• Joint Executive Council, Departments of Veterans Affairs and Defense
• Chairman, National Leadership Board, Veterans Health Administration
• Chairman, VA Information Technology Advisory Committee
• Faculty, Interagency Institute for Federal Health Care Executives, George Washington University
• Association of Military Surgeons of the United States Executive Advisory Council, and Second Vice President
• Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Board of Directors
• House of Delegates, American Medical Association
• Long Term Care/Assisted Living Professional and Technical Advisory Committee, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
• National Library of Medicine Board of Regents
• Council on Graduate Medical Education
• Federal Partners, Departments of Homeland Security, Health and Human Services, Defense, and Veterans Affairs
• National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Executive Committee, Veterans Health Administration
• Council of Teaching Hospitals, Association of American Medical Colleges
• President’s National Health Care Reform Task Force chaired by Hillary Clinton
• Association of American Medical Schools, Deans Liaison Committe