User:Tallred

CURRICULUM  VITAE

PERSONAL:

Home Address:      	6 Lake Marion Drive North Augusta, South Carolina 29841-8666 Phone:	[803] Fax:	[706] 721-7837

Business Address: Department of Pathology, BI-2022A Medical College of Georgia 1120 15th St. 			Augusta GA 30912-3620 Phone:	[706] 721-2776 Fax:   [706] 721-7837 E-mail: tallred@mcg.edu

Undergraduate Education

High School:        	Littleton High School, Littleton, Colorado Diploma, with High Honors, May 1966

University:           	Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah B.A., summa cum laude, May 1972 Majors:	Spanish and Chemistry Minors:	Portuguese and Physics

University Honors: High Honors with Distinction Thesis: “Contributions of Quechua to the Spanish Language”

PROFESSIONAL:

Professional Education

Medical School:    	Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, M.D., with Honors, May 1975

Internship:           	General Surgery University of California, San Francisco - Naval Regional Medical Center, Oakland, CA                         	1975-1976

Residency:         	General Surgery University of California, San Francisco - Naval Regional Medical Center, Oakland, CA			1976-1978 Residency:            	Pathology (Anatomic and Clinical) University of California, San Francisco - Naval Regional Medical Center, Oakland, CA			1978-1982

Fellowship:		Executive Laboratory Management Notre Dame University, Gonzaga School of Business 2005

Professional Board  Certifications

American Board of Pathology  (Anatomic Pathology and Clinical Pathology) Board Certified, 1982

American Board of Pathology  (Molecular / Genetic Medicine) Board Eligible - Will sit for Examination in September 2007

American Board of Clinical Chemistry (Molecular Diagnostics) Board Certified, February 2007

American Board of Emergency Medicine Board Certified, 1987, and Board Recertified, 1997

Other Professional  Certifications

CPR [Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation]

Basic Life Support (BLS) - Health Care Provider

Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)

Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)

Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS)

Medical Care of Chemical Casualties

Combat Medic Badge / Combat Lifesaver

Professional Employment

Associate Professor of Pathology, Staff Anatomic Pathologist, Section of Anatomic Pathology, and Chief /Medical Director of Clinical Chemistry, Toxicology, Blood Gas Laboratory, Coagulation Laboratory and Point-of-Care Testing, Section of Clinical Pathology, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia, 2001 to present

Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia, 2001 to present

Associate Professor of Graduate Studies (Tumor Biology/Molecular Oncology), School of Graduate Studies, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia, 2003 to present

Medical Director of Laboratory, Wills Memorial Hospital, Washington, Georgia, 2004 to present

Deputy State Medical Examiner for the Northeast District of Utah, 1996 to 2001

Chief of Pathology, Uintah Basin Medical Center, Roosevelt, Utah, 1996 to 2001

Chief of Pathology, Palm Beach Regional Hospital, Lake Worth [West Palm Beach], Florida, 1987 - 1996

Chief, Laboratory and Emergency Medicine Sections, 807th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH), U.S. Army, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Kuwait [Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm], October 1990 - May 1991

Assistant Chief of Pathology, Our Lady of Mercy Hospital, Dyer, Indiana, August 1984 - February 1987

Chief of Pathology, Naval Hospital, Pensacola, Florida, September 1983 - August 1984

Assistant Chief of Pathology and Director of Blood Bank, Naval Hospital, Pensacola, Florida, August 1982 - August 1983

Professional Affiliations

American Academy of Emergency Medicine (Fellow, 2002 to present)

American Association for the Advancement of Science (Member, 1990 to present)

American Association for Clinical Chemistry (Member, 2001 to present)

American College of Emergency Physicians (Fellow, 1987 to present; Member, Government Services Chapter, 1987 - 1996; Member, Utah Chapter, 1996 - 2001, Member, Georgia Chapter, 2002 to present)

American Medical Association (Member, 1973 - 1995)

American Society for Clinical Pathology (Fellow, 1982 to present)

Association of Military Surgeons of the United States (Life Member, 1977 to present)

College of American Pathologists (Fellow, 1982 to present; Member, National Primary Laboratory Practice Committee, 1990 - 1996; Member, National Point-of-Care Testing [POCT] Committee, 1992 to 2005; Laboratory Accreditation Inspector, 1993 - present, Critical Care Information Center, Advisory Group Member, 1999 to present)

Collegium Aesculapium (Member, 1982 to present)

Doctor's Health Plan [Physician Directed Managed Care Plan of the Florida Medical Association] (Member and Stockholder, 1996; Board of Directors, May 1996 - August 1996; Regional Representative for Florida State Region IX, May 1996 - August 1996)

Florida Medical Association (Member, 1987 - 1996; House of Delegates, 1993 - 1996; County            Delegation Foreman, 1994; Administration and Finance Reference Committee, 1994 and 1995; Public Health - AIDS Committee, 1994 - 1995)

Florida Society of Pathologists (Board of Directors - Member-at-large, 1995–1996; Education Committee, 1990 - 1996; Program Chairman, 1993 Summer Educational Seminar)

Medical Association of Georgia (Member, 2002 to present)

Independent Physician's Association, Region IX (Member, 1993 - 1996; Board of Directors, 		1993 - 1996; Treasurer, 1995 - 1996; Executive Committee, 1995 - 1996)

Latin American Medical Association of the Palm Beaches (Charter Member, 1992 - 1996)

Paleopathology Association (Member, 1978 to present)

Paleopathology Club of the International Academy of Pathology [United States - Canada Academy of Pathology] (Member, 1978 to present)

Palm Beach County Florida Medical Society (Public Health Committee, 1988 - 1996; Emergency Services Committee, 1989 - 1990; Editorial Committee, Member, 1989 - 1994, Chairman and Editor of On Call, 1994 - 1995; Finance Committee, Elected Representative, 1991, Chairman, 1992 - 1994; Board of Censors and Mediation, 1992; Board of Directors, 1992 - 1996; Secretary, 1994 - 1995; Vice-President, 1995 - 1996)

Richmond County Georgia Medical Society (Member, 2002 to present)

Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (Member, 2002 to present)

Uintah Basin Medical Center Medical Staff (Member, 1996 to 2001, Chairman, Infection Control Committee, 1997 to 2000, Chief of Medical Staff Elect, 1997; Chief of Medical Staff, 1998-2000)

United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (Member, 2002 to present) Professional Licensure

California 		1977				[Inactive] Florida		1983 (FLEX, 1983)		[Inactive] Georgia 		2002				[Active] Indiana		1984				[Inactive] Texas			1975				[Inactive] Utah 			1996				[Inactive] Wyoming		1996				[Inactive]

Professional Publications - Books and Book Chapters

7. Allred, Thomas J., M.D. and Fulcher, James W., M.D., Clinical Chemistry Made Easy: An Introductory Text and Study Guide, in preparation for publication in 2007, approximately 550 pages [Book]  (first volume of pending five-volume Medical College of Georgia Introductory Texts in Clinical Laboratory Medicine series - second volume will be Clinical Hematology and Medical Microscopy, third volume Clinical Microbiology, fourth volume Clinical Transfusion Medicine and Blood Banking and fifth volume Molecular Diagnostics)

6. DuBois, Jeffery A., Ph.D., Dunka, Lou, Ph.D., Allred, Thomas J., M.D., et al., Point-of-Care Connectivity, An Approved Standard  [POCT1-A], [ISBN 1-56238-438-4], December 2001, NCCLS, Wayne, PA 20001 [Book]

5. Allred, Thomas J., M.D., and Steiner, LaVonn, MT (ASCP), “Alternative Site Testing: Consider the Analyst", Clinics in Laboratory Medicine: Point-of-Care Testing, Chapter 9, Saunders, Philadelphia, September 1994, pp. 569-604  [Book Chapter]

4. Allred, Thomas J., M.D., Physician's Office Laboratory Policy and  Procedure Manual, Chapter IX, “Record Keeping in the Office Laboratory", College of American Pathologists Press, Northfield, Illinois, 1993 [Book Chapter]

3. Allred, Thomas J., M.D., Physician's Office Laboratory Policy and  Procedure Manual, Chapter III, “Personnel Issues in the Office Laboratory", College of American Pathologists Press, Northfield, Illinois, 1993 [Book Chapter]

2. Allred, Thomas J., M.D., et al., A Guide for Today's Physician's Office Laboratory, College of American Pathologists Press, Northfield, Illinois, 1992  [Book]

1. Allred, Thomas J., M.D.,  "Record Keeping and the Physician's Office Laboratory", Section IV,A Guide for Today's Physician’s Office Laboratory, College of American Pathologists Press, Northfield, Illinois, 1991  [Book Chapter]

Professional Publications - Papers and Articles

15. Fulcher, James M., M.D.; Cook, Lloyd, M.D. and Allred, Thomas J, M.D, “Therapeutic Leukoreduction Apheresis: The Medical College of Georgia Experience, 1990-2005”, Submitted for publication [Article]

14. Allred, Thomas J., M.D.; “Point-of-Care Testing: Analyst, not Location, is the Central Criterion”, Submitted for publication [Editorial]

13. Mazzella, Fermina, M.D.; and Allred, Thomas J, M.D.; “Non-IgG Monoclonal Proteins in Leukemic Patients”, Submitted for publication [Article]

12. Fulcher, James M., M.D., Cook, Lloyd, M.D., and Allred, Thomas J, M.D., “Therapeutic Leukoreduction Apheresis,” Transfusion Medicine (ASCP Checksamples), September 2006, 49 (7), pp. 77-92 [Article]

11. Fulcher, James M., M.D.; Allred, Thomas J, M.D.; and Mazzella, Fermina, M.D., “Acute Granular Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Adults: Report of a Case and Review of the Literature,’ Southern Journal of Medicine, August 2006, 99 (8), pp. 894-7 [Article]

10. Martin, S. LeeAnn, M.D.; Thomas, Janice, M.D.; and Allred, Thomas J., M.D., “Cardiac Amyloid due to Free Lambda Light Chain Disease,” American Journal of Cardiology, [Article]

9. Williams, Hadyn T., M.D.; James R. Gossage, Jr., M.D.; Thomas J. Allred, M.D.; Andre M. Kallab, M.D.; and Mark P. Anstadt, M.D., “F-18-FDG PET Imaging of Rare Soft Tissue Sarcomas:  Low-Grade Fibromyxoid Sarcoma and Malignant Hemangiopericytoma”, Clinical Nuclear Medicine, Sep 2004, 29 (9), pp.581-584 [Article]

8.  Allred, Thomas J., M.D., "Medical Considerations in the Colonization of Mars", Proceedings of the Founding Convention of the Mars Society, August 13-16, 1998, p. 1044, published July1999, Univelt Publishers, San Diego, CA  [Article]

7.  Brandt, John T., M.D., and Allred, Thomas J., M.D., "Toward a Working Model of Alternative                   Site Testing", Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, October 1995, pp. 953 – 955 [Article]

6.  Allred, Thomas J., M.D., "Managed Care:  The Golden Rule and the Goose that laid the Golden Egg", On Call, April 1995, p.5  [Editorial]

5.  Allred, Thomas J., M.D., "The War Has Already Begun" On Call, February 1995, p.5 [Editorial]

4.  Allred, Thomas J., M.D., "It's Time to Tell the Truth", On Call, January 1995, p.5  [Editorial]

3.  Allred, Thomas J., MD,  “In Memoriam:  Roscoe Thorne, MD,” On Call, Apr 1994, pp.14-15

2.  Allred, Thomas J., M.D.,  "CLIA '88 and You:  The Feds Finally Regulate Physician Office Labs", On Call, May 1992, pp. 12-17  [Article]

1.  Allred, Thomas J., M.D.,  "The Global Pandemic of AIDS", Testimony before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, December 9, 1987, published in the Congressional Record   [Article]

Recent Professional  Presentations / Papers  Read

"Point-of-Care Testing in the Emergency Department,” September 20, 2004, Phoenix, AZ, College of American Pathologists Annual Meeting – 2004

"Point-of-Care Chemistry Testing,” September 19, 2004, Phoenix, AZ, College of American Pathologists Annual Meeting - 2004

"Point-of-Care Testing: Making it Work for You,” September 19, 2004, Phoenix, AZ, College of American Pathologists Annual Meeting - 2004

"Point-of-Care Testing: the State of the Art 2003,” May 3, 2003, Augusta, GA, 17th Annual Pathology Symposium of Medical College of Georgia

"Getting the Most out of Point-of-Care Testing - (1) Overview (2) In-vivo and Paracorporeal                      	Testing," October 13, 2002, Washington, DC, Joint CAP-ASCP Annual Meeting - 2002

"Biochemical Markers of Myocardial Injury: State of the Art 2002," October 12, 2002, Washington, DC, Joint CAP-ASCP Annual Meeting - 2002

"Point-of-Care Testing: The State of the Art 2001 - (1) Overview (2) In-vivo and Paracorporeal                      Testing," October 22, 2001, Philadelphia, PA, Joint CAP-ASCP Annual Meeting - 2001

"Reflectance Cervical Cytometry: A Replacement for the Pap smear?” October 21, 2001, Philadelphia, PA, Joint CAP-ASCP Annual Meeting - 2001

"Point-of-Care Testing: the State of the Art 2000 - (1) Overview (2) Chemical Testing  (3) Paracorporeal Testing - Transcutaneous Monitoring", October 16, 2000, San Diego, CA, College of American Pathologists Fall Meeting – 2000

"Medical Considerations in the Colonization of Mars", August 15, 1998, Boulder, CO, The Mars Society Founding Convention and First Annual Meeting

"Point-of-Care Coagulation Testing", September 21, 1997, Philadelphia, PA, College of American Pathologists Fall Meeting - 1997

"Point-of-Care Testing: An Overview", October 2, 1996, San Diego, CA, College of American Pathologists Fall Meeting - 1996

"Alternative Site Testing: Moving Ahead, Venturing Beyond", September 6, 1996, Chicago, IL, A College of American Pathologists Regional Seminar

"Alternative Site Testing: Moving Ahead, Venturing Beyond", April 24, 1996, Boston, MA, A College of American Pathologists Regional Seminar

"Alternative Site Testing: Moving Ahead, Venturing Beyond", March 11, 1996, New Orleans, LA, A College of American Pathologists Regional Seminar

"Point-of-Care Testing: An Overview", September 19, 1995, New Orleans, LA, College of American Pathologists Fall Meeting - 1995

"Toward a Working Model of Alternative Site Testing", February 1, 1995, Washington, D.C., 		Consensus Conference on Alternative Site Testing, College of American Pathologists

"Point-of-Care Testing: An Overview", October 25, 1994, Washington, D.C., College of American Pathologists Fall Meeting - 1994

"Health Care System Reform", March 9, 1994, West Palm Beach, FL, Association of Operating Room Nurses Annual Meeting

"Emergency Medicine in a Field Environment - The Gulf War, 1991", February 12, 1994, West Palm Beach, FL, Florida Academy of Medical Transcriptionists' Meeting

"Physician Office Laboratories: An Update on CLIA '88", November 21, 1993; Daytona Beach, FL, Florida Academy of Family Practice, 64th Family Practice Education Weekend

"Technique for Needle Localization Biopsy of Non-palpable Lesions of the Breast", October 11-14, 1993, San Francisco, CA, 79th Annual Clinical Congress, ACS

"CLIA Update: Physician's Office Laboratory Operations", May 7, 1993, Miami Beach, FL, Florida Medical Association Annual Meeting

Professional Publications, Peer Reviewer

Peer Reviewer, Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, 2001 to present

Peer Reviewer, Clinical Chemistry, 2005 to present

Professional Research

11. “Improving Medical Student Test Scores: Is this a Consequence of Increased Numbers of 	Female Medical Students?” Medical College of Georgia, 2006 to present [in progress]

10. “A Tissue Plasminogen Activated D-Dimer Assay: Is it better in the Diagnosis of Venous Thromboembolic Disease?” Medical College of Georgia, 2006 to present [in progress]

9. “Tissue Proteome: Differences between Melanoma and Precursor Melanocytic Nevi,” Medical College of Georgia, 2006 to present [in progress]

8. “Making the Diagnosis: How Much Evidence Do We Really Need?”  Medical College of Georgia, 2005 to present [in progress]

7. “The Dilemma of Disappearing Lineages: Implications in Population Dynamics,” Medical College of Georgia, 2005 to present [in progress]

6. “Laboratory Testing:  How Good is Good Enough and How Fast is Fast Enough?,” Medical College of Georgia, 2005 to present [in progress]

5. “The Length of the Patrilineal Generation and the Matrilineal Generation: Implications in Population Genetics,” Medical College of Georgia, 2004 to present [in progress]

4. “The Accuracy and Precision of Pulse Oximetry,” Medical College of Georgia, 2004 – 2005

3. “Improvement in Laboratory turn-around time [TAT] through Point-of-Care Testing, and its Influence on Patient Length of Stay [LOS] in the Emergency Department,” Medical College of Georgia, 2004 - 2005

2. “How do Physicians Choose their Medical Specialty?,” Medical College of Georgia, 2004 to present [in progress]

1. "A Comparative Evaluation of 100 Consecutive Cervical Biopsies for Human Papilloma Virus Effects, by Routine Histological and Immunoperoxidase Techniques," Naval Hospital, Pensacola, FL, 1983 - 1984  [unpublished]

Professional and Research Interests

Tumor Biology and Molecular Oncology

Surgical Pathology, especially Dermatopathology

Point-of-Care Testing [POCT], especially non-invasive testing and POCT in the Emergency Department

Diagnostic Clinical Chemistry, including serum proteins, plasma cell dyscrasias and the diagnosis of myocardial injury

Optimal Utilization of the Laboratory Testing through Diagnosis-specific Practice Guidelines

Disorders of Coagulation, including the thrombophilic disorders and their complications

Population Genetics and Population Dynamics

Enhancing Medical Education for the Medical Student and the Pathology Resident

National Health Insurance Proposals: Towards a Better Model

Biomedical Factors in Space Flight

Tropical Medicine

Paleopathology, especially the Paleopathology of Egypt

Wound Ballistics and Military Firearms

ACADEMIC:

Academic Appointments

Associate Professor of Pathology, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia, 2001 to present

Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia, 2001 to present

Associate Professor of Graduate Studies (Tumor Biology/Molecular Oncology), School of Graduate Studies, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia, 2003 to present

Teaching 

Professor, “Cellular and Systems Disease States” [MSII Basic Pathology Course – ITD5125], School of Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, August 2002 to present

Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology [MSI Basic Course - ITD5115], August 2004 to present

Section Director, Residency Training in Clinical Chemistry, Diagnostic Biochemistry, Clinical Toxicology and Point-of-Care Testing, [PATH5001], December 2001 to present

Founding Director, Surgical Pathology Unknowns Conference, Pathology Residency Program [PATH5001], School of Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, January 2002 to May 2004; Instructor in Surgical Pathology Unknowns Conference, June 2004 to present

Course Co-Director and Professor, “Fundamentals of Oncology: The Basic Science of Oncology and the Clinical Science of Oncology” [Oncology PhD Core Graduate School two semester tumor biology course – SGS8210 and SGS8220], School of Graduate Studies, Medical College of Georgia, 2003 to present

Course Co-Director and Professor, “Tumor Biology and Immunology” [SGS8070], School of Graduate Studies, Medical College of Georgia, 2004 to present

Other

Medical College of Georgia Academic Council, Elected Representative for School of Medicine, August 2005 to present

Medical College of Georgia Institutional Review Board / Human Assurance Committee, July 2004 to present

Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine Faculty Senate, Elected Senator-at-Large and Member of Executive Committee, 2005 to present, Vice-President, 2006-2007

Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine Curriculum Committee - Phase I and II, Molecular Biology Subcommittee, September 2003 to present

MILITARY:

Military Rank

Colonel, Medical Corps, U.S. Army Reserve, May 1993 to present Lieutenant Colonel, Medical Corps, U.S. Army Reserve, May 1988 - May 1993 Major, Medical Corps, U.S. Army Reserve, August 1984 - May 1988 Commander, Medical Corps, U.S. Navy, May 1984 - August 1984 Lieutenant Commander, Medical Corps, U.S. Navy, October 1979 - May 1984 Lieutenant, Medical Corps, U.S. Navy, June 1975 - October 1979 Lieutenant (J.G.), Medical Corps, U.S. Navy Reserve, May 1975 - June 1975 Ensign, Medical Corps, U.S. Navy Reserve, June 1971 - May 1975

Military Decorations  and  Awards

The Bronze Star Medal, 1991 (during Operation Desert Storm) Army Commendation Medal, 1987 Army Achievement Medal, 1986 Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal, 1988;  Second Award,  1992 National Defense Medal, 1974;  Second Award,  1991 Southwest Asia Service Medal, with 2 Campaign Stars, 1991 Liberation of Kuwait Medal [Saudi Arabian], 1992 Liberation of Kuwait Medal [Kuwaiti], 1992 Armed Forces Reserve Medal, 1991 Army Service Ribbon, 1984 Army Reserve Components Overseas Training Ribbon, 1992 Rifle (Expert) Medal, Navy,  1984 Pistol (Sharpshooter) Medal, Navy,  1980 Combat Medic Badge, Army, 1991 Parachutist Badge, Army, 1987 Rifle (Expert) Badge, Army,  1984 Pistol (Expert) Badge, Army,  1986

Military Assignments

Retired Reserve of the United States Army, [retired from U.S. Army Special Operations Command [USASOC], October 1995 to present

Battalion Medical Officer, 478th Civil Affairs Battalion (Airborne) - [FID/UW] (Foreign Internal Defense/Unconventional Warfare, with Civil Affairs - Civilian-Military Operations Responsibility for all of Latin America), U.S. Army Special Operations Command [USASOC], U.S. Army Reserve, March 1994 - October 1995

Chief, Emergency Medicine Section, 324th Combat Support Hospital, U.S. Army Reserve,                     	May 1991 - February 1994

Staff Physician, Emergency Medicine Section, Womack Army Community Hospital, U.S. Army, Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, October 1990 - December 1990

Chief, Emergency Medicine Section, 324th General Hospital, U.S. Army Reserve, October 1989 - October 1990

Commanding Officer, 331st Medical Detachment [Field Dispensary], U.S. Army Reserve,                    	October 1988 - October 1989

Assistant Chief, Department of Medicine, 324th General Hospital, U.S. Army Reserve,                       	January 1988 - October 1988

Battalion Medical Officer, 2nd Special Forces Battalion, 11th Special Forces Group (Airborne), 1st Special Forces, U.S. Army Special Operations Command [USASOC], U.S. Army Reserve, August 1984 - December 1987

Assistant Chief of Laboratory and Chief of Pathology, Naval Hospital - Pensacola, FL,             		August 1982 - August 1984

Pathology Resident, University of California, San Francisco, and Naval Regional Medical Center, Oakland, CA, August 1978 - August 1982

General Medical Officer, USNS H. H. Arnold (TAGM-9), [Operation Pony Express: Bering Sea - Soviet ICBM Observation Mission], May 1978 - August 1978

General Medical Officer / General Surgery Specialist, Fleet Dispensary, NAS Moffett Field, CA, November 1977 - May 1978

General Surgery Intern and Resident, University of California, San Francisco, and Naval Regional Medical Center, Oakland, CA, July 1975 - October 1977

Military Education

Civil Affairs Officer Advanced Course, Phase I, May 1995 - October 1995 (Correspondence)

Medical Management of Chemical Casualties and Biological Casualties, February 1994 (Mobile Training Team)

Arabic Language Course, Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, October - November 1990

Army Medical Department Officer Advanced Course: Phase I, September 1988 - June 1989 (USAR School); Phase II, July 1990 - August 1990 (Resident at Academy of Health Sciences); Phase III, October 1991 - October 1993 (Correspondence) Phase I [New], February 1994 - December 1994 (Correspondence)

Airborne Basic Course, Ft. Benning, Georgia, August - September 1987

Reserve Officer Training Corps [ROTC], Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 1970 - 1971 OTHER:

Languages Anglo-Saxon [Old English]			(reading ability only) Arabic      					(basic) Catalan     					(basic) Dutch       					(fair) English, Modern and Middle 		(native speaker) French      					(reading ability only) German    					(fair) Haitian Creole 				(basic) Italian      					(good) Latin        					(reading ability only) Occitan / Provençal				(basic) Portuguese  					(fluent, near native speaker ability) Quechua					(basic) Spanish     					(native speaker ability) Honors

Outstanding Faculty Teacher in Pathology (awarded by Pathology Residents), Medical College of Georgia; 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006

American Academy of Family Practice, Teacher Recognition Award, Pensacola, FL, June 1984

Honors Graduate, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, May 1975

Department of Defense Health Professions Scholarship, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, 1973 - 1975

Rice University Graduate School Honors Fellowship for Ph.D. Program, Rice University, Houston, Texas, Biomedical Engineering, 1973 Board of Trustees Scholarship, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, 1972 - 1973

Honors Program Graduate, High Honors with Distinction, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 1972

Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, 1972

Blue Key Honor Society, 1971 – 1972

Edwin S. Hinckley Scholar, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 1971 - 1972

President's Scholarship [Full tuition, fees and books], Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 1966 - 1972

Congressional Appointment to the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, 1966 - for the Class of 1970 [Appointed by Senator Gordon Allott, (R) of Colorado] Community Service

Boy Scouts of America [Eagle Scout, 1962, and Junior Assistant Scoutmaster, 1964 - 1966, Littleton, CO; Troop Committee, 1982-1984, Pensacola, FL; Scoutmaster, 1985-1987, Valparaiso, IN; Assistant Varsity Scout Coach, 1994, West Palm Beach, FL; Cubmaster, 1994-1996, West Palm Beach, FL]

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints [numerous lay positions, 1956 to present]

The Haile Selassie I Humanitarian Foundation [Board of Directors, 1999 to 2002, Trustee and Treasurer, 2000 to 2002]

Health Policy Advisory Committee to Representative Harry Johnston [(D), of Florida], Member, 1993-1994

Health Policy Advisory Committee to Representative Chris Cannon [(R), of Utah], Member, 1999-2001

Northwest Florida Regional Blood Center [Board of Directors, 1982-1984]

Palm Beach County Blood Bank [Advisory Board, 1987 to 1996]

Other Affiliations

Association of the United States Army, 1991 to present (Life Member)

Institute for the Study and Preservation of Ancient Religious Texts / Forum for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies [ISPART/FARMS], 1996 to present (Member)

US Army Civil Affairs Association, 1994 to present (Life Member)

Committee for Ancient Ethiopian Manuscript Preservation [CAEMP], 2000 to present (Chairman and Founding Member)

International Association of Egyptologists, 1998 to present (Member, one of only 185 members in the United States)

The Mars Society, 1998 to present (Founding Member no. 35, President of Utah Chapter,             1998 to 2001)

National Rifle Association, 1979 to present (Life Member)

Reserve Officers Association, 1991 to present (Life Member)

US Army Special Forces Association, 1999 to present (Associate Member)

U.S. Naval Institute, 1975 to present (Life Member)

Varsity Club of Brigham Young University, 1997 to present (Founding Member)

Other Significant  Experiences

Varsity Gymnastics Team, Brigham Young University, 1966 - 1967

Missionary of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, serving in the Andes South Mission (Bolivia, Perú and Chile), October 1967 - December 1969

Pilgrimage to the Shrine of St. James, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, along “El Camino de Santiago,” May 14 – 25, 2004

Updated 1 Mar 2007