Family Physician

• My first job in health care began on 1 November 1972 while a senior in high school. I worked before and after school and every Saturday morning as an X-ray assistant at Boone County Hospital until graduation.

• In 1980 I was granted a license to practice medicine by the Arkansas State Medical Board. From 1987 to 2003 I was also licensed to practice medicine by the Oklahoma Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision.

• From 1983 to 1987 I served as a Medical Officer in the U.S. Navy. Between 13 April 1987 and 31 January 2003 I served as a Family Physician in the town of Roland, Oklahoma (population 2,481). I joined Holt-Krock Clinic as a full partner in December 1991. Our clinic was affiliated with PhyCor, Inc., from 1995 to 1999, when it was acquired by Sparks Hospital. I began working in an outpatient family practice and walk-in clinic in south Fort Smith, Arkansas, in February 2003. In June 2016 I relocated to the Sparks Family Medicine Clinic on Massard Road in east Fort Smith, now known as Baptist Health Family Clinic.

• I was on the active staff of Sparks Regional Medical Center, Fort Smith, Arkansas, from April 1987 through May 1997. I served on the Continuing Quality Improvement Committee, the Emergency Room Subcommittee, and the Medical Informatics Steering Committee. I was chairman of the Nursing Liaison/Tissue Donation subcommittee for several years. I was chief of the Family Practice service in 1993. I was on the staff of St. Edward Mercy Medical Center from 1987 to 2003. I served several years as medical director of Sparks' Home Health Care.

• From 1992 to 2000 I was the corporate president of    

• In 1992 I was appointed Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, AHEC-Fort Smith.
  In 2016 I was appointed Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Primary Care, Division of Family Medicine, Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine.

• Before retiring on 30 May 2025, I was working as an out-patient clinician with Baptist Health System, which manages clinics throughout Arkansas.

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