Title

President of Le Bonheur Children's Hospital

Division Chief, Pediatric Surgery, Le Bonheur Children's Hospital

Surgeon-in-Chief, Le Bonheur Children's Hospital

Professor, Surgery and Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Chief, Pediatric Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center 

Endowed Chair in General Pediatric Surgery, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

Chair, Committee for Professional Enhancement (CPE), Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare

                   

Patient Care Emphasis

Thoracic Surgery (including Pectus Excavatum), Trauma Surgery, Cancer Surgery, Surgery for IBD

Medical School

University of Mississippi Medical Center


Board Certification

American Board of Surgery, Special Qualifications in Pediatric Surgery


Residency

General Surgery, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center


Fellowship

Pediatric Surgery, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Awards and Honors

Memphis Business Journal “Top 40 under 40”

Memphis Magazine Top Doctors in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021

2016 Memphis Business Journal Health Care Heroes

Memphis Medical News “InCharge 2017 Health Care Leader”

2020 Children’s Emergency Care Alliance “Joseph Weinberg Leadership Award” 


Professional Memberships

Alpha Omega Alpha                                                                           

Phi Kappa Phi Society                                                                        

Christian Medical Dental Association

Harwell Wilson Surgical Society     

Memphis Surgical Society    

TN Emergency Medical Services for Children Foundation

Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma

Fellow American College of Surgeons

American Pediatric Surgical Association                     

Society of Critical Care Medicine 

Pediatric Trauma Society

American Association of Physician Leadership


Other

Board of Directors Member, Trauma Center Association of America

Division Chief, Leadership Council, University of Tennessee Health Science Center Department of Surgery

Site Director, General Surgery Residency, Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital/University of Tennessee Health Science Center Department of Surgery

Clinical Competence Committee, Pediatric Surgery Fellowship, University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Chair, Perioperative Safety Committee, Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital

Chair, Department of Surgery Committee, Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital

Credentials Committee, Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare

Senior Leadership Committee, Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital

Trauma Operations and Improvement Committee, Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital

Operative and Invasive Committee, Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital

Practice Committee, American Pediatric Surgical Association

Mississippi Trauma Clinical Effectiveness Committee, Bureau of Acute Care Services of Mississippi Department of Health

Chair, Performance Improvement Committee, Tennessee Trauma Care Advisory Committee

Pediatric Trauma Committee, Trauma Center Association of America

Committee on Trauma-Tennessee, American College of Surgeons

Trauma Care Advisory Council, Tennessee Department of Health

Committee on Pediatric Emergency Care, Tennessee Department of Health