Professor of Medicine
Director of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR

EDUCATION
1969  A.B. Degree, summa cum laude, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
1973  M.D. Degree, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

TRAINING
1973‑1974  Medical House Officer, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, MA
1974‑1975 Assistant Resident Physician, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital      
1973-1975  Clinical Fellow in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
1975‑1978  Research/Clinical Fellow in Medicine, Cardiac Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
1975‑1977  Research Fellow in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
 

AWARDS AND HONORS
1968 Phi Beta Kappa
1973 Alpha Omega Alpha
1973 First Prize, Student Scientific Presentation Competition, American Federation Clinical Research, Eastern Division
1977-78 Paul Dudley White Fellowship, American Heart Association, Massachusetts
1979-1983 Duberg Scholarship in Cardiovascular Disease, Yale University
1985 N.I.H. Research Career Development Award (not accepted)

MAJOR PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
1973 American Federation for Clinical Research
1977 Paul Dudley White Society
1978 Fellow, Council on Clinical Cardiology, American Heart Association
1980 Fellow, American College of Physicians
1989 American Physiological Society
1989 Fellow, Council on Circulation, American Heart Association
1992 Association of Professors of Cardiology
1994 Fellow, American College of Cardiology                                                                     

CLINICAL AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
Coronary artery disease, valvular heart disease, cardiomyopathy, circulatory physiology, socioeconomic and gender disparities in cardiovascular care