Education
Doctor of Medicine, Indiana University, 1976
M.P.H., Harvard School of Public Health, 2009
M.S., Preventative Medicine and Admin. Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1995
B.A., Physics, Indiana University, 1972
Professional Experience
Full Vita
- Visiting/Volunteer Doctor, Mwanza, Tanzania, West Africa, 2010
- Doctor, Field Medical Clinics in northern provence village Ciudad Antigua, Nicaragua, 2008
- Doctor, Mobile Medical Clinic for IDP camps, Batticaloa, Sri Lanka 2007
- Review health care delivery systems, study traditional healing practices, overview endemic infectious diseases, review epidemiologic studies, Gambia, East Africa 2007
- Board of Directors, Valley Emergency Physicians, Inc., 1981-2006
- Staff Physician, Emergency Department, St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center, South Bend, Indiana, 1981-2006
- Medical Director of Emergency Medicine, St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, South Bend, Indiana 1991-1994, 2001-2005
- Chairman, Emergency Department of St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, South Bend, Indiana 1991-1993, 2001-2005
- President, Valley Emergency Physicians, Inc., South Bend, Indiana 1991-1992, 1999-2003
- Integrated Delivery Network Steering Committee Member St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, 1993-1994
- Chairman, Department of Medicine, Saint Anthony Hospital, Michigan City, Indiana, 1981
- Private Practice, Internal Medicine, 1979-1981
Courses Taught
- E400/V450/H455 Living on the Edge of Chaos: Health Aspects of Extreme Weather Events & Climate Change, Spring 2012-2013
- E400/V450/H455 Introduction to Global Health, Fall 2012, proposed Fall 2013
Professional Interests
Global Health, Health Impacts of Climate Change, Health & Complex Adaptive Social-Ecological Systems
Current Projects
Climate Effects on Health