Highlights

Author or co-author of more than 150 papers, articles, and book chapters
Author of more than 900 department newsletters
Presented more than 150 national lectures
Attended more than 300 national meetings
Administered anesthesia in medical offices, ambulatory surgical centers, hospitals with fewer than 100 and more than 400 beds, and university centers.
Worked in private and academic depts, in anesthesiologist group, and with CRNAs and AAs
Worked in 7 Army Hospitals
First Prize, ASA Resident Research Essay, “Combination of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol with oxymorphone or pentobarbital: Effects on ventilatory control and cardiovascular dynamics”,Anesthesiology 42:674-84, 1975
First Prize, ASA Art Exhibit (Lit) in 2006 with, “Last words”, 2008 with, "Majic Taxi", and 2009 with, "Driving Thoughts"
Published studies on anesthesia costs (Anesth Analg 76:840-8, 1993) and revenues (Anesthesiology 93:852-7, 2000)
Has pictures of foot and father published in Anesthesiology (39:654-5, 1973 and 104:1103-4, 2006, respectively)
Sen Jay Rockefeller wrote editorial about him in anesthesia journal (Anesth Analg 76: 689, 1993)
Perfect scores on the Army Physical Fitness Test, 1997-03
Served as anesthesiologist on last voyage of the SS Hope (Good Ship Hope), to Maceio, Brazil.
Worked in Haiti and Jamaica
Published Doctors Day editorials for 7 years
Lectured at 17 annual educational meetings of WV State Society of Anesthesiologists
Business experience: Anesthesia billing. Hospital management. Commercial real estate. Importer European cars.
Medical director of school of respiratory therapy
Introduced electronic anesthesia record into department 14 years ago
Organized the ASA Practice Management Conference for 5 years - doubling its attendance and changing it from losing money to very profitable

Winning first prize for literature at the 2008 ASA Art Exhibit