2005 ELECTION CANDIDATES FOR RECORDER

Previous SectionNext SectionBiographical StatementHard work has been second nature for me starting at an early age. A combination of scholarship money and four years of work/study efforts helped pay for college and for medical school loans, and hospital jobs paid the bills. During the period I attended University of Alabama Medical School, psychiatry was not held in high regard. When revealing a desire to be a psychiatrist, I was told, “Psychiatry is what you do when you don't want to hurt someone.” That was not the case at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, where I became chief resident. I was hired as a faculty member at the University of Louisville School of Medicine, and after several formative years running the Outpatient Clinic at the University of Louisville Hospital, I went into private practice. I have been a teacher of medical students and residents over the years and now am a clinical associate professor. I divide my day seeing both inpatients and outpatients and in the past have had work experiences including five years as a director of an inpatient unit, a chemical dependency group leader with ASAM certification, and even for a time the director of a mental health management group. Seeing a significant geriatric population, I am certified with added qualifications in geriatric psychiatry. I met my wife when we were both crisis-center volunteers in my third year in medical school. She is obviously a saint to still love and care for me for 29 years. I have three...