Education: Duke University-B.A. Biology, M.D, Internal Medicine residency, and fellowship gastroenterology (1968-1979 and 1981-1983).
Board certified: Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology. Founder single specialty, multi-physician group practice Fayetteville,1984; retired in 2020.
40+ short-term medical mission and leadership trips: Bolivia, Congo, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Iraq, Kenya.
Author: Cure Constipation Now, A Doctor’s Fiber Therapy to Cleanse and Heal, Berkley Books—written for the public [2009].
Lead author: A Low-Cost Novel Treatment of Severe Diabetic Gastroparesis Based on Burkitt’s Dietary Fiber Hypothesis [2021].
Co-founder/chair of the board: Current Flight.org.
Trustee: Hope Through Health Foundation, Former Trustee Methodist U. and Brevard College.
Former director: Impact Global Health Alliance (IGHA) and Cumberland Community Foundation (CCF).
Former Board of Visitors Duke University Health Systems Medical Alumni.
Member of Haymount UMC since 1983.
Awards: Mary Lynn Bryan Leadership CCF 1999; Greater Good, Methodist University 2001; Distinguished Service IGHA. Braxton Craven Fellow of James B. Duke Society 2010, Duke University. Outstanding Philanthropist Award, Western North Carolina Chapter of National Society of Fund-Raising Executives, Asheville, NC, 1996
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