How to live with Coronary Heart Disease and Congestive Heart Failure.

All my medical training was performed at the University of Tennessee Center for the Health Sciences in Memphis, Tennessee. My medical education began in 1977 with medical school and was completed with my Cardiology Fellowship in 1987. I am a board certified Internist and Clinical Cardiologist. I also have primary board certifications in Echocardiography and Interventional Cardiology. Considering these certifications, I have achieved Fellowship in the American College of Cardiology, the Society for Cardiac Angiography and Intervention, and the American Society of Echocardiography.

After practicing cardiology for 26 years in Memphis, a change in the national healthcare law made it difficult to continue a successful solo practice. Most specialties were absorbed into their respective local hospital systems. The hospitals took an anti-competitive stance with those who were not willing to come under their control. Fortunately, I was able to find a wonderful practice opportunity in south east Idaho. Here I have been able to continue my work, independent of hospital ownership. This meant that I could continue to provide the same type of individualized care to my patients as I had done prior to the hospital takeover.

Also during my career in Memphis, I was a member of the University's clinical faculty at the Veterans Administration Hospital. As Clinical Professor of Medicine, my primary responsibility was to assist in the training of the University's cardiology fellows. I was tasked with teaching them echocardiography, cardiac catheterization and coronary interventions.