Undergraduate Education:    

                                               Carson-Newman College

                                                Degree Earned: Bachelor of Arts, Biology

                                                Attended 1973-1977

Medical School:                     

                                                Eastern Virginia School of Medicine

                                                Norfolk, Virginia

                                                Degree Earned: Doctor of Medicine

                                                Attended 1977-1980

Internship:                             

Walter Reed Medical Center, Washington, D.C.

Attended: 1980-1981

Residency:                             

Walter Reed Medical Center, Washington, D.C.

Chief Resident in Psychiatry, 1984

Attended: 1981-1984

Experience:                           

 

1992-Present:                           Medical Director, Next Step Institute of Integrative Medicine, Inc., a non-profit outpatient treatment program for chronic pain, chronic illnesses and disabilities as well as providing education, training and consulting services.

 

1992-Present:                           Private practice at Weiss & Newberry Medical Associates in Palm Bay, Florida

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1996-1998:                              Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, Holmes Regional Medical Center, Melbourne, Florida.

 

1992-1996:                              Medical Director, Wings to Fly, a non-profit, outpatient, adolescent treatment facility for substance abuse problems located in Melbourne, FL.

 

1992:                                       Volunteer Faculty, Department of Psychiatry, University of Alabama in Birmingham.

 

1989-1992:                              Service Director, Hill Crest Hospital’s Chemical Dependency Unit, Birmingham, Alabama.

 

1989-1992:                              Private Practice of General Psychiatry at Psychiatry Associates, P.C., Birmingham, Alabama.

 

1987-1989:                              Chief, Inpatient Psychiatry, Womack Army Community Ho9spital, Fort Bragg, North Carolina (Rank: Major, Medical Corps; Received Army Commendation Medal)

 

1984-1985:                              Instructor, Department of Psychiatry, Uniformed Services, University of the Health Clinic (TMC #4), 82^nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina (Airborne qualified).

Hospital Staff Membership:  

Circles of Care, Melbourne, Florida (Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospital, Non-Profit); Consulting Staff Only.

Licensed to Practice in:        

                                                Florida (ME062341), active, licensed since August 1992.

                                                North Carolina (28886), active, licensed since 1985.

                                                Alabama (13242), inactive, licensed 1987-1992.

                                                District of Columbia (14235), inactive, licensed 1983-1984.

Licensing Examination:         

                                                Federal Licensing Examination, 1983.

Board Certification:               

American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, in Psychiatry (#28093), June 1986)

American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Added Qualifications in Addiction Psychiatry (901809, March 1993, Recertified in April 2003 for 10 years)

American Society of Addiction Medicine, Certi9fied by examination, December 1988.

American Academy of Pain Management, Certified by examination, September 1994

 

Awards:                               

                                             General William C. Menninger Award for the best paper by a military ssychiatry resident.  Awarded at the Menninger Clinic, Topeka, Kansas in May 1984.

                                             American Medical Association Physician’s Recognition Award, 1990-1993.

 

Association Memberships:

                                            

                                             American Psychiatric Association, Diplomate

                                             American Medical Association

                                             Florida Medical Association

                                             Brevard County Medical Association

                                             American Society of Addiction Medicine

                                             American Academy of Pain Management, Diplomate

 

Positions Held:

                                             First President and Founder, Alabama Chapter of the American Society of Addiction Medicine, 1991-1992.

                                             Treasurer, Florida Chapter of the American Society of Addiction Medicine, 1994-1999.

                                             Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, Holmes Regional Medical Center.