Owen B. Evans, MD
PROFESSOR EMERITUS
Education
| Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville TN, Residency, Pediatric Neurology | 1980 |
| Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville TN, Pediatrics | 1977 |
| University of Washington, Internship, Pediatrics | 1974 |
| Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN, MD, Medicine | 1973 |
| Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN, BA, Biology | 1969 |
Specialty Certification Licensure
| Re-certification, American Board of Pediatrics | 09/1991 - Present |
| Certification, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology with Special Competence in Child Neurology | 06/1982 - Present |
| Certification, American Board of Pediatrics | 02/1980 - Present |
| Licensure, Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure, Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure | 08/1983 - 06/2011 |
Current Positions
| Professor Emeritus, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics | 07/2013 - Present |
| The University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson, Mississippi 39216 | |
Academic Appointments or Other Previous Appointments
| Professor, University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics | 1988 - 06/2013 |
| Associate Professor, University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics | 1983 - 1988 |
| Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics | 1980 - 1983 |
Publications
Journal Article | |
| Parker CC, Evans,OB Metabolic disorders causing childhood ataxia Sem Pediatr Neuro 10:193-9; 2003. | 2003 |
| Vedanarayanan VV, Evans OB Subramony SH Tick paralysis in children: electrophysilogy and possibility of misdiagnosis Neurology 59:1088-90, 2002. | 2002 |
| Cai Z, Pan Z, Pan Y, Evans OB, Rhodes PG cytokine induction in fetal rat brains and brain injury in neonatal rats after maternal lipopolysaccharide administration. Pediatr Research 47:64-72, 2000. | 2000 |
| Evans OB Symptomatic seizures Pediatr Annals 28:231-237, April 1999. | 1999 |
| Vedanarayanan VV, Smith S, Subramony SH, Bock GO Evans OB Lethal neonatal autosomal recessive axonal sensorimotor polyneuropathy Muscle and Nerve 21: 1473-77; 1998. | 1998 |
| Evans OB: Breath-holding spells. Pediatr Annals 26:410-414, July 1997. | 1997 |
| Evans OB, Vedanarayanan V: Guillain-Barre Syndrome. Pediatr Review 18:10-16, 1997. | 1997 |
| Causey AL, Evans OB, Lewis-Abney K: Intervertebral disk calcification: an unusual cause of acquired torticollis in childhood. Pediatr Emerg Care 12:356-359, 1996. | 1996 |
| Glick C, Evans OB, Parks BR: Muscle rigidity due to fentanyl infusion in the pediatric patient. South Med J 89:1119-1120, Nov. 1996. | 1996 |
| Vedanarayanan V, Subramony SH, Ray LI, Evans OB Treatment of childhood dermatomyositis with high dosed intravenous immunoglobulin. Pediatr Neurol 13:336-339, 1995. | 1995 |
| Gruich MJ, Evans OB, Storey JM, Bradley ST, Chen CJ Vogt- Koyanagi-Harada syndrome in a 4 year-old child. Pediatr Neurol 13:50-51, 1995 | 1995 |
| Pender ES, Pollack, CV, Evans OB: Fat embolism syndrome in a child with muscular dystrophy. J Emerg Med 10:705-711, 1992. | 1992 |
| Evans OB, Vig V, Parker CC: Prematurity and early-onset juvenile myasthenia gravis. Pediatr Neurol 8:51-53, 1992. | 1992 |
| Hoffman EP, Arahata K, Minetti C, (Evans OB) Dystrophinopathy in isolated cases of myopathy in females. Neurology, 42(5):967-975, May 1992. | 1992 |
| LeBlanc, MH, Farias LA, Evans OB, Vibha V, Smith, EE, Markov AK: Fructose-1,6-bisphosphate, when given immediately before reoxygenation, or before injury, does not ameliorate hypoxic ischemic injury to the central nervous system in the newborn pig. Crit Care Med 19:75-83, 1991. | 1991 |
| LeBlanc MH, Farias LA, Markov AK, Evans OB, Smith B, Smith EE, Brown EG: Fructose-1,6-Diphosphate, when given five minutes after injury, does not ameliorate hypoxic ischemic injury to the central nervous system in the newborn pig. Biol Neonate 59:98- 108, 1991. | 1991 |
| Hersh EV, Helpin ML, Evans OB: Local anesthetic mortality: report of case. ASDC J Dent Children Nov-Dec;58(6)489-91,1991. | 1991 |
| LeBlanc MH, Vig V, Smith B, Parker CC, Evans OB, Smith EE MK- 801, does not protect against hypoxic ischemic brain injury in piglets. Stroke 22:1270-1275, 1991. | 1991 |
| Subramony SH, Carpenter DE, Raju S, Pride M, Evans OB Myopathy and prolonged neuromuscular blockade after lung transplant. Crit Care Med 19:1580-1582, 1991 | 1991 |
| Subramony SH, Parker CC, Evans OB, Hanson RR: Mistaken diagnoses in continuous muscle fiber activity of peripheral nerve origin. Pediatr Neurol 6:257-259. 1990. | 1990 |
| Kletter G, Evans OB, Lee JA, Melvin B, Yates AB, Bock HG. Congenital muscular dystrophy and epidermolysis bullosa simplex. J Pediatr ll4:l04-107, 1989. | 1989 |
| Evans OB, Gay H, Swisher A, Parks B. Hematologic monitoring in children with epilepsy treated with carbamazepine. J Child Neurol 4:286-290, 1989. | 1989 |
| Evans OB Episodic disorders of childhood. Sem Neurol 8:42-50, 1988. | 1988 |
| Evans OB, Hanson RR, Sneed OC. The primary generalized epilepsies of childhood. Sem Neurol 8:12-23, 1988. | 1988 |
| Primos W, Bhatnagar A, Evans OB, Bishop P. Ibuprofen intoxication presenting as acute metabolic acidosis. J MSMA, 28:233-234, 1987. | 1987 |
| Pattisapu JV, Evans OB. Intervertebral disc calcification in children-A case report. Pediatr Neurol 3:108-110, 1987. | 1987 |
| Bobo H, Evans OB. Intracranial aneurysms and atrial myxoma. Pediatr Neurol 3:230-232, 1987. | 1987 |
| Wright A, Moffitt J, Evans OB. Cat scratch encephalopathy. J MSMA, 27:29-31, 1986. | 1986 |
| Bobo H, Miller JD, Evans OB, Kapp JP. Delayed intracerebral hematoma at the site of a subarachnoid bolt pressure monitor. J. Neurosurg 64:673-675, 1986. | 1986 |
| Evans OB. Guillain Barre syndrome in childhood. Pediatr Rev 8:69-74, 1986. | 1986 |
| Donaldson D, Evans OB, Harrison RW. Insulin binding capacity in normal and denervated muscle. Muscle Nerve, 9:211- 215, 1986. | 1986 |
| Evans OB. Lactic acidosis in childhood, Part II. Pediatr Neurol 2:5-12, 1986. | 1986 |
| Evans OB. Lactic acidosis in childhood, Part I Pediatr Neurol 1:325-328, 1985. | 1985 |
| Evans OB, Parainfectious neurologic disease. Sem Neurol 5:288- 297, 1985. | 1985 |
| Evans OB. Episodic weakness in pyruvate dehydrogenase deficiency. J Pediatr 105:961-963, 1984. | 1984 |
| Saito A, Mrak RE, Evans OB, Fleischer S. Glycogen-membrane complexes in denervated human skeletal muscle. J Ultrastruct Res 86:149-161, 1984. | 1984 |
| Atkinson JB, Evans OB. Ischemia of the brainstem as a cause of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Arch Pathol Lab Med 108:341-342, 1984. | 1984 |
| Evans OB. Human muscle pyruvate dehydrogenase activity. Neurology 33:51-56, 1983. | 1983 |
| Slonim AE, Coleman RA, McElligot MA, Najjar J., Hirschhorn K, Labadie CIJ, Mrak R, Evans OB, Shipp E. Presson R. Improvement of muscle function in acid maltase deficiency by high protein therapy. Neurology 33:34-38, 1983. | 1983 |
| Evans OB. Muscle pyruvate oxidation following denervation and reinnervation. Muscle Nerve 6:557-560, 1983. | 1983 |
| Evans OB. The effects of dichloroacetate on brain tissue pyruvate dehydrogenase. J Neurochem 41:1052-1056, 1983. | 1983 |
| Tucker WS, Hubbard WH, Stryker TD, Morgan SW, Evans OB, Freeman FR, Theil GB. A new familial disorder of combined lower motor neuron degeneration and skeletal disorganization. Trans Assoc Physicians 95:126-134, 1982. | 1982 |
| Mrak RE, Salto A, Evans OB, Fleischer S. Autophagic degradation in human skeletal muscle target fibers. Muscle Nerve 5:745-753, 1982. | 1982 |
| Evans OB. Dichloroacetate tissue concentration and its relationship to hypolactatemia and pyruvate dehydrogenase activation. Biochem Pharmacol 31:3124-3125, 1982. | 1982 |
| Sul E, Mrak RE, Evans OB, Fenichel M. Neurogenic anthrogryposis in one identical twin. Arch Neurol 39:717-719, 1982. | 1982 |
| Evans OB, Stacpoole PW. Prolonged hypolactatemia and increased total pyruvate dehydrogenase activity with dichloroacetate. Biochem Pharmacol 31:1295-1300, 1982. | 1982 |
| Slonim EA, Weisberg C, Benke PQ, Burr I, Evans OB. Reversal of debrancher deficiency myopathy by use of high protein nutrition. Ann Neurol 11:420-422, 1982. | 1982 |
| Evans OB. Normal muscle pyruvate oxidation in spinocerebellar degenerations. Ann Neurol 9:93-97, 1981. | 1981 |
| Evans OB. Pyruvate decarboxylase deficiency in subacute necrotizing encephalomyelopathy. Arch Neurol 9:93-96, 1981. | 1981 |
| Evans OB. Pyruvate metabolism in muscle following denervation. Tran Am Neurol Assoc 106:164-167, 1981. | 1981 |
| Evans OB, Stacpoole PW. Brief treatment with dichloroacetate does not modify suspected subacute necrotizing encephalo- myelitis. Ann Neurol 8:647, 1980. | 1980 |
| Evans OB, Stacpoole PW Increase of total pyruvate dehydrogenase complex activity in rats in chronic dichloroacetate therapy. Trans Am Acad Neurol 105:215-217, 1980. | 1980 |
| Evans OB. Muscle pyruvate oxidation in spinocerebellar degenerations. Trans Am Neurol Assoc 105:105-107, 1980. | 1980 |
| Evans OB, Kilroy AW, Fenichel GM. Acetazolamide in the treatment of pyruvate dysmetabolism. Arch Neurol 35:302-305, 1978. | 1978 |
| Evan OB, Lexow S. Painful ophthalmoplegia in systemic lupus erythematosus. Ann Neurol 4:584, 1978. | 1978 |
| Evans OB. Polyneuropathy in childhood. Pediatrics 64:96-103, 1978. | 1978 |
| Connolly J, Regen E, Evans OB. The management of the painful, stiff shoulder. Clin Orthop 84:97-103, 1972. | 1972 |
| Evans OB, Zseltzay R, Coniglio JG. Fatty acid synthesis in rat testes injected intratesticularly or incubated with I-14C acitate. Lipids 6:706-711, 1971. | 1971 |
Abstracts | |
| Cai Z, Pan Z, Evans OB , Rhodes PG Cytokine induction in fetal rat brains and brain injury in neonatal rats after maternal lipopolysaccharide administration Pediatr Res 47:1, 2000 | 2000 |
| Parks BR, Evans OB, Noble SL, Young JH Weight loss in pediatric patients receiving felbamate as add-on-therapy. Epilepsia, Abstracts from the Annual Meeting of the American Epilepsy Society Miami, FL, 34:(Suppl. 6), Dec 5-8, 1993 | 1993 |
| Leblanc MH, Rockhold RW, Vig V, Smith B, Parker CC, Evans OB, and Smith EE An excitatory amino acid antagonist enhances hypoxic ischemic injury to the brain of the newborn pig Clin Res 38:1 1990 | 1990 |
| LeBlanc MH, Farias LA, Markov AK, Evans OB, Smith RB and Smith EE Fructose 1-6 Diphosphate (FDP) does not ameliorate hypoxic ischemic injury to brain in piglets Pediatr Res 25:4, 1989 | 1989 |
| Nespeca M, Evans OB, Rose J Metabolic and anatomic abnormalities in familial intermittent ataxia Neurology 37(Suppl 1):105, 1987.89 | 1987 |
| Evans OB, Harrison RW. Glucocorticoid binding in Muscle atrophy Neurology 35(Suppl 1):203,1985 | 1985 |
| Gay H, Evans OB Hematological monitoring and carbamazepine therapy Ann Neurol 8:415, 1985 | 1985 |
| Clinton ME, Kirshner HS, Evans OB, Netsky MG A pigmentary form of motor neuron disease Neurology 34(Suppl 1):215, 1984 | 1984 |
| Jernigan J, Evans OB, Kirshner HS. Hyperglycemia and diabetes improve outcome in rat model of anoxia/ischemia Neurology 34(Suppl 1):262,1984 | 1984 |
| Evans OB Episodic weaknesss in pyruvate dehydrogenase deficiency Ann Neurol 14 (Suppl 1):366, 1983 | 1983 |
| Evans OB Insulin binding capacity in normal and denervated muscle Ann Neurol 13(Suppl 1):786, 1983 | 1983 |
| Mrak RE, Salto A, Evans OB, Fleischer S. Autophagic degradation in human skeletal muscle fibers Lab Invest 46:58, 1982 | 1982 |
| Mrak RE, Salto A, Evans OB, Fleischer S. Glycogen-membrane complexes in skeletal muscle fibers Lab Invest 46:58, 1982 | 1982 |
| Evans OB. Stacpoole RW Dichloroacetate stimulates pyruvate dehydrogenase synthesis and activity in rat liver Ann Neurol 8:127, 1980.Neurology 31(Suppl 1):87, 1981 | 1981 |
| Evans OB Pyruvate oxidation by muscle fiber type following nerve crush Ann Neurol 10:86, 1981 | 1981 |
| Evans OB Muscle pyruvate oxidation in spinocerebellar disorders Ann Neurol 8:129, 1980 | 1980 |
Book Chapter | |
| Vedanarayanan, VV, Evans, OB Normal Muscle, Pediatric Neurology: Principles and Practice, 4th Edition, Chapter 74, eds: Swaiman, Ashwal, Ferriero Philadelphia: Elsevier, pp. 1145-1156, 2006 | 2006 |
| Vedanarayanan VV, Evans OB Glycogen Storage Disease, Encyclopediae of the Neurological Sciences, Eds: Aminoff M, Daroff R San Diego: Academic Press, Vol. 2, pp. 470-474, 2003 | 2003 |
| Evans OB, Hutchins JB Development of the Nervous System. Fundamental Neuroscience, Ed. Duane E. Haines, Ph.D New York: Churchill Livingstone, 2001 | 2001 |
| Evans OB, Parker CC, Haas RHG, Naidu S, Moser HW Bock HGO: Inborn Errors of Metabolism of the Nervous System. Neurology in Clinical Practice (3rd edition) Butterworth-Heinemann, Boston, 2000 | 2000 |
| Vedanarayanan, VV, Evans, OB Normal Muscle, Pediatric Neurology: Principles and Practice, 3rd Edition, Chapter 74, eds: Swaiman, Ashwal, Ferriero Mosby, St. Louis, pp. 1385-1402, 1999 | 1999 |
| Evans OB (Guest Editor) Seizures in the Pediatric Office. Pediatric Annals SLACK, New Jersey, April, 1999 | 1999 |
| Vedanarayanan VV, Evans OB Normal Muscle Pediatric Neurology: Principles and Practice, 4th Edition | 1997 |
| Evans OB, Hutchins JB Development of the Nervous System. Fundamental Neuroscience, Ed. Duane E. Haines, Ph.D. New York: Churchill Livingstone, pp. 65-83, 1997 | 1997 |
| Evans OB (Guest Editor) Episodic Disorders in Childhood in Pediatric Annals SLACK, New Jersey, July, 1997 | 1997 |
| Evans OB, Bharucha N(Assoc Editors) in Bradley WG, Daroff RB, Fenichel GM, et al, (ed)E, Cohen ME Neurology in Clinical Practice, The Neurological Disorders 2nd Edition Butterworth-Heinemann, Boston, 1996 | 1996 |
| Evans OB Inflammatory Myopathies, in Berg FD, Ingelfinger JR, Wald ER, et al (ed), Gellis and Kagan’s Current Pediatric Therapy, 15th ed. W.B. Saunders Company, 1994 | 1994 |
| Evans OB Normal Muscle, in Swaiman KF (ed), Pediatric Neurology: Principles and Practice, 2nd ed., Vol. 2 Mosby, St. Louis, pp. 1385-1402, 1994 | 1994 |
| Evans OB Inflammatory Myopathies, in Berg TD, Ingelfinger JR, Wald ER, et al, (ed), Gellis and Kagan’s Current Pediatric Therapy, 14th ed W.B. Saunders Company, page 480, 1992 | 1992 |
| Evans OB, Subramony SH, Hanson RR, Parker CC Neurologic Diseases in Sweet, AY, Brown EG (ed). Fetal and Neonatal Effects of Maternal Disease, Mosby Year Book St. Louis, pp. 281-301, 1991 | 1991 |
| Evans OB, Pender E Ataxia, in Stockman JA (ed), Difficult Diagnosis in Pediatrics Saunders, Philadelphia, pp. 347-362, 1990 | 1990 |
| Evans OB, Hanson RR, Bock G Inborn errors of metabolism of the nervous system, in Bradley WG, Daroff RB, Fenichel GM, et al (ed). Neurology in Clinical Practice Butterworth-Heinemann, Boston, 1990 | 1990 |
| Evans OB Metabolic Acidosis, in Swaiman KF (ed), Pediatric Neurology: Principles and Practice Mosby, St. Louis, pp 975- 986, 1989 | 1989 |
| Evans OB Normal muscle, in Swaiman KF, (ed), Pediatric Neurology; Principles and Practice Mosby, St. Louis, pp 1067-1082, 1989 | 1989 |
| Evans OB (guest editor) Outpatient Neurology Thieme, New York 8:1-120, 1988. | 1988 |
| Evans OB. Lactic acidosis, in Moss AJ (ed) Pediatric Update, Elsevier, New York, 1987, 189-205. | 1987 |
| Evans OB Manual of Child Neurology Churchill Livingstone, New York, 1987 | 1987 |
Presentations
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Congenital Anomalies of the CNS,”, Department of Pediatrics Grand Rounds, Jackson, MS | 09/2010 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Pediatric Headaches & Movement Disorders,” 2010 Nelson Lecture Series for Pediatric Residents, University of MS Medical Center, Jackson, MS | 06/2010 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Episodic Neurologic Disorders in Children,”, Family Medicine Update 2010, Jackson, MS | 04/2010 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, “The Art of Medicine,” Emergency Medicine Spring Retreat 2010, University of MS Medical Center, Jackson, MS | 04/2010 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, “The Art of Medicine,”, Department of Pediatrics Grand Rounds, Jackson, MS | 11/2009 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Demylenating Encephalitis,”, Pediatric Case Conference, University Medical Center | 09/2009 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, “The Art of Medicine,”, Gold Humanism Honor Society, University of MS Medical Center, Jackson, MS | 09/2009 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Pediatric Case Conference, University Medical Center | 05/2009 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Strokes in Children,”, Department of Pediatrics Grand Rounds, Jackson, MS | 05/2009 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Headaches in Children, Mississippi Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics Annual CME Meeting, Jackson, MS | 11/2008 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Congenital Malformations of the Central Nervous System,”, Department of Pathology Grand Rounds, Jackson, MS | 10/2008 |
| Invited Symposia, “Diagnosis and Management of Seizures in Children with Brain Tumors,”, CCF/Candlelighter Symposium, Jackson, MS | 04/2008 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Guillain Barre Syndrome”, Children’s Rehab Services (CRS) Education Lectures, Jackson, MS | 03/2008 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Update on new Anti-Epileptic Drugs,”, Fall Mississippi Chapter AAP meeting, Hilton, Jackson, MS | 10/2007 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Abnormal Brain Development, NEUROSCIENCES INDIA GROUP, ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF EDINBURGH, Chennai, India | 08/2007 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Neurodevelopmental disorders in childhood- An Overview, NEUROSCIENCES INDIA GROUP, ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF EDINBURGH, Chennai, India | 08/2007 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, The neurologically normal child, NEUROSCIENCES INDIA GROUP, ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF EDINBURGH, Chennai, India | 08/2007 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Brain Development,”, Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center Outreach Program, McComb, MS | 08/2007 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Tics and Tourette Syndrome,”, Fall Mississippi Chapter AAP meeting, Hilton, Jackson, MS | 09/2005 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Management of Pediatric Headaches,”, 5th Annual Medicine at the Beach Conference, Destin, FL | 04/2005 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Update on the Mississippi Chapter of the AAP and the Blair E. Batson Hospital for Children,”, Central Mississippi Pediatric Society, Jackson, MS | 2004 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, “The State of Children’s Health in Mississippi,”, Mississippi Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Spring Meeting, Jackson, MS. | 05/2003 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Maternal and Neonatal Neurological and Neuromuscular Diseases Affecting the Mother and Newborn Infant,” Perinatal Care continuing education program, Greenwood Leflore Hospital, Greenwood, MS. | 2003 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Non-epileptic Spells in Children,” Keynote Speaker, Current Problems in Pediatric Therapy XXVIII, Oklahoma University Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, OK. | 04/2002 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Tourette Syndrome,” Keynote Speaker, Current Problems in Pediatric Therapy XXVIII, Oklahoma University Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, OK. | 04/2002 |
| Workshop Coordinator, “Genomic Education for Medical Students,”, ASPDC, Fort Myers, FL. | 03/2002 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, -“Pediatric In-training examinations,”, 02Penny Scurto Memorial Lecture, Grand Rounds, LSU Medical Center, New Orleans, LA | 2002 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, “A New Primitive Reflex,”, Festschrift for Dr. Fenichel, Vanderbilt, Nashville, TN. | 09/2001 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Epilepsy in Your Office, Fall Meeting Mississippi Chapter of the AAP, Jackson, MS | 09/2000 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Headaches: What to do when Kids Have Them", Fall Meeting Mississippi Chapter of the AAP, Jackson, MS. | 09/2000 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Non-Epileptic Spells in Children,”, Amos Christie Society, Vanderbilt Visiting Professor, Nashville, TN | 10/1999 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, -"Evaluation & Management of Childhood Seizures,” -“Evaluation & Management of Migraines in Children,”, Alabama Chapter-AAP 1999 Annual Meeting & Pediatric Update, Panama City, FL | 09/1999 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Metabolic Diseases for the Pediatrician,” “Episodic Spells in Children,” -“Guillain Barre Syndrome,”, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA. | 11/1998 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Neurological Assessment and Neonatal Seizures,”, Newborn Intensive Care Unit Course, Cabot Lodge, Jackson, MS | 04/1998 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Brain Tumors in Children,” Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, MS Chapter AAP, Ramada North | 10/1993 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Pediatric Headaches, Family Practice Update, Ramada Renaissance, Jackson, MS | 04/1993 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, -Guest lecturer, Brazilian Congress of Neurology, Brazil | 10/1992 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Floppy Infant,” Pediatric Grand Rounds, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri | 06/1991 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Neurologic Causes of Spells” and Panel discussion. “Differential Diagnosis”; “Limping”; Primary Pediatric Update, University of Missouri School of Medicine, University of Missouri School of Medicine | 06/1991 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, -“Surgical Methods for Management of Epilepsy in the Pediatric Age Group,”, The American Association of Neurological Surgeons, New Orleans, LA | 04/1991 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Regional Roundtable on Access to Health Care for Children,”, Houston, TX | 10/1990 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, “The Floppy Infant" “Neurologic Complications of Perinatal Disease,”, Tulane Medical School, New Orleans, LA | 04/1990 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Brachial Plexus Injuries,”, American Academy of Pediatrics Spring Session, Orlando, FL | 03/1989 |
| Participant Southern Society for Clinical Investigation, New Orleans, LA | 02/1989 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Lactic Acidosis,” “Metabolic Disturbances,” “Mitochondrial Myopathies,” “Spiral Muscular Atrophy,” “Facing Death", Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN | 1989 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, “UMC Children’s Hospital and its Future,”, Mississippi | 1989 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, “UMC Children’s Hospital and its Future,”, All around Mississippi | 1989 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, “UMC Children’s Hospital-Goals and Directions,” “Neuromuscular Disease”, Jackson, MS | 1989 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Differential Diagnosis of Epilepsy in Childhood.” “Febrile Seizures.”, Lake Guntersville, AL | 05/1988 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Near Drowning,”, Pediatric Grand Rounds, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL | 05/1988 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Rational Approach to Seizure Management in the Retarded Patient,”, Richmond State School & Methodist Hospital/Bluebird Cir. Clinic, Richmond, TX & Houston, TX | 05/1988 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, -“Overview of Seizure Disorders and Management”, Texas A&M School of Medicine & University of Texas School of Medicine | 1988 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Child Abuse” “Inflammatory Muscle Disease.” -“Pediatric Neurology Clinic” “Cerebral Resuscitation”, Jackson, MS | 1988 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Evaluation of Slow Development” Fourth Annual Pediatric Seminar, Mississippi State Department of Health, Jackson, MS | 1988 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Outpatient Pediatric Neurology Seminar”, American Academy of Pediatrics Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA | 11/1987 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, -“Seizures in Childhood,”, Keesler Air Force Base, Biloxi, MS | 10/1987 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Mechanisms of Muscle Atrophy.”, Central Society for Neurologic Research, Amana, Iowa | 09/1987 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Migraine Syndromes in Children.”, Forrest General Hospital, Hattiesburg, MS | 03/1987 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Epileptic Syndromes in Childhood,” -“Near Drowning,”, Baptist Medical Center, Jackson, MS | 1987 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Seizures in Handicapped Children,”, Pinecrest State School, California State Hospital | 1987 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Lactic Acidosis,” “Epileptic Syndromes in Childhood,”, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN | 1987 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Management of Childhood Seizures,”, University of Texas, Amarillo, TX & Lubbock, TX | 10/1986 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Epileptic Syndromes of Childhood,”, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO | 09/1986 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Epileptic Syndromes of Children,” “Hematologic Effects of Carbamazepine,”, University of Louisiana, Baton Rouge Neurologic Group, Baton Rouge, LA | 04/1986 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Management of Seizures in Children,”, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK | 03/1986 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Guillain Barre Syndrome in Childhood,”, Portsmouth Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, VA | 1986 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Inflammatory Myopathies,”, Norfolk General Hospital, Norfolk, VA | 1986 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Cognitive Effects of Anticonvulsant Drugs, San Antonio, TX | 11/1985 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Epileptic Syndromes in Childhood.”, Epilepsy Foundation of Mississippi | 11/1985 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Management of Childhood Epilepsy”, Pinecrest State School, Pineview, LA | 08/1985 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Management of the Child With a Single Seizure,” “Lactic Acidosis,”, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR | 04/1985 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Seizures in Handicapped Children”, The Neurologic Institute, Kansas City, KA | 03/1985 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, “The Floppy Infant,”, Baptist Medical Center, Kansas City, MO | 03/1985 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, -“Management of Childhood Epilepsy.”, Delta Medical Society & Epilepsy Foundation of Mississippi, Indianola and Jackson, MS | 1985 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Epilepsy in Children.”, Epilepsy Foundation of MS | 11/1984 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Epilepsy.”, Mississippi Public Health Department Retreat | 09/1984 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Status Epilepticus,”, Forrest General Hospital & Central Pediatric Society, Hatiesburg & Jackson, MS | 1984 |
Honors, Awards, and Recognition
| Holliman Award for Excellence in Teaching, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Dept of Pediatrics | 1989 |
| Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare | |
| Navy Achievement Medal, United States Navy | |
| Alpha Omega Alpha, Alpha Omega Alpha, Vanderbilt Chapter | |
| Amos Christie Award for Excellence in Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University | |
| Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Beta Kappa Chapter, Vanderbilt University |
Professional Membership and Service
| Board IPA Pediatric Care, Inc., Committee Chair | 1996 - 1999 |
| Editorial Board of Pediatric Annals, a Journal of Continuing Pediatric Education, Member | 1995 - 2003 |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of Mississippi, Member | 1993 - 2000 |
| American Academy of Pediatrics Education Award Committee, Committee Chair | 1992 - 1993 |
| Southern Child Neurology Society, Officer, President/Elect/Past | 1990 - 1992 |
| Southern Society for Pediatric Research, Counselor | 1990 - 1992 |
| Friends of Children's Hospital, Board of Directors of a Company | 1989 - Present |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities of Mississippi, Board of Directors of a Company | 1989 - 2000 |
| American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Examiner | 1984 - 1997 |
| Muscular Dystrophy Association Clinic, Co-Director | 1980 - 1983 |
| SSPR Plenary Session-Young Investigator Award, Committee Co-Chair | 1991 |
Committee Service
| Executive Committee University Physicians, PLLC, Member | 2008 - Present |
| Finance Committee, University Physicians, PLLC, Chair | 2008 - 2010 |
| Search Advisory Committee for the Chair of the Department of Pediatrics., Chair | 2008 - 2009 |
| The University Hospitals and Clinics - Perioperative Services Committee, Member | 2006 - Present |
| Office of Development Director Search Advisory Committee, Member | 2004 - 2007 |
| Batson Children’s Hospital and Clinics Strategic Planning Group, Member | 2002 - Present |
| School Of Medicine - Promotions and Tenure, Member | 2002 - 2007 |
| Medical Center - Information Systems Strategic Planning Committee, Member | 2000 - 2007 |
| Medical Center - Compliance, Member | 1998 - Present |
| Information Technology Advisory Committee, Member | 1998 - 2008 |
| Physician Practice Plan Compliance Subcommittee, Chair | 1998 - 2001 |
| University Clinical Associates, President | 1996 - 2001 |
| School Of Medicine - Promotions and Tenure, Chair | 1996 - 1998 |
| University Pediatric Associates, PLLC, President | 1995 - 2008 |
| The University Hospitals and Clinics - Joint Conference, Member | 1990 - 1991 |
| Executive Committee, Member | 1988 - Present |
| Credentials Committee, Member | 1988 - 1993 |
| The University Hospitals and Clinics - Critical Care, Member | 1988 - 1990 |
| Search Committee for Chairman, Member | 1986 - 2003 |
| Pediatric Intensive Care Committee, Chair | 1986 - 1989 |
| Hospital Director Search Advisory Committee, Chair |