Home: Gainesville, GA. Age: 67. Birthplace: Michigan. Profession: Medical doctor. Organization: PCOM Georgia. Title: Professor of Medicine. Alma mater: University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.
Current project: Becoming an author. Recent recognition: Physician of the Year. Latest contribution to others: Chair of the Board of Directors, Mosaic Georgia. Hobbies: Horses, ballet. Recent travel or adventure: Medical mission trip to Da Nang, Vietnam.
What one word would your closest friend use to describe you? Servant leader. Moral compass: What would Jesus do. How do you define a perfect friendship? Mutual trust, respect and unconditional support. How do you define an ideal business relationship? Mutual value, trust and aligned goals. What is your greatest joy? My two boys and their families. What is your guilty pleasure? Macaroni and cheese. How do you relieve stress? Playing with my animals.
What was your first paying job? Legal assistant. What was your favorite college course? Psychology. What movie have you repeatedly watched? Winter’s Tale. What’s prominently featured on your home or office wall? Pictures of my children. What’s the best advice you received in your career? Learn from those you don’t want to be like.
What is your big idea?
Medical instrument to make gyn surgery less complicated.
What change are you working on to effect in your profession or field? Teaching clinical skills to medical students so they are brilliant medical providers. hat change would you like to see in the world? Kindness with selflessness. What message do you want to send out into the world? A legacy is not something created by accident; it is built on purpose.
What title would you choose for the movie about your life? God Stops. Who would you like to spend an evening with, in heaven? My grandfather. As a kid, what did you first want to be when you grew up? A horse trainer. What period in your life would you do differently, if you could? My early twenties.
Personal motto: I give Jesus a free hand to use me without consulting me. Favorite quote: “Suffering ceases to be suffering the moment it finds a meaning – then it becomes sacrifice” (Viktor Frankl).
