Staff Chaplain
Baptist (Independent)
Experience: Emergency/Trauma Burns, Orthopedic Trauma
Forty years congregational-based ministry (Wisconsin, Texas, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Alabama); five years as professor of theology (Ohio); became UAB Emergency Department's first chaplain (1991); expanded coverage to the Division of Emergency/Trauma Burns (1993); and expanded coverage to include Orthopedic Trauma (2001)
Affiliations/Recognitions: Endorsed by World Baptist Fellowship, Arlington TX; Board Certified Chaplain, Association of Professional Chaplains; Charter Member, Alabama Chaplains Association; Certified Trauma Specialist, Association of Traumatic Stress Specialists; Member, International Critical Incident Stress Foundation; Member, American Burn Association Ethics Committee 1995-98; Member, Association for Death Education & Counseling; Member, Emergency Medical Services Committee of the City of Birmingham; Member, Birmingham Region Trauma Operations Committee; Member, UAB Hospital Disaster Mental Health Subcommittee; Member, UAB Hospital Ethics Oversight Committee; Member, UAB Public Access to Defibrillation Steering Committee since 1999; UAB Empolyee of the Month, December 1999; Listed as an Honored Professional in teh National Register's Who's Who in Executives and Professionals, 2000 Edition; Department of Pastoral Care Outstanding Leadership Award, August 2000.
Education: 1975 ThM Bible Baptist Seminary - Arlington TX; 1983 ThD Clarksville School of Theology - Clarksville TN; 1992 Completed 2400 hours Clinical Pastoral Education, UAB Hospital; 1997 Trauma Counseling Program - University of Alabama; 2000 Medical Ethics, UAB School of Medicine; 2001 Inaugural Conference of Healthcare, Ethics & Law Institute - Samford University; 2001 Alabama Statewide EMS & Disaster Preparedness Conference
Address:
UAB Department of Pastoral Care619 19th Street SouthBirmingham, AL 35249-6555Phone: 205-934-4254