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John s CV Bio
Education
BA (Psychology) 1970 Vanderbilt University
MD 1973 University of Tennessee
MSPH (Master s Degree in Public Health) 1997 University of Kentucky
Board Certification
American Board of Family Practice (initial 1979, last re-certified 2003)
American Board of Integrative Holistic Medicine (2010)
Academic Appointments
Associate Professor (Community-Based Faculty) Dept of Family and Community Medicine, U of
Kentucky College of Medicine, 1990-present
Part time Faculty, Saybrook University s Graduate College of Mind Body Medicine, 2010-
present.
Academic Teaching
Co-investigator, NIH grant to integrate complementary and alternative medicine into
medical curriculum, Dept of Family and Community Medicine, U of Kentucky, 2002-2005
Course Director, UK College of Medicine elective The Healer s Art- Remembering the Heart
of Medicine (part of the national Healer s Art initiative created by Rachel Remen MD) 2000
Current
Course Director, UK College of Medicine elective Mindfulness in Medicine- Practical
Skills for Self Care and Patient Care, 2006 Current
Course Director, UK College of Medicine elective Salvation Army Student-Run Free Clinic
2011 Current
Instructor, Saybrook University Graduate College of Mind Body Medicine, Advanced Mind
Body Medicine, 2011-Present
Instuctor, Saybrook University Graduate College of Mind Body Medicine, Spirituality and
Health, 2012
Instructor, Saybrook University Graduate College of Mind Body Medicine, Mindfulness in
Medicine, Mental Health and Society, 2012
Professional Activities
President (2000-01) Kentucky Academy of Family Physicians
Service Committee Member, Lexington Medical Society, 2011-Present
Additional Certification
Certified by the Center for Mind Body Medicine 2002, now on CMBM faculty for US
professional training and international program, Healing the Wounds of War (Israel and
Gaza 2004-2006)
Certified by Integral Yoga Institutes 2000
Certified by Kentucky Environmental Education Council 2006
Trained by Al Gore s The Climate Project for Faith-Based Presenters 2008
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