Mailing Address: *** The Cliffs, Sandy Springs, GA 30350

Email: add2nw@r.postjobfree.com; add2nw@r.postjobfree.com

Cell: 404-***-****

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/william-almon-m-d-m-s-h-c-e-98944044/

Education

2018 – 2019 University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Master of Arts in Human Rights Practice

GPA: 4.0

This is a “professionally oriented program designed to provide participants with the foundational knowledge, critical perspectives, and practical skills to advance human rights around the globe.”

My personal areas of interest are: 1) the experience of immigrants from Latin America to the United States; 2) the effects of colonization in Latin America; 3) the application of ethics in the practice of human rights.

2016-2017 Creighton University, Omaha, NE

Master of Science in Health Care Ethics

GPA 3.8

The Master of Science in Health Care Ethics on the needs of vulnerable and marginalized individuals and populations. Specific areas addressed are healthcare policy, clinical care ethics, human subjects research and the role of the Institutional Review Board (IRB), the effect of the law on healthcare, and end of life issues, among others. The program was renamed to Master of Science in Bioethics in 2019.

My personal areas of interest are: 1) the needs and ethical treatment of refugees and immigrants regardless of their legal or documentation status; 2) the interplay of individual and community autonomy particularly as it impacts healthcare policy and human subjects research; 3) the education of medical students and physicians in postgraduate training about multiple aspects of ethics.

1981-1984 Silas B Hays Army Community Hospital, Ft. Ord, CA

Family Medicine Residency Program

1978-1981 Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL

Doctor of Medicine

1977-1978 University of Illinois, Champaign, IL

Master of Science in Biology (incomplete)

1972-1977 University of Illinois, Champaign, IL

Bachelor of Science Biology and Anthropology

Professional Experience

2020 April- Cobble Hill Health Center, Brooklyn, NY.

May COVID-19 Pandemic Volunteer Physician.

Duties include:

• Clinical evaluation and treatment of patients with known or suspected COVID-19 infections.

• Participating in facility wide testing and cohorting of residents based on COVID-19 status

• Coordinate and facilitate end-of-life decision making involving patients, families, clinical and administrative staff.

• Train, mentor and consult with mid-level providers.

• Work in an adverse physical environment requiring the use of head to toe personal protective equipment to maintain strict contact and respiratory droplet isolation precautions around patients and staff one hundred percent of the time.

1984-Present Family Medicine Physician (Board Eligible), Multiple Locations.

Clinician, Consultant

Medical Licensure: Georgia

Duties have included:

• Patient care.

• Ultrasound Guided joint and soft tissue injections.

• PRP, Allograft, and Visco-supplementation and Trigger Point injections.

• Supervise and work with Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners.

• Consult with colleagues across the spectrum of healthcare professions.

• Patient and staff education.

• Keeping accurate and timely patient records.

• Use of electronic medical record software.

• Court testimony and depositions.

Practice locations:

2011-Present Integrated Medicine Specialists, Inc., Sandy Springs, GA.

2000-2011 William R. Almon, M.D., Greenville, SC and Acworth, GA.

2000-2001 Wellstar Physician’s Group, Hiram, GA.

1998-2000 Complete Care and Complete Wellness Medical Centers.

Greenville, and Anderson, SC

1994-1998 North Hills Medical Center, Greenville, SC.

1992-1994 Professional Health Services, Havertown PA

1991-1992 Augusta Occupational Health, Augusta, GA

1988-1991 Coastal Emergency Services, Augusta, GA

1981-1988 United States Army Medical Corp

Medical Licenses

Georgia, 1988 - Present. License # 30938. Active and unrestricted.

New Jersey April 2020 to Present. License # NJDCATEMP-014417

South Carolina, 1992 - 2000. Inactive at present.

Illinois, 1986 - 1990. Inactive at present.

2013-Present Professional Boundaries, Inc., Jacksonville, FL

in conjunction with the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine

Faculty Member, Lecturer, Course Development, Consultant

Duties include:

• Teaching remedial professional ethics and boundaries to licensed healthcare

professionals in live seminar, video conference, teleconference, and one-on-one telephone consultation formats.

• Contributing to and reviewing course material.

• Attending staff teleconferences.

• Consulting on the ethical problems of individual students.

• Travel to present and setup for seminars in various cities.

2019-Present Strategic Litigation Center (SLC), Yekaterinburg, Russia.

Ethics Consultant, Research Assistant, Writer/Editor

Duties include:

• Research scholarly literature and the lay press to help prepare cases for litigation

before the European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg, France.

• Review and edit documents to be presented as part of the case material before

the European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg, France.

• Write articles for publication in the general lay and human rights press

regarding human rights issues being pursued through strategic litigation.

• Consult with human rights attorney Anton Burkov and other team members

through email and video conferencing.

2017-Present Multicultural Center for Health Education and Community Development, Clarkston, GA.

Ethics Consultant, Grant Application Writer

Duties include:

• Research scholarly, professional, and human rights literature regarding topics

concerning the refugee and immigrant community. Topics have included

juvenile justice, youth mentoring, and domestic violence.

• Background research for and the writing of grant applications.

• Contact and facilitate meetings with governmental agencies, funding sources,

and other stakeholders.

• Transcribe the text of informational radio programs which are broadcast on

local radio.

2017-2018 Migrant Healthcare Project, Gainesville, GA

Project Creator, Facilitator

Duties included:

• Conceived of the idea to provide improved, free, and low-cost healthcare to

documented and undocumented members of the migrant community.

• Researched models of healthcare which engage and give greater control to poor,

marginalized, and vulnerable populations.

• Developed a network of interested stakeholders with the expertise, resources,

and community support needed for the success of this program.

• Organized and acted as facilitator at meetings between stakeholders working on

this project.

Honors

Member Alpha Lambda Delta academic honor society.

Member Phi Kappa Phi academic honor society.

Professional Society Memberships

American Society of Bioethics and Humanities.

American Society of Law Medicine and Ethics.

U.S. Human Rights Network

Publications

Almon, W. R., M.D., FAAFP. (2015). The Use of Office Ultrasound in the Evaluation of Musculoskeletal Pain: The Painful Shoulder. Atlanta Medicine, Journal of The Medical Association of Atlanta, 86 (4), 14-17.

Paes, E. H., Rahmer, H., & Almon, W., MD. (1986). Temporary Witzel enterostomy in decompensated small-bowel obstruction or paralytic ileus. Acta Chirurgica

Scandinavica, 152 (Aug-Sep), 521-525.

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