Mary Birdsong, M.D.

Curriculum Vitae

PERSONAL

Place of birth. Savannah, Georgia

Dob June 8, 1945

Née Mary Lynn Poston.

Grew up in Savannah. New Orleans. And Houston

EDUCATION

**** ** ****** *ork, Anthropology. University of Texas (UT) Austin 1977 BS Physicians Assistant, UT Medical Branch (UTMB) Galveston 1982 MD UTMB Galveston

1983 PGY -1 Family Medicine with OB, UTMB Galveston MEDICAL PRACTICE EXPERIENCE

1977 to 1978 Physician’s Assistant (PA) Lulling, TX under solo family MD with OB

1979 PA Cuba, Torreon, Ramah-Pinehill Navajo Clinics IHS New Mexico 1983-1985 Public Health Service-Commissioned Corps General Practice Estancia, NM

1985-1990 Family Practice OB, hospitalist, ER, PHS clinic Hereford, TX 1991-2006 Family Practice with OB, ER, and hospitalist Wylie, TX April, 2006 –April, 2013 semi retired to Cuba NM with a boutique solo private practice offering review of medicines, medical care review, patient advocacy advice and urgent care for those falling outside the system of insurance/medical access issues Cuba, NM May 2013 April 2017 General Correctional Practice Western NM State Correctional Facility with Corizon Health from 2013 to 2016 with Centurion from 2016to2017 From 2014 to 2016 General Correction Practice also at NMWomens State CF in Grants. Assisted with transition of Women Inmates to from NM CF to Western and Springer. 2013 to 2017 Site Medical Director at Western from 2016 to 2017 Site Medical Director at NW Women. When the Women were moved to Western continued as Site Medical Director and general practitioner plus supervising Western’s Womens LTCU. During this time I also assisted at LTCU Central CF Los Lunas, NM

May 2017 General Practice At Cibola County Correctional Center that houses ICE male asylum seekers including Transgender Woman asylum seekers; US Marshall Service; County Jail inmates. First under Correct Care Solutions and then after they changed their name under WellPath. Currently Health Care is provide by Core Civic Health.2017 t0 2019 Site Medical Director at Cibola County Correctional Center 2020 to present However due to covid I only take call for San Juan County detention Center on Weekends and when the Nurse Practitioner is not available. and not longer travel to Farmington,NM. Medical director and active general practitioner at Lincoln county detention center. A county jail in Carrizozo NM and also San Juan County detention center in Farmington NM. Both facilities serve male / female/ and a small number of LTGBQI detainees predominantly indigenous persons and persons of color. In larger numbers than Anglo persons. This has been essential due to Covid 19. The crisis in correctional health care and the high positivity rate in an underserved population The position at Lincoln County Detention Center will end on March 31, 2022 due to the fact that they have found a permanent provider. Also the San Juan Detention Center has hinally found a local doctor who will start mid April, 2022.

HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS

1986-1990 Deaf Smith Regional Hospital, Hereford, TX 1990-2002 Physician’s Regional Hospital Wylie, Tex closed due to tornado

2002-2006 Lakepointe Hospital, Rockwall,TX

BOARD CERTIFICATION

1998 General Practice Board, Founding member, sat for the initial written, oral boards and was certihied . When the General Practice Specialty failed after multiple tries to obtain The American Board of Medical Specialty recognition, It was not recognized by managed health care and I did not renew my license.

Business Conference of University Professors Topics “ Health Care systems in The Correctional Setting==new ideas for a new challenge” AWARDS

1983 Outstanding Graduate of the year, voted by peers, UTMB Galveston

2003-2005 Voted Outstanding Doctor, Wylie, TX

PUBLICATION

Every woman Has a Dream

Other life experiences:

Participated In civil rights movement thru University of Tx YM/YWCA Austin Tx. In 1960’s

Taught in Head Start Project in Austin Tx 1964

Worked my way thru university sewing, typing, waiting tables, reading for the blind, ironing

House mother / manager senior year in university of hirst intergrated housing cooperative UT Austin

Joined AKA sorority 1965

Taught Sewing and English as a second language in Valparaiso, Chile for YWCA

Taught English language and literature At Catholic High School in Okwagbe Nigeria and was in the country at time of Biafran War Mother of four wonderful sons

Ran for Austin City Council 1975

Reporter for The Rag in Austin

Disaster Relief after Katrina

Trained as a hirst responder in Active Shooter situations in both medical situations and in public

Raised large exotic birds

Organizer of Cuba NM community garden and farmers market Sponsored the Islamic organization for Education at men’s state correctional facility in Grants. NM

LICENSES

CURRENT NM Medical License #83-163 renewed July2019 for 3 years ( all CME is up to date) no restrictions

Business Conference of University Professors Topics “ Health Care systems in The Correctional Setting==new ideas for a new challenge” Past License Texas-from 1983 to 2006 not renewed because I was not planning on returning to the state

Current NM Pharmacy Controlled Substance License #CS00218931 Expiration Date 7/31/2024

CURRENT DEA #FB3283282 exp 7/2022

Attended DEA conference in Albuquerque NM on Opiod Crisis 2020 Business Conference of University Professors Topics “ Health Care systems in The Correctional Setting==new ideas for a new challenge” Valid NM DL

Valid USA passport

ACLS, Basic Life support, & CPR current renewed February 2022 I have no pending lawsuits. And no other litigation to report. GROUP AFFILIATIONS

Albuquerque Society of Friends ( Quakers)

AARP

Grants (NM) Food Pantry

Veterans for Peace. Austin Tx Chapter

International CURE. ( community United to Rehabilitate Errants) ASPCA NM

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HOBBIES: gardening, playing the piano, standup bass, and accordion. yoga, hiking, writing poetry, hiction and non hiction.; love horses, training rescue dogs and cats. motorcyles and adobe house building PRIOR SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

May 2017 COSTA RICA INTERNATIONAL PRISON CARE GROUP CURE TOPIC “Women incarcerated in New Mexico

Oct, 2017 METHODIST WOMENS RETREAT, Magnolia TX Topic: Transgender Women seeking asylum”

Jan 2018 Participant In International Business Conference of University Professors Topics “ Health Care systems in The Correctional Setting==new ideas for a new challenge” and “Business Opportunities for Indigenous People after release from Incarceration Feb 2018 United Nations special plenary meeting on POVERTY Topic: PLEASE NOTE I was scheduled to speak at an International Conference sponsored by United Nations April 2020 in Kyoto Japan speaking on incarceration of women in NM. And incarceration of immigrants in USA canceled due to Covid SPECIAL INTEREST AND SKILLS

Spanish as a second language

Experience with Infectious disease :MRSA, HIV. Hepatitis . MUMPs chickenpox. malaria, leishmaniasis, STDs plus tropical diseases (bott hlies. Parasites,etc) and now Covid as seen in facilities of incarceration on many leaves federal, state, county and BIA/IHS clinics

Team builder

Conhlict resolution experience

Basic Psychiatric skills from PTSD to depression to schizophrenia Experience treating Substance withdrawal from Spice to methadone to heroin and alcohol

Experience as both an MD and site medical director with Practical LTCU experience, public health clinics, IHS, private, group and Locums Tenens situations

Crisis management experience in violence, suicide, work and food insuring. As well as health crisis

Training from the Correctional Facility both from the State perspective and the private prison perspective.

Knowledge and experience in womens medicine including OB. Domestic violence.

Knowledge of Separation from children and family by being arrested or detained or deported irregardless or gender identity Extensive experience with LTBGQ. Issues. From family medicine to immigration to personal

As I am acutely aware of the persons of all ethnicity, gender and religious groups that have paved the way. For me as a poor little white girl of uneducated parents born in the south. To become doctor with such a global embracing view. My wish is to be a person that can help to others to fully reach their potential Vaccination Status :

Covid 19 Phizer : Dec 2021, Jan 2022, Booster Sept 2022 Pneumovax and Flu Vax UTD 2021

DPT 2015

MMR 2015

Hep A & B vaccines UTD

Updated March 22,2022

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