Professional Activities

Current and Past Appointments

2012-Present	Staff Physician, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology	St. Jude Affiliate, OLOL Children’s Hospital
2013-Present	Adjunct Clinical Faculty Member	St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Memphis, Tennessee
2014-Present	Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics	Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center   New Orleans, Louisiana.
2011-2012	Assistant Professor	Johns Hopkins University.
2009-2011	Instructor, Pediatric Hematology	Johns Hopkins University.
2009-2012	Sickle Cell/BTRP Scholar	Johns Hopkins University.
2007-2009	Associate Member	UAB Comprehensive Neuroscience Center.
2006-2009	Fellow,	UAB Pediatric Hematology-Oncology.
2003-2006	Resident,	UAB Department of Pediatrics.

 

Professional Organizations

2014-Present	Children’s Oncology Group .
2007-Present	American Society of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology.
2007-Present	American Society of Hematology.
2007-Present	American Society of ClinicalOncology.
2003-Present	American Academy of Pediatrics (Fellow, July 2010-Present).
2003-Present	American Medical Association.
2008-2013	International Association for the Study of Pain.
2008-2013	American Pain Society.
2008-2010	Society for Neuroscience.

 

Committees   
National         

2010-Present	ASPHO Professional Development Committee	Organizer and moderator, Clinical Educator Skills Symposium 2015.
2011-Present	Founding member, ASPHO Diversity Special Interest Group	Faculty mentor for Diversity Workshop 2014, 2015.
2013-Present	EPIC trial enrollment committee.

Local  

2014-Present	OLOL Clinical Research Advisory Board.
2014-Present	OLOL Pediatric Residency Program Research Committee.
2014-Present	OLOL Blood Utilization Review committee.
2013-Present	OLOL Children’s Hospital Pharmacy and Therapeutics committee.
2007-2009	Children’s Hospital of Alabama Medical Ethics Committee.
2007-2009	Children’s Hospital of Alabama Pediatric Palliative Care Initiative.
2003-2005	UAB Department of Pediatrics Housestaff Council.
2002-2003	UAB Medical Education Committee.
2002-2003	UAB Medical Student Education and Programs Committee –Tuscaloosa Campus.
2000-2001	UAB Medical Student Orientation committee.
1999-2003	UAB Pediatric Interest Group, President 2000-2001.

Educational Activities

2012-Present	OLOL Children’s Hospital Core Faculty Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Attending
2011-2012	Director, Pediatric Hematology Outpatient Rotation, JHU-NIH Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Fellowship Program
2009-2012	Pediatric Hematology Attending, 4th year medical students, pediatric residents, and pediatric hematology-oncology fellows, 2-3 months/year (JHU)
2009-2012	Pediatric Hematology Clinic Attending, 4th year medical students, pediatric residents, and pediatric hematology-oncology fellows, ½ day/week (JHU).
2009-2012	Pediatric Hematology Multidisciplinary Weekly Clinic Conference CME accredited, participant (JHU).
2009-2012	“Evaluating a child with anemia” lecture to 3rd and 4th year medical students – once/year (JHU).
2007-2009	Introduction to Clinical Medicine Preceptor for first and second year medical students (UAB).
2007-2009	Lecturer for UAB Surgical Physician Assistant Program Pediatric Hematology and Oncology (2007-2008) Pediatric Pain Management (2008).
2006-2009	UAB Fellow teaching residents and medical students (Letter of Commendation, January 2009).
2003-2006	UAB Resident teaching interns and medical students.

Program Development

2013-Present

Adult Sickle Cell Center, OLOL Regional Medical Center

Volunteer Activities

2012-Present	Board of Directors, Cancer Services of Greater Baton Rouge
2007-2009	Camp-Smile-A-Mile Physician (Alabama’s Camp for Children with cancer).