Board certification, state licensure, education, and clinical training — stated plainly, with primary-source verification links so anything here can be checked independently.
Enter NCCPA ID 1110157. NCCPA's portal searches without changing its address, so it cannot be linked directly to a record.
Select profession Physician Assistant and enter license 3489. The state portal requires a CAPTCHA, so it cannot be linked directly to a record.
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Listed for completeness of practice history. No longer active.
Graduate physician assistant program accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA). Graduated with a 3.7 GPA. Clinical rotations spanned inpatient medicine, general and orthopedic surgery, emergency medicine, and ambulatory care.
Graduated with a 3.85 GPA. Beta Beta Beta biological honor society. Undergraduate research in microbial characterization.
Everything above this line can be checked against a primary source. Board certification, state licensure, national provider identifier, and degrees are all matters of record held by organizations with no interest in flattering me, and the links are there so you can confirm them without taking my word for anything.
Procedural volume is a different kind of claim. Figures like injections performed or surgical cases first-assisted come from my own practice history. No registry publishes them and no board verifies them. They are stated in good faith and rounded down, but they are self-reported — and this page keeps the two categories separate rather than presenting them as equivalent. The full experience record is on the curriculum vitae.
Physician assistants are licensed clinicians who practice medicine in collaboration with physicians. In Tennessee, PAs are licensed by the Tennessee Board of Physician Assistants and practice under a collaborative agreement with a licensed physician. Scope of practice is determined by state law, that agreement, and the credentialing requirements of each practice setting.
NCCPA board certification is a general medical credential, not a specialty certification. The PA-C designation reflects passage of the national certifying examination and ongoing certification maintenance. It does not denote board certification in any specialty.
My experience in orthopedics, spine surgery first-assist, interventional pain management, and physical medicine and rehabilitation reflects clinical practice and on-the-job training — not a specialty board credential. Where NCCPA offers Certificates of Added Qualification in certain specialties, I do not hold one, and nothing on this site should be read to imply otherwise.
Surgical first-assist experience means exactly that: assisting the operating surgeon. I have not performed surgery independently and do not represent myself as a surgeon.
Why this page exists
Health information online is only as good as the person behind it. This page is here so that anyone — a patient's family, a recruiter, an attorney, a colleague — can confirm exactly who is writing and what they are and are not qualified to say.
Everything above is verifiable through the linked primary sources. If something here is unclear or appears inaccurate, tell me and I will correct it.
Verified vs. stated
Health credentials get blurred constantly online — self-reported experience presented with the same confidence as a board credential, until a reader can't tell which is which.
Separating them is the point of this page. If a claim here is verifiable, there is a link. If it isn't, it says so.
Medical disclaimer
Content on this site is general education about how injuries, procedures, rehabilitation, and the healthcare system work. It is not medical advice, does not create a patient–provider relationship, and is not a substitute for evaluation by your own clinician. See the editorial policy for how content here is written and reviewed.