Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship Faculty

My wife, Carey, and I are natives of Kansas.  We first came to Greenwood in 2005 when I began my family medicine residency.  I was then very fortunate to be the inaugural fellow for the Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship at Self Regional.  My training prepared me well for a practice in rural Kansas and to serve as team physician at Fort Hays State University, a NCAA Division II school in Hays, Kansas.  After four years of private practice, I was honored to be asked to return to Greenwood as a member of the family medicine and sports medicine faculty in 2013.  We are grateful for the opportunity to raise our children in a place that has been so very important in our lives.  We are active in our church and of course busy with the activities of our three children (who are growing up too quickly)!

I chose Self (twice!) primarily because Greenwood is a place with wonderful people.  I believe the residency and fellowship are staffed with some of the best mentors and friends that a physician in training could ever hope to work with.  The community took excellent care of our growing family during my residency and fellowship, and has continued to do so since we returned.  My goal is to make sure our current residents and fellows have an experience during their training as well-rounded and fulfilling as the one that I enjoyed.

PERSONAL NOTE:

I grew up in Fort Wayne, Indiana and have spent most of my life in the Midwest.  During those years I developed a love for Indiana Hoosier basketball, met my wonderful wife Carly, and completed my undergraduate degree at Bethel College in Mishawaka, IN where I played baseball.  I continued my education at Indiana University School of Medicine and then decided to head South and completed my Family Medicine Residency and Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship at Self Regional.  After spending 4 years practicing Family and Sports Medicine in Vincennes, Indiana, I returned to Greenwood in 2019.

The excitement of a broad scope of practice, my love for musculoskeletal medicine, and the joy of developing meaningful relationships with patients helped me choose Family and Sports Medicine.  My love for teaching and the excellent faculty and residents in Greenwood led me back to Self Regional.  Outside of work, I spend as much time as I can with Carly and my three children – Brooks, Madison, and Eliana.  I also enjoy running, reading Christian non-fiction, remaining active in our local church, and following the Los Angeles Dodgers.