Director of Community Projects
Coordinator, South GA Farmworker Health Project; Webmaster
Tom, a native Hoosier, earned an M.A. in
Speech and Hearing Sciences from Indiana University, and practiced as an
Audiologist for about 10 years prior to entering the Emory PA in 1989.
Following graduation in 1991, he worked for a period of time for Emory
Clinic in ENT-Head &
Neck Surgery, but switched to general Pediatrics at Grady Memorial
Hospital/ Hughes Spalding Children's Hospital in 1992.Tom worked there
full-time until returning to Emory in 1994 as one of the Clinical
Coordinators. He continued to work on a part-time basis in Pediatrics at
Hughes Spalding through 2001. He was a clinical coordinator and
Associate Program Director through 2001, when he left Emory briefly to
take an administrative role with a new PA Program. The opportunity
arose in late 2002 to return to Emory in an innovative role blending his
passions of service-learning, distance education, and the educational
applications of technology. He founded and led the
South Georgia Farmworker Health Project (SGFHP)
for Emory, since 1996. The project has received many honors including
this years
AAPA Host City Campaign. Tom developed the
www.EmoryPA.org web site in 2004 to
be a resource for prospective students and alumni. He has been the web
master for 6 years improving and updating the content. Tom has been the
leader of the Good Samaritan Health Center
Saturday clinic recruiting faculty and mentoring student volunteers.
Tom
has followed his passion to serve the underserved in a medical clinic in
Pine Hill, New Mexico. The faculty and students honored his teaching
service at several lunches and a good bye breakfast. We wish Tom the
very best in his new "mission" and we will miss his creative talents on
the faculty.
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Neck Surgery, but switched to general Pediatrics at Grady Memorial
Hospital/ Hughes Spalding Children's Hospital in 1992.Tom worked there
full-time until returning to Emory in 1994 as one of the Clinical
Coordinators. He continued to work on a part-time basis in Pediatrics at
Hughes Spalding through 2001. He was a clinical coordinator and
Associate Program Director through 2001, when he left Emory briefly to
take an administrative role with a new PA Program. The opportunity
arose in late 2002 to return to Emory in an innovative role blending his
passions of service-learning, distance education, and the educational
applications of technology. He founded and led the
Tom
has followed his passion to serve the underserved in a medical clinic in
Pine Hill, New Mexico. The faculty and students honored his teaching
service at several lunches and a good bye breakfast. We wish Tom the
very best in his new "mission" and we will miss his creative talents on
the faculty. 
