Additional Information

Education:

B.S. Zoology, Howard University, Washington, D.C. 1979-1983

M.D., University of Health Science/The Chicago Medical School, 1988-1992 Chicago, IL

Postgraduate Training:

Residency in Primary Care Internal Medicine, Yale-New Haven Medical 1992-1995 Center, New Haven, CT

Employment:

CEO/Founder Innovative Health Solutions Inc. 2016 TheSamuraidoc Medical Consultative Services

Medical Director 2018-present Rose Center for Integrative Health 180 North Michigan Ave, Suite 1520 Chicago, Illinois

Co-Founder/Medical Director: 2015-present Quantum Policy Research Institute Chicago/Homewood, Illinois

Medical Director

United CareGivers HHA 2010-present Willowbrook, Illinois

Attending Physician 2018-present 7 Hills Health Center

455 East Main Street,

East Dundee, Illinois

Attending Physician

On Site Health Care 2012-2017 7200 Lincoln Ave., Lincolnwood, IL. 


Medical Director 2010-2012

Sky’s The Limit Recovery Services 2615 West 63rd Street, Chicago, IL 


Attending Physician

Cook County (John Stroger) Hospital – 1900 W. Polk, Chicago, IL 60612 Department of Internal Medicine 1995 - 2010

Division of General Medicine/Primary Care

Attending Physician

Woodlawn Adult Health Center – 6337 S. Woodlawn, Chicago, IL 60637 


Project Brotherhood/Men’s Clinic – Founding Attending Physician 1997-2010

Attending Physician

Howard Brown Health Center 1998-2000 4025 North Sheridan Road, Chicago, IL 60613 


Membership/Offices in Professional Societies:

▪ American College of Physicians

▪ National Medical Association

▪ Physicians for Social Responsibility

▪ American Society of Addiction Medicine ▪ Physicians for National Health Policy

▪ Americans for Safe Access

Teaching Activities:

▪ Inpatient Medicine Services/Cook County Hospitals ▪ General Medicine Clinic/Fantus Clinic

▪ Ambulatory Screening Clinic/Fantus Clinic

▪ Medical Consultation Clinic/Inpatient Services

▪ Clinical Preceptor University of Illinois School of Medicine/Primary Care Program ▪ Physical Diagnosis Course Instructor, Rush University School of Medicine

▪ Associate Professor of Medicine, Rush University School of Medicine Certification and Licensure:

National Boards Part III – 1993

Medical License-State of Illinois – 1995-Present

Board Certified Internal Medicine – 1997

Fellowships/Supplemental Training:

Culinary Medicine-Tulane University School of Medicine - (planned) 2019 Cannabinoid Ethnomedicine - Oaksterdam University/University of West Indies-2016

Cannabis Theory - Oaksterdam University 2014

Cultural Competency Certification - 2006

ASAM/Buprenorphine Certification - 2005

Hazelden Foundation, Physician in Residence Program, Boca Raton, FLA – 2003 MATEC Fellowship in Ambulatory HIV Care, Chicago, IL – 2002

Related Interest:

QiCong/Integrative Medicine Taiji Quan/Nei Jia Quan Aikido

Iaido

Kemetic Yoga

Plant Medicine/Ethno-medicine