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Dr. James D. Atkinson's Curriculum Vitae

 

PRIVATE PRACTICE
Surgical Weight Control Center
3802 Meadows Lane
Las Vegas, NV 89107
Phone: 313-8446
Fax: 221-8446


 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE  
  General Surgeon, Trauma Surgeon
Desert West Surgery, 07/00-06/02
1111 Shadow Lane, Las Vegas, Nevada 89102
Phone: 383-4040
 
APPOINTMENTS  
  Vice Chief of Surgery
Lake Mead Hospital, Las Vegas Nevada
 
EDUCATION & TRAINING  
  Chief Resident, Department of Surgery, 1999-2000
University Medical Center, Las Vegas, Nevada

General Surgery Residency, 1995-2000
University Medical Center, Las Vegas, Nevada

Doctor of Medicine, May 1995
University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, Nevada

Bachelor of Science; Biological Sciences, 1989-91
Portland State University, Portland, Oregon

School of Dentistry, 1988-89
Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon

Bachelor of Science; Biology, 1986-88
University of Nevada-Reno, Reno, Nevada
 
CERTIFICATION  
  Lap Band Certification, 2003
Board Certified, General Surgery, 2001
Advanced Trauma Life Saving Certified, August 1999
United States Medical Licensing Examination, Part III, May 1999
United States Medical Licensing Examination, Part II, 1995
United States Medical Licensing Examination, Part I, 1993
 
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS  
  Alpha Omega Alpha, 2000
Nevada State Medical Association, 2000 to present
Resident Task Force Committee, 1999-2000
American Medical Association, 1999 to present
American College of Physicians, 1997 to present
 
HONORS, AWARDS and SCHOLARSHIPS  
 
  • Neonatology Subspecialty Award, American Federation for Clinical Research
    Western Section Meeting, February 1993
  • Medical Student Research Fellow, National Institute of Health
    NIDDK Grant #DK 07487, 1992
  • Greg Wheeler Research Fellow, Robert S. Dow Neurological Institute
    Portland, Oregon, 1989-91
  • F.J. Bettman Academic Scholarships, 1988-90
  • Bob Davis Memorial Academic Scholarship, 1987
  • Freshman Chemistry Prize, University of Nevada-Reno, 1986
PUBLICATIONS  
 
  • Pubols, L.M., Simone, D.A., Bernau, N.A., and Atkinson, J.D. “Anesthetic Blockade of the Dorsolateral Funiculus Enhances Evoked Activity of the Spinal Cord Dorsal Horn Neurons.”  Journal of Neurophysiology. 66 (1): 140-152, 1991 July
  • Pubols, L.M., Simone, D.A., Atkinson, J., Hirata, H., and Brown, P.B. “Physiological Correlates of Spinal Cord Transection.” Advanced in Neural Regeneration Research. Pp 329-340. 1990
  • Michaels, J.R., Atkinson, J.D., Roth, Jeffrey J., Lardinois, C.K., and Starich, Gale H. (1994)
    “The Establishment of Lipoprotein (a), triglyceride, and cholesterol levels in an urban neonatal population.” Submitted to the Journal of the American College of Nutrition.
  • Lardinois, C.K., Roth, Jeffrey J., Michaels, Jason R., Atkinson, James D., and Starich, Gale H. (1994) “Effect of serum glucose, obesity, smoking, and alcohol consumption on the serum lipoprotein (a) concentrations in man.” Submitted to the Journal of the American College of Nutrition.
  • Michaels, J.R., J.D. Atkinson, C.K. Lardinois, and G.H. Starich (1993) “Lipoprotein (a), triglyceride, and cholesterol level in a neonatal population.” Clinical Research, 41 (1), 6A
  • Michaels, J.R., J.D. Atkinson, C.K. Lardinois, and G.H. Starich. “Analysis of Lipoprotein (a), triglyceride, and cholesterol levels in a large neonatal population.” Proceedings of the National Student Research Forum, University of Texas, Medical Branch, April 1993

PERSONAL

 
 
Date of Birth: July 21, 1968
Place of Birth: Las Vegas, Nevada
Marital Status: Married, one child
Hobbies: Golf, skiing
 
     
 


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