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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
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General Surgeon, Trauma Surgeon
Desert West Surgery, 07/00-06/02
1111 Shadow Lane, Las Vegas, Nevada 89102
Phone: 383-4040
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Vice Chief of Surgery
Lake Mead Hospital, Las Vegas Nevada
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| EDUCATION & TRAINING |
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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
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| CERTIFICATION |
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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
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| PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS |
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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
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| HONORS, AWARDS and SCHOLARSHIPS |
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- 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
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| PUBLICATIONS |
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- 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
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PERSONAL
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| Date of Birth: |
July 21, 1968 |
| Place of Birth: |
Las Vegas, Nevada |
| Marital Status: |
Married, one child |
| Hobbies: |
Golf, skiing |
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