EDUCATION:
High School:
1967 Edsel B. Ford High School, Dearborn, Michigan
College:
1970 Trinity College, Oxford, England, Summer College
1971 Henry Ford Community College, Dearborn, Michigan, Winter Session
August 1967 - Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo,
August 1972 Michigan, Honors College Program BS (Biology Major) and BA (English Major) Degrees in Secondary Education
Medical School:
August 1973 - Wayne State University, School of Medicine
June 1977 Detroit, Michigan, M.D. Degree
Internship
July 1977 - Rotating Internship Oakwood Community Hospital,
June 1978 Dearborn, Michigan
Residency:
July 1981 - Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
June 1982 Letterman Army Medical Center San Francisco, California
July 1982 - Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
June 1984 Walter Reed Army Medical Center Washington, DC
Executive MBA
August 1996 - University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
August 1998 Executive MBA Program.
SPECIAL RESIDENCY ROTATIONS:
July 1983 - Pediatric Rehabilitation
September 1983 Children's Hospital, National Medical Center
Gloria Eng, M.D., Chief, Pediatric Rehabilitation, George Washington University, Washington, DC
January 1984 - Spinal Cord Injury
March 1984 West Roxbury VAMC (Harvard Affiliate)
Alain Rossier, M.D.: Chief, Boston, Massachusetts
MILITARY SERVICE:
August 1967 - U.S. Army ROTC, Western Michigan University,
April 1969 Kalamazoo, Michigan
October 1973 - U.S. Army Reserve Delayed Entry Program
June 1978 Detroit, Michigan, Medical School & Internship
July 1978 - Health Services Command, Fort Sam Houston
San Antonio, Texas, Physician Basic Course
October 1978 - 227th Aviation Battalion, Fort Hood, Texas,
September 1980 Senior (III Corps) Flight Surgeon/Battalion Surgeon
October 1980 - 6th Cavalry Brigade (AirCombat), Fort Hood, Texas,
June 1981 Senior (III Corps) Flight Surgeon/Brigade Surgeon
July 1981 - Letterman Army Medical Center, San Francisco,
June 1982 California, Resident, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
July 1982 - Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC
June 1984 Resident, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
June 1984 - Blanchfield Army Community Hospital
June 1986 Chief, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Fort Campbell, Kentucky, Honorable Discharge
ABMS CERTIFICATIONS:
May 1985 Board Certification in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation - #2305
July 2003 Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Recertification
BOARD CERTIFICATIONS:
April 1992 Board Certification Electrodiagnostic Medicine - #1606
October 1992 Board Certification in Pain Management - #5725
October 2004 Pain Management Recertification
September 1996 Independent Medical Examiners Certification - #96-00481
October 1997 Certified Medical Review Officer - #97-02709
RECENT AWARDS:
#1 Clinical Ranking for HEALTHSOUTH Hospitals- 4th quarter 2005
HEALTHSOUTH Medical Director Excellent Award - 2003
HEALTHSOUTH “Pulling the Wagon Award” - 2002
SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS:
· American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
· American College of Physician Executives
· American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine
· American Academy of Pain Management
· American Medical Association
· Tennessee Medical Association
· Chattanooga-Hamilton County Medical Society
· Association of Academic Physiatrists
· Chattanooga Association for Clinical Pastoral Care
· Southern Society of PM & R
· Southern Medical Association
· Physiatric Association of Spine, Sports & Occupational
Rehabilitation (PASSOR), Fellow
· American College of Occupational & Environmental Medicine
· Tennessee Academy of PM & R (President, 01/1994 - 12/1995)
UNIVERSITY APPOINTMENTS:
January 1979 - Central Texas College, Killeen, Texas
May 1981 Coordinator/Instructor, Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Technician (EMT) Curriculum
March 1991 - Clinical Assistant Professor, Orthopedics
October 1993 Chattanooga Unit - University of Tennessee College of Medicine
October 1993 - Assistant Professor, Orthopedics
January 2001 Chattanooga Unit - University of Tennessee College of Medicine
August 1994 - Founder/Director, University of Tennessee College of Medicine
January 1997 Residency Training Program, PM&R
February 1997 - Chair, University of Tennessee College of Medicine
January 2001 Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
July 1997 - Associate Professor, University of Tennessee College of Medicine
January 2001 Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
September 1972- Teacher: English and Science (undergraduate degrees are in
January 1973 secondary education) Cherry Hill High School, Inkster, Michigan
January 1979 - Coordinator/Instructor EMT
May 1981 Three-hours/week lecture/practical teaching
Central Texas College, Killeen, Texas
1991 - 1998 Medical Director Instructor - ACLS
Memorial Hospital, Chattanooga, Tennessee
March 1991 - Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopedics
January 1997 Chattanooga Unit - University of Tennessee, College of Medicine
August 1994 - Residency Training Program Founder/Director in Physical
October 1997 Medicine and Rehabilitation, Chattanooga Unit - University of
September 1998 - Tennessee, College of Medicine, Chattanooga, Tennessee
January 2001
January 1997 - Chairman, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
January 2001 Chattanooga Unit - University of Tennessee, College of Medicine
Chattanooga, Tennessee
PUBLICATIONS:
1) Little, J; Sanders, S. Low Back Pain: Early Detection of Those at Risk. Abstract/presentation to AAPM&R, November 2000, San Francisco, CA
2) Alvarez, R; Little, J. Co-authors of the chapter Etiologies Evaluation and Management of the Cavus Foot. Orthopaedic Knowledge Update, Neuromuscular Disease Section, 1998 Edition.
3) Little, J; Widmer, T. Physical Rehabilitation Comes to Chattanooga. Published in the Healthscope 2000 Magazine, Winter 1990.
4) Little, J. An Injury to Your Child Can Turn Your World Upside Down. Published in the Healthscope 2000 Magazine, Winter 1993.
ABSTRACTS PRESENTED AND PUBLISHED:
1) Allen, D; Little, J. Incorporating Family Caregiver Seminars for the Aging into a General Inpatient Rehabilitation Model. Abstract of Scientific Poster Presented at the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Annual Meeting, October 1990. Published in Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, September 1990, Vol 71, No. 10.
2) Little, J; Lind, L. Integration of Preschool and Hospital-based Services in Physical Rehabilitation. Abstract of Scientific Poster Presented at the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Annual Meeting, October 1991. Published in Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, September 1990, Vol 71, No. 10.
3) Little, J; Ozbek, I; Lind, L. Predictive Factors in Determining Nursing Home Placement. Abstract of Scientific Poster Presented at the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Annual Meeting, October 1991. Published in Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, September 1991, Vol 72, No. 10
4) Kelly, J; Little, J; Lind, L. Comprehensive Infection Surveillance in a Free-Standing Physical Rehabilitation Hospital. Abstract of Scientific Poster Presented at the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Annual Meeting, October 1991. Published in Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, September 1991, Vol 72, No. 10.
5) Kelly, J; Little, J; Lind, L. Antibiotic Usage Monitoring in a Freestanding Physical Rehabilitation Hospital. Abstract of Scientific Poster Presented at the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Annual Meeting, November 1992. Published in Archive of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, October 1992, Vol 73, No. 10.
6) Smalley, J; Lind, L; Little, J. The Effects of Adverse Drug Reactions on Patient Participation in a Physical Rehabilitation Setting. Abstract of Scientific Poster Presented at the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Annual Meeting, November 1992. Published in Archive of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, October 1992, Vol 73, No. 10.
Peer Reviews:
Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 1994 - Present
COMMITTEES AND OFFICES HELD:
June 1986 - Chairman, Physical Medicine/Rehabilitation
August 1989 Committee, Tennessee Christian Medical Center
Madison, Tennessee
1989 - 1993 Member, Rehabilitation Services Committee, Erlanger Medical
Center
January 1994 - Past President, Tennessee Academy of Physical Medicine
December 1995 and Rehabilitation
September 1989 - Medical Director, Siskin Hospital for Physical Rehabilitation:
January 2001
· Member, Safety Committee
· Chairperson, Medical Records Committee
· Chairperson, Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee
· Chairperson, Physicians Quality Improvement Committee
· Chairperson, Infection Control Committee
· Chairperson, Utilization Review Committee
· Chairperson, CPR/Emergency Procedures Committee
· Chairperson, Medical Staff Bylaws Committee
· Chairperson, Medical Staff Nominating Committee
· Member, Hospital Quality Improvement Committee
· Member, Research/Education/Library/Committee
· Member, Rehabilitation Services Committee, Erlanger Medical Center
· Board Member, LifeFitness LLC
January 1995 - Medical Director, Siskin Hospital for Physical Rehabilitation Subacute
November 1996 Unit at LifeCare Center of Chattanooga
August 1996 - Medical Director, Siskin Hospital for Physical Rehabilitation
June 1997 Subacute Unit at Hutcheson Medical Center
June 2001 - Medical Director, HEALTHSOUTH Rehabilitation Hospital
Present
· Voting Board member in addition to above committees
PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:
October 1978 - 227th Aviation Battalion, Fort Hood, Texas,
September 1980 Senior (III Corps) Flight Surgeon/Battalion Surgeon/Dependents Clinic
October 1980 - 6th Cavalry Brigade (AirCombat), Fort Hood, Texas
June 1981 Senior (III Corps) Flight Surgeon/Brigade Surgeon/Dependents Clinic
June 1984 - Blanchfield Army Community Hospital
June 1986 Chief, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Fort Campbell, Kentucky, Honorable Discharge
June 1986 - James P. Little, M.D., P.C.
August 1989 312 Hospital Drive #7
Madison, TN 37115
Owner, Private Practice - Professional Corporation
August 1989- Southern Rehabilitation Group, PLLC
Present 1011 Spring Creek Road
Chattanooga, TN 37412
Owner/President
CME SHORT COURSES
Medical Risk Management, Spotlight on Patient Safety, December 31, 3005, MedRisk Online Course, 6 hours
2005 AAPM&R Annual Assembly Postconference Course, Disability Evaluation Program, October 30-November 1, 2005, Philadelphia, PA, 15 hours
2005 AAPM&R Annual Assembly, Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation Track, October 26-30, 2005, Philadelphia, PA, 20 hours
HEALTHSOUTH Inpatient Medical Directors’ Conference, September 13-14, 2005, HEALTHSOUTH Conference Center, Birmingham, Alabama
AMA Guides 5th Edition Overview Course, September 10, 2005, Chicago Medical Society, 8 hours
Medical Risk Management, Spotlight on Patient Safety, December 30, 2004, MedRisk Online Course, 6 hours
American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Interventions in Chronic Pain Management, December 20, 2004, 2003 Self-Directed Physiatric Education Program Study Guide, 15 hours
American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Congenital and Acquired Brain Injury, December 20, 2004, 2003 Self-Directed Physiatric Education Program Study Guide, 15 hours
American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Stroke and Neurodegenerative Disorders, December 4, 2004, 2004 Self-Directed Physiatric Education Program Study Guide, 15 hours
American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Sports and Performing Arts Medicine and related Focused Reviews, December 4, 2004, 2004 Self-Directed Physiatric Education Program Study Guide, 15 hours
American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, AAPM&R Journal Based CME Program_September 2004, December 10, 2004, 3 hours
HEALTHSOUTH Inpatient Medical Directors’ Conference, Complying with New Regulatory Challenges, September 13-14, 2004, HEALTHSOUTH Conference Center, Birmingham, Alabama, 9.2 hours
The University of Washington School of Medicine, 19th Review Course in PM&R, October 7, 2002, 62 hours, video review course
AIDS: The Facts and the Issues, St. Luke Hospital, Florence, KY, September 21, 2000, 2 hours
Association of Academic Physiatrists, Residency Training Directors Workshop, July 21-23, 2000, New York, NY, 10 hours
American Academy of PM&R 2000 Coding and Billing Workshop, July 29-30, 2000, Washington, DC, 11 hours
General Risk Management Seminar, June 7, 2000, Chattanooga, TN, 2 hours
Association of Academic Physiatrists (AAP) 2000 Annual Conference, March 1-4, 2000, La Jolla, CA, 31 hours
General Risk Management Seminar, June 9-10, 1999, Chattanooga, TN, 2 hours
Association of Academic Physiatrists (AAP) 1999 Annual Conference, February 17 - 19, 1999, Orlando, FL, 31 hours
American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 1998 Annual Assembly, November 5 - 8, 1998, Seattle, WA, 17 hours
Compliance Plans: Update on the Current Health Care Enforcement Environment, January 28, 1998, Chattanooga, TN, 2 hours
Medical Fraud and Abuse Seminar, November 18, 1997, Chattanooga, TN, 2 hours
EMBA Independent Study - Comparison of Changes in Physician Practice Environments in the Past Ten Years in America and Australia, June 1997, Australia
1997 General Loss Prevention Seminar June 1997, Chattanooga, TN, 2 hours
Computer Literacy: Necessary Skills and Concepts for the Academic Physician of the 1990’s, AAP, February 26 - March 1, 1997, Colorado Springs, CO, 32 hours
Ethical Issues in Rehabilitation Medicine, May 22, 1997, Chattanooga, TN, 8 hours
American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Fundamentals of Impairment and Disability Evaluations Course, September 26 - 27, 1996, Chicago, IL, 15 hours
American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Advanced Topics in Impairment and Disability Evaluations Course, September 28 - 29, 1996, Chicago, IL, 15 hours
The American College of Physician Executives: Physician in Management Seminar II, September 9 -13, 1996, La Jolla, CA, 31 hours
1996 General Loss Prevention Seminar June 1996, Chattanooga, TN, 2 hours
Fundamentals of Personal Computers and Online Services for Physicians, February 21 - May 22, 1996, Chattanooga, TN, 21 hours
Survival and Adaptive Strategies for Academic Departments in a Managed Care Environment, AAP, February 18 - 22, 1996, Las Vegas, CA, 16 hours
The American College of Physician Executives: Physician in Management Seminar I, June 17-21, 1996, Newport Beach, CA, 31 hours
Healthcare in the 21st Century: Capitation or Decapitation, September 6 - December 6, 1995, Chattanooga, TN, 21 hours
ACLS Instructors Course - Recertification 1995, Chattanooga, TN
1995 General Loss Prevention Seminar June 1995, Chattanooga, TN, 2 hours
The New Look of Leadership Course, April 26-28, 1995, Dalton, GA, 27 hours
The Making of A PM&R Chairperson, 1995 AAP Spring Meeting, March 1-5, 1995, Scottsdale, AZ, 13.5 hours
The Physician Leadership and Management Education Program, February 14 - April 28, 1995, Chattanooga, TN, 27.5 hours
Health Services Management Program/MBA in Medical Management, February 15 - May 24, 1995, Chattanooga, TN, 45 hours
American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 56th Annual Assembly, October 1994, Anaheim, CA, 17 hours
1994 General Loss Prevention Seminar June 1994, Chattanooga, TN, 2 hours
Rehabilitation Outcome Research for Stroke and Traumatic Brain Injury, 1994 AAP Spring Meeting, January 20-23, 1994, Naples, FL, 16.5 hours
1993 General Loss Prevention Seminar June 1993, Chattanooga, TN, 2 hours
Outcome Research in Medical Rehabilitation, 1993 AAP Spring Meeting, March 10-14, 1993, Albuquerque, NM, 15.5 hours
Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Self Study Course, December 1992, 28 hours
Pediatric Advanced Life Support, Chattanooga State, October 1992, Chattanooga, TN 16 hours
1992 General Loss Prevention Seminar June 1992, Chattanooga, TN, 2 hours
Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology: A High Intensity Review Chicago, IL, March 1992, 28 hours
Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Self Study Course, December 1991, 32 hours
Advanced Cardiac Life Support Instructor Training Course, Memorial Hospital, Chattanooga, TN, November 1991, Certified
Advanced Cardiac Life Support Course, Memorial Hospital, Chattanooga, TN, October 1991, Certified
Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Self Study Course, December 1990, 32 hours
American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Phoenix, AZ, October 1990, 8 hours
Orthopedic Grand Rounds, Erlanger Medical Center, Chattanooga, TN, January - October 1990,
20 hours
Assessment and Management of Low Back Pain, Chattanooga, TN, November 1989, Certified
Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Self Study Course, December 1989, 32 hours
Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, San Antonio, TX, November 1989, 23.5 hours
Team Management Seminar (Rene Cailliet), October 18, 1989, 8 hours
SVMIC Risk Prevention Skills Self Study Course, July 1, 1989, 6 hours
Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Self Study Course January 1989, 33 hours
Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Seattle, WA November 1988, 15 hours
Family Practice Review, St. Thomas Hospital, Nashville, TN, April 21-23, 1988, 18.5 hours
Network for CME, Tennessee Christian Medical Center, Madison, TN, March-April 1988, 12 hours
SVMIC Medicolegal Self Study Course, February 26, 1988, 12 hours
Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Orlando, FL, October 1987, 20.5 hours
National Rehabilitation Conference (NARF), June 27-28, 1986
Rehabilitation & Ambulatory Care (AHA), New Orleans, LA, April 10-11, 1986
Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Fort Campbell, KY, October 30-November 1, 1985
Physical Medicine/Rehabilitation Academy Course, Kansas, MO, September 29-October 4, 1985
Rehabilitation Medicine Review, Washington University, Seattle, WA, April 22-May 3, 1985, 80 hours
2nd Annual Physical Medicine Short Course, Letterman AMC, San Francisco, CA, March 25-29, 1985, 31 hours
Rehabilitation Medicine Review, Washington University, Seattle, WA, April 2-13, 1984, 78 hours
4th Annual Evoke Potentials Conference, Walter Reed AMC, Washington, DC March 30-April 1, 1984, 22 hours
1st Annual Physical Medicine Short Course, Walter Reed AMC, Washington, DC, March 26-29, 1984, 30 hours
Clinical Neurology Review Course, Harvard, Boston, MA, March 12-17, 1984, 31 hours
Pediatric Rehabilitation, Tufts, Boston, MA, June 20-24, 1983, 30 hours
Tri-Service Bombat Care Casualty Course, Advanced Trauma Life Support Certification, Fort Sam Houston, TX, April 23-30, 1983, 53 hours
AFIP Neuropathology Review, Washington, DC, January 17-21, 1983, 25 hours
UCLA Prosthetics-Orthotics Course, Los Angeles, CA, May 17-21, 1982
5th Annual Head Trauma Course, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, CA, February 12-13, 1982, 15 hours
Operational Aeromedical Problems, Brooks Air Force Base, TX, January 19-23, 1983, 40 hours
Physician's Management Course, Killeen, TX, October 27-31, 1980, 24 hours
Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Killeen, TX, October 1979
Arizona State Crash Survival Investigation, Tempe, AZ, February 1979, 2 Weeks
U.S. Army Aviation Medicine Course, Ft. Rucker, AL, August 8-September 27, 1978, 120 hours
U.S. Army Medical Officers Basic Course, Ft. Sam Houston, TX, July 12-August 2, 1978, 3 Weeks
