QUALIFICATIONS
--Six years clinical patient care experience as physician
--Student physician leader
--Mental health care advocate
--Political campaign experience with TV news exposure
--Training under current past national American Medical Association President and current World Medical Association Chair

MEDICAL LICENSE
Mississippi License No. 17267, Family Medicine Board Certified

EDUCATION
North Mississippi Medical Center, Family Medicine Residency Graduate Tupelo, MS, PGY 2 and PGY 3, September 2005- September 2007

Baton Rouge General Medical Center, Family Medicine Residency Baton Rouge, LA, 2002-2004, completed PGY 1, PGY 2 and 2 ½ months of PGY 3 year of residency

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Family Medicine Internship, Alexandria, LA, 1999-2000

University of Mississippi School of Medicine, Jackson, MS, Doctor of Medicine, 1994-98

University of Mississippi, University/Oxford, MS, Bachelor of Arts, Biology, Magna Cum Laude, 1990-93

EMPLOYMENT
Post-doctoral Fellow, Department of Psychiatry and Human EXPERIENCE Behavior, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 2000-01; research on “Blood markers for depression”

Student Assistant, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 1995

Research Technician I, Department of Psychiatry, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, 1993-94, research on Post-mortem study of brains of suicide victims

HONORS
Residency:
Baldridge Award NMMC Group Recipient (Nobel Peace Prize for businesses, North MS Medical Center only hospital to ever receive)
Medical School:
Lettie Pate Whitehead Scholarship 1995-97
Norman C. Nelson, M.D. Summer Research Fellowship 1995
Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society 1996-97
Undergraduate School:
Phi Kappa Phi (academic honor society) 1992
Top 25 Campus Beauty 1990
Mortar Board Outstanding Member Award (honor society) 1992-93
Omicron Delta Kappa (leadership and service honor society) 1992-93
University of Mississippi Honors Program Scholarship 1990-93
H.F. McCarty, Wal-Mart, & Academic Excellence Scholarships 1990-93
Other:
Girl Scout Gold Award (equivalent to Eagle Scout) 1988
Barbizon Modeling School graduate 1986

ACTIVITIES
Residency:
Residency Selections Committee 2002-04
Residency Orientation Committee 2003
TAR WARS (Anti-smoking campaign)
-Participant/Speaker, Beechwood Elementary fifth grade classes, Baton Rouge, LA, 2004
-Participant/Speaker, Buchanan Elementary fifth grade classes, Baton Rouge, LA 2003
-Participant/Speaker, seventh and eighth grade classes, Williana, LA, 1999
East Baton Rouge Parish and Louisiana State Medical Societies 2003-04
Medical School:
American Medical Student Association
-Chapter President 1995-97
-Recruitment Coordinator 1997-98
TAR WARS Participant/Speaker, Union Academy fifth grade class, Georgetown, Mississippi 1996
Undergraduate:
Chancellor’s Leadership Class 1990-91
Phi Mu Sorority 1990-93
University of Mississippi Modeling Board 1990-92

PUBLICATIONS

Klimek V, Stockmeier C, Overholser J, Meltzer HY, Kalka S, Dilley G, Ordway GA: Reduced levels of norepinephrine transporters in the locus coeruleus in major depression. Journal of Neuroscience. 1997 Nov; 17(21): 8451-8458.

SCIENTIFIC POSTERS

Bowles AP, Raila FA, Perkins E, Kalka SJ: Contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of rat C6 glioma: Use of a clinical MRI whole- body system with 3-D reconstruction of tumor in a rat brain model. American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting; Minneapolis; Minnesota; April 27 – May 2, 1996.

Bowles AP, Perkins E, Kalka SJ, Hutchins JB: Techniques in tissue culture for human brain tumor explants. Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting; Montreal, Quebec, Canada; September 28 – October 3, 1996.

Klimek V, Stockmeier CA, Meltzer HY, Kalka S, Dilley G, Ordway GA: Decreased norepinephrine transporters (NETs) in the Locus Coeruleus (LC) in major depression. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting; Washington, DC; November 16 – 21, 1996.

RESIDENT PRESENTATIONS

--Obesity Research Grand Rounds:
Weight Loss Group Retrospective Study and Assessment of Physician Knowledge Regarding Obesity Counseling
--Preventive Health Guidelines, Grand Rounds
--Acute HIV Syndrome (presenting as Encephalitis) Patient Presentation
--Acute HIV Syndrome (presenting as enlarged lymph node) Patient Presentation