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About Dr. Jim

I attended medical school at Tulane, did an internship in Philadelphia, served in the Navy assigned to the Marines, completed surgical fellowships at Mayo and Ochsner Clinics, residency at Tulane, and earned a PhD in cell biology. I was hired by Dr DeBakey in 1983 at Baylor College of Medicine during the golden age of cardiovascular surgery. I was swept along by history and did some sweeping myself. I have been to the puppet show and have creativity that has produced three medical books and hundreds of scientific and ethical publications. I am working on three non-fiction books: an apologia, a memoir, and a better health book.

Long exposure of city traffic at night creating vibrant light trails.

Let us Heed our Speed Lest We Bleed

More danger exists in speeding, as the enormous energy released can overwhelm the protective reaction time, meaning a speeder is more likely to be involved in a more damaging crash. When speeding, both reaction times must be quicker, and the distance to brake is longer. They are conflicting opposites endorsing danger


Let us be Ferocious About Fixing the Atrocious Wrecks:

There is an unbelievably depressing phenomena continuing in America which is assumed falsely not happening and then ignored. It is an activity which hundreds of millions of Americans participate in doing, endangering themselves and others because of not doing it safely. The activity is vehicle driving. There are five to six million accidents each year, injuring more than a million and a half people.

Car accident scene with four people standing.