Employment:

Medical Director
Cancer Treatment Institute
1400 George Dieter, Ste. 170
El Paso, TX 79936
2003- present

Medical Director
Las Palmas Medical Center
Department of Radiation Oncology
101 Rim Road
El Paso, Texas 79902
1993 – present

Medical Director
Del Sol Medical Center
Department of Radiation Oncology
10460 Vista Del Sol
El Paso, Texas 79925
1997 – 2000

Consultant
Texas State Board of Medical Examiners
1997

Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology
The University of New Mexico Cancer Center
Department of Radiation Oncology
900 Camino de Salud, N.E.
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131
1991 – 1993

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
The University of New Mexico
Department of Psychiatry
900 Camino de Salud, N.E.
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131
1991 – 1993

Wisconsin Oncology Associates
St. Mary’s Hospital
2323 North Lake Drive
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Staff Radiation Oncologist
1988 - 1990

Department of Radiation Oncology
Loyola University of Medical Center – Stritch School of Medicine
Hines Veterans Administration Hospital
Maywood, Illinois
Instructor
1987 – 1988

Post-Gradate Medical Training:

Medical College of Wisconsin
Department of Psychiatry
Division of Addiction Medicine
Watertown Plank Road
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Fellowship – Addiction Medicine
1990 – 1991

National Institute of Health Training Fellowship
University of California
Department of Radiation Oncology Research Laboratory
San Francisco, California
Research Fellow
1984 – 1985

Department of Radiation Oncology
University of California
501 Parnassus
San Francisco, California
General Radiation Therapy Residency
1983 – 1984, 1985 – 1987

Department of Medicine
Saint Mary’s Hospital and Medical Center
450 Stanyan Street
San Francisco, California
General Medical Internship
1982 – 1983

Medical Education:

School of Medicine
University of California
501 Parnassus
San Francisco, California
Medical Student
1978 – 1982

Undergraduate Education:

Department of Biology
California State College
9001 Stockdale Highway
Bakersfield, California
Bachelor of Science, Magna cum Laude
1974 – 1978

Department of Cardiology
University of California
Davis, California
American Heart Association Research Fellow
1974 – 1975

Licensure:

National Board of Medical Examiners – 267430
California License Number – G052494
Illinois License Number – 036-075620
New Mexico License Number – 91-289
Texas License Number – J5456
Wisconsin License Number – 29664
DEA Number: BR3659969

Certification:

American College of Radiology – Therapeutic Radiology – Board Certified – 1992
American Society of Addiction Medicine – Certified – 1992

Honors and Awards:

Bachelor of Science – Magna cum Laude
Gold Seal Diplomat
Biology Club Award for Academic Achievement
Department of Natural Science and Physics – Dean’s Award for Basic Research
1976 – 1978 American Heart Association Research Fellowship
1978 – 1982 Regent’s Scholar – University of California
Taussig Scholarship
1978 – 1981 National Medical Fellowship
1979 – 1980 Merck Scholarship
1979 – 1982 American Business Women’s Association Scholarship
1984 – 1985 N.I.H. Training Grant
1985 – 1986 American Cancer Society Clinical Investigation Grant

Lectures and Presentations:

April 1984 Northern California Radiation Therapy
Technologist’s Society Award Meeting
Kaposi’s Sarcoma in AIDS: The UCSF Experience
UCSF
San Francisco, California

October 1984 Radiation Oncology Research Laboratory
Center of Educational Development
Kaposi’s Sarcoma: The Changing Perspective
San Francisco, California

April 1985 V. Congreso de C.R.I.L.A.
Latin American Radiation Oncology Annual Meeting
Epidemic Kaposi’s Sarcoma
Miami, Florida

May 1985 Alta Bates Hospital
Grand Rounds and Tumor Board
Update of Epidemic Kaposi’s Sarcoma
Oakland, California

August 1985 M.D. Anderson Hospital
Grand Rounds – Department of Radiotherapy
AIDS Associated Neoplasms
Houston, Texas

August 1985 Texas Radiological Society Annual Meeting
Keynote Address
The Radiotherapy of Epidemic Kaposi’s Sarcoma
Houston, Texas

October 1985 American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
27th Annual Meeting
Epidemic Kaposi’s Sarcoma: The Changing Perspective
Miami, Florida

March 1987 Columbia University Medical Center
Grand Rounds – Department of Radiation Oncology
Epidemic Kaposi’s Sarcoma
New York City, New York

March 1987 Loyola University Medical Center
Grand Round – Department of Radiation Oncology
Radio-therapeutic Management of Epidemic Kaposi’s Sarcoma

June 1991 Physician Stress Impairment Syndrome
AMA – Conference on Physician Health
Toronto, Canada

April 1992 Treating Those with Special Needs: Minority Groups, Individuals
With a History of Drug Abuse, Elderly, and Children
The Third National Meeting for State Cancer Pain Initiatives

March 1993 Physician Misperceptions, Ignorance, and Denial: Identification and
Treatment of Addictions in the Cancer Patient
Society of Behavioral Medicine Annual Meeting
San Francisco, California

Research:

Low-Dose Rate Irradiation and Sequential Hyperthermia in the Treatment of the Transplanted RIF Tumor Using the C3H Mouse Model.

Irradiation Techniques in the Treatment of AIDS Associated Kaposi’s Sarcoma.

Treatment Sequelae in Irradiated patients with AIDS Associated Neoplasms.

(Above research performed under the auspices of National Institutes of Health and funded by NIH Training Grant 1984 – 1985.)

Physician Stress Impairment Syndrome.

Cancer Pain Management in the Addicted.

High Dose Chemotherapy and Radiation for Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer (SWOG Protocol Principal Investigator.)

Publications – (Book Chapters):

1976 Amsterdam, et al.
Exercise and the Heart
Effect of Exercise on Hemostatic Mechanisms
Garret Lee, Teresa A. LaFave (Reed), et al.

1986 Vaeth, Jerome
Frontiers in Radiation Oncology
Kaposi’s Sarcoma and AIDS: The UCSF Experience
J. Harris, T. Reed

1987 Ziegler, John
Kaposi’s Sarcoma
Radiotherapy of Kaposi’s Sarcoma
J. Harris, T. Berson, T. Reed, W. Wara

Professional Organizations:

American Society of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
American Society of Addiction Medicine
New Mexico Medical Society
El Paso Medical Society

Committees and Appointments:

Consultant – Texas Board of Medical Examiners, 1999 - present
Chair – Physician Aid Committee, New Mexico Medical Society, 1992 – 1993.
Chair – Physician Examining Committee, Board of Medical Examiners, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1993 – 1994.
Radiation Safety Committee, Columbia Medical Center-West, El Paso, Texas, 1993 – 1994.
Managed Care Steering Committee, Columbia HealthCare Systems, El Paso, Texas, 1994 – 1995.