James T McDeavitt, M.D.
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Positions
- Executive Vice President and Dean of Clinical Affairs
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Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas United States
- Professor
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US
- Chief Academic Officer/SVP
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Carolinas HealthCare System
Charlotte, North Carolina United States
Administrative responsibility for the academic infrastructure for a large, regional health care system. Academic programs included a regional undergraduate (allopathic) school of medicine, GME, CME, allied health and research labs.
- Chair
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Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Carolinas HealthCare System
Charlotte, North Carolina United States
Founding chairman of the department of PM&R
- Associate Dean, Charlotte Campus
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University of North Carolina School of Medicine
- Designated Institutional Official
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Carolinas HealthCare System
Addresses
- Baylor College of Medicine (Office)
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One Baylor Plaza
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 798-4495
Education
- MD from Wake Forest University School of Medicine
- 05/1986 - Winston-Salem, North Carolina United States
- Internship from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
- 06/1987 - Winston-Salem, North Carolina United States
- Residency from Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
- 06/1991 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States
- BS from Duke University
- 05/1982 - Durham, North Carolina United States
Certifications
- Diplomate
- American Board of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
- Lifetime certificate holder, voluntarily participating in, and current with Maintenance of Certification
- Diplomate
- American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine
Websites
Selected Publications
- McDeavitt JT "The siren song of physician incentives: avoiding the rocks." 2013;5(11):970-973. Pubmed PMID: 24247016
- McDeavitt JT, Wade KE, Smith RE, Worsowicz G "Understanding change management." 2012 Feb;4(2):141-143. Pubmed PMID: 22373463
- McDeavitt JT, King KC "Carolinas medical center academic infrastructure: implications for physician workforce expansion." 2007 May;68(3):179-181. Pubmed PMID: 17674690
- Blount PJ, Nguyen CD, McDeavitt JT "Clinical use of cholinomimetic agents: a review." 2002 Aug;17(4):314-321. Pubmed PMID: 12106000
- Wallace BE, Wagner AK, Wagner EP, McDeavitt JT "A history and review of quantitative electroencephalography in traumatic brain injury." 2001 Apr;16(2):165-90. Pubmed PMID: 11275577
- McDeavitt JT "The 75th Anniversary of the Specialty of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: You’re Not Getting Older, You’re Getting Better." Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2022;101(7):S1-S4.
- Ditunno, JF, Cohen BS, Melvin JL, DeLisa JA, Walsh NE, Turk MA, Matthews DJ, Massagli TL, Kowalske KJ, Chiodo AE, McDeavitt JT "A Conversation Between Past Chairs of the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: Four Decades of History and the Future of Board Certification." 2022;101(7):S5-S9.
- McDeavitt JT, Appelbaum NP, Raddatz MM, Driscoll SW, Kinney CL "Taking Leave During Residency: Types of Absences and Subsequent Delays and Variations in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Medical Board Pass Rates." Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2022;101(7):S30-S34.
- Kinney CL, McDeavitt JT "Board Certification in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: A New Approach for a New Era." Am J Phys Med Rehabil.;100(7):718-20.
- McDeavitt JT, King K, McDeavitt KR "Learning Brainstem Anatomy: A Simple Mnemonic Device." PM&R. 2014;5:963-966.
Memberships
- American Board of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
- Director (01/2010 - 12/2016)
- Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education
- Director/Treasurer (01/2012 - 12/2018)
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