1948
Born to Townsend Hamilton Jr. and Virginia Marie (Benoit) Cushman in Lakehurst, NJ.
1970
Earns a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Mississippi; Marries Susan Dell Johnson on June 13.
1974
Obtains a Doctor of Medicine from the University of Mississippi; Is a resident at the University of Mississippi School of Medicine until 1977.
1977
Is an instructor, assistant professor and associate professor of medicine at the University of Mississippi School of Medicine until 1988.
1978
Serves as chief of the hypertension section at the VA Medical Center in Jackson, MS until 1988.
1987
Is ordained to the priesthood in the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church.
1988
Serves as chief of the hypertension section at the VA Medical Center in Memphis, TN until 1997.
1988
Is an associate professor of medicine and preventive medicine at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine until 1994.
1988
Is an assistant pastor at St. John Orthodox Church in Memphis, TN through today.
1994
Is a professor of medicine and preventive medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center through today.
1997
Serves as chief of the preventive medicine section at the VA Medical Center in Memphis, TN until 2020.
2010
Receives the Barnwell Award for outstanding achievement in clinical science from the Department of Veterans Affairs.
2018
Receives the Page-Bradley Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Heart Association’s Council on Hypertension.
2020
Serves as medical director of the Department of Preventive Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center through today.