William C. Cushman, MD

Medical Director | Professor

A Timeline of Professional Milestones

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.

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