James Richard Bean, M.D.

EDUCATION
University of Virginia
Bachelor of Arts with Honors
Charlottesville, Virginia
1966 - 1970
Tulane University School of Medicine
M.D.
New Orleans, Louisiana
1970 - 1973
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING
Intern, Medicine
1973 - 1974
Touro Infirmary
New Orleans, Louisiana
Intern, Surgery
1974 - 1975
University of Kentucky Medical Center
Lexington, Kentucky
Resident, Neurosurgery
1975 - 1980
University of Kentucky Medical Center
Lexington, Kentucky
Chief Resident, Neurosurgery
1979 - 1980
University of Kentucky Medical Center
Lexington, Kentucky
Research Fellow
1978 - 1979
Institute of Neurology
National Hospitals for Nervous Diseases
Gough Cooper Department of Neurological Surgery
Queen Square, London, England
Brain Tumor Immunology (David Thomas), 1978
Cerebrovascular Ischemia (Prof. Lindsay Simon), 1979
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Assistant Professor
Division of Neurosurgery
Department of Surgery
University of Kentucky Medical Center
Lexington, Kentucky
1980 - 1982
Staff Physician
Veterans Administration Medical Center
Cooper Drive
Lexington, Kentucky
1980 - 1982
HOSPITAL STAFF APPOINTMENTS
Samaritan Hospital
(Columbia Hospital Lexington, Samaritan Medical Center, Good Samaritan
Hospital)
Lexington, Kentucky
1982 - Present
Central Baptist Hospital
Lexington, Kentucky
1982 - Present
Saint Joseph Hospital
Lexington, Kentucky
1984 - Present
Saint Joseph Hospital, East
(Jewish Hospital Lexington, Lexington Hospital, Humana Hospital Lexington)
Lexington, Kentucky
1982 - Present
MEDICAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS
American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS): 1988
Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS): 1985
Southern Neurosurgical Society
Kentucky Neurosurgical Society (KNS): 1980
American College of Surgeons (ACS): 1998
American Medical Association (AMA): 1980
Kentucky Medical Association (KMA): 1980
Lexington Medical Society (Formerly Fayette County Medical Society): 1980
OFFICES AND APPOINTMENTS
Kentucky Neurosurgical Society
Delegate, AANS/CNS (Joint) Council of State Neurosurgical Societies, 1992 - 1999
Executive Committee, 1989 - 1999
President, 1989 - 1990
Secretary-Treasurer, 1985 - 1989
Samaritan Hospital, Lexington, Kentucky
Representative, KMA and AMA Medical Staff Section, 1992 - 2000
Medical Staff Executive Committee, 1990 - Present
Representative, Columbia Ky Regional Strategic Planning Committee, 1997
Chairman, Bylaws Committee, 1996 - 1997
Chairman, Credentials Committee, 1996
Chairman, Critical Care Committee, 1993 - 1994
President Medical Staff, 1991
Chairman, Neurosurgery Section 1990 - 1996
Member, Credentials Committee, 1990 - 1996
Chairman, Section of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, 1990 - 1996
Central Baptist Hospital
Operating Room Committee, 1986 - 1989
Saint Joseph Hospital
Quality Assurance Committee, 1995 - 1999
Lexington Medical Society (Fayette County Medical Society)
Executive Committee, 1994, 1996 - Present
KMA Delegate, 1992 - 2002
KMA Alternate Delegate, 2003 - 2006
President, 2001
President-elect, 2000
Vice President, 1999
Central Kentucky Regional Provider Entity (Region 5 Medicaid Managed Care
Partnership) Delegate 1998 - 2000
Fayette County ad hoc Region 5 Managed Care Steering Committee, 1995 - 1996
Service Council, 1984 - 1986
Kentucky Medical Association
Alternate Trustee, 2003 - 2006
Committee to Investigate Changing Trends in Medicine Chairman, 1999 -
Present
Medicaid Managed Care Committee, 1997 - Present
Delegate (Fayette County) 1992 - Present
Reference Committee Chairman, 1998
Chairman, KMA Physicians Plan (PPO) Board, 1997 - 1999
KMA Physicians Plan (PPO) Board of Directors, 1996 - 1999
Organized Medical Staff Section Executive Committee 1996 - 1997
Vice Chairman, KMA Physicians Plan (PPO) Board, 1996 - 1997
Nominating Committee, 1995
Physicians' Organization Study Committee, 1993 - 1996
Reference Committee, 1993, 1996, 1998
Organized Medical Staff Section., 1992 - 1997
Chairman, ad hoc Committee on Prehospital DNR, 1992 - 1994
AANS/CNS (Joint) Council of State Neurosurgical Societies
AANS Appointee, 1999 - Present
Executive Committee Member 1992 - Present
Past Chair 1999 - 2001
Chairman, CSNS, 1997 - 1999
AANS/CNS Washington Committee Liason, 1997 - 1999
AANS Board of Directors ex officio member, 1997 - 1999
CNS Executive Committee ex officio member, 1997 - 1999
Vice Chairman JCSNS, 1994 - 1997
Southeast Quadrant Chairman 1993 - 1996
Kentucky Neurosurgical Society Delegate, 1992 - 1999
Chairman, Ad hoc Health Care Reform Committee 1992 - 1995
Chairman, Medical Practices Committee, 1992 - 1994
Medical Practices Committee, 1990 - 1997
CNS appointee, 1990 - 1992
American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS)
AANS President 2008-2009
AANS President Elect 2007-2008
AANS - AMA Alternate Delegate 2004 - 2007
AANS Treasurer 2004 - 2007
Editor, Socioeconomics, AANS Bulletin, 2003 - Present
AANS appointee: Council of State Neurosurgical Societies (CSNS) 1999 -
Present
Editor, Socioeconomic Newsletter, Changing Times, 1994 -
Present
AMA Relative Value Scale Update Committee (RUC) Neurosurgery Advisor
1999
Associate Editor, Socioeconomics, AANS Bulletin, 1998 - 2003
Chairman, Bylaws Committee, 1998 - 1999
Nominating Committee, 1998 - 1999
Reimbursement Committee (CSNS Liaison), 1997 - 1999
Representative, HCFA Clinical Practice Expert Panel (CPEP), 1997
Task Force on Fellowships, 1997
Bylaws Committee, 1996 - 1999
Chairman, Task Force on Quality of Neurosurgical Practice, 1995 - 1996
Committee on Managed Care, 1993 - 1996
Guidelines and Outcomes Committee, 1993 - 1996
Peer Review Committee, 1992 - 1995
Joint AANS/CNS Coding and Reimbursement Committee
Chairman, 1999 - 2002
Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS)
Washington Committee Chairman, 2002 - 2004
Nominating Committee, 1999 - 2000
Washington Committee Appointee, 1999 - 2004
Leadership Development Committee, 1997 - 1999
Strategic Planning Committee, 1997 - 1999
Concepts in Neurosurgery, Volume Editor: Neurosurgery in Transition,
1997 - 1998
Executive Committee (ex officio), 1996 - 1999
Kentucky Medicare Carrier Advisory Committee
Neurosurgery Representative, 1992 - Present
Kentucky Health Policy Board
Chairman, Acute Low Back Pain Practice Parameters Committee, 1995
Kentucky Department of Worker's Claims
Managed Care Administrative Regulations Advisory Committee, 1994
Lexington Chamber of Commerce
Vice President, Health Care Advisory Committee, 1996 - 1997
Vice President, Bluegrass Health Purchasing Alliance, 1995
Board of Directors, Bluegrass Health Purchasing Alliance, 1995
Steering Committee, Bluegrass Health Purchasing Alliance, 1994 - 1995
American Board of Neurological Surgeons
Guest Examiner, Houston - November 2003
Guest Examiner, Iowa City - May 1998
The Physicians' Network, LLC (TPN)
President, 1994 - 1996, 2002 - 2007
Utilization Management Committee, 1996 - Present
Board of Managers, 1994 - Present
Vice President, 1996 - 2002, 2007 - Present
Region 5 Managed Care Healthcare Partnership Development
Steering Committee
Member, 1996
Central Kentucky Regional Provider
Entity - (Medicaid Region 5 Provider Partnership)
President and Chairman of the Board 1997 - 2000
Board of Directors, 1996 - 1997
Central Kentucky Blood Center
Member, Board of Directors, 1999
AWARDS AND HONORS
The Lane Report Leaders Award (Healthcare)
Lexington, Kentucky
1998
Alpha Omega Alpha
Tulane University
1974
Louisiana Pathology Award
Tulane University
1974
Tulane Medical Alumni Association Award
Tulane University
1974
Phi Beta Kappa
University of Virginia
1970
Echols Scholar
University of Virginia
1966 - 1970
Honors Award Scholarship
University of Kentucky
1966 - 1970
Honors Graduate
University of Kentucky
1970
MEDICAL LICENSURE
Kentucky since 1975
Louisiana since 1974
CERTIFICATION
American Board of Neurological Surgery, 1983
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