James Richard Bean, M.D.
EDUCATION
Benjamin Franklin High School
New Orleans, LA.
Attended 1963-1966
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia
Attended 1966 - 1970
Bachelor of Arts with Honors, 1970
Tulane University School of Medicine
New Orleans, Louisiana
Attended 1970 - 1973
M.D. November 1973
POSTGRADUATE PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
Internship - Internal Medicine (11/73 - 5/74)
Tuoro Infirmary - New Orleans, Louisiana
Internship - General Surgery (6/74 - 6/75)
University of Kentucky Medical Center - Lexington, Kentucky
Residency - Neurological Surgery (7/75 - 6/80)
University of Kentucky Medical Center - Lexington, Kentucky
Chief Resident - Neurosurgery (1979 - 1980)
University of Kentucky Medical Center - Lexington, Kentucky
Research Fellow -
Brain Tumor Immunology (David Thomas), 6/78 - 12/78.
Research Fellow -
Cerebrovascular Ischemia (Prof. Lindsay Simon), 1/79 - 5/79.
Gough Cooper Department of Neurological Surgery, Institute of Neurology and National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery. - Queen Square, London England
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
Good Samaritan Hospital
Lexington, Kentucky
1982 - 2007
Central Baptist Hospital
Lexington, Kentucky
1982 - Present
Saint Joseph Hospital
Lexington, Kentucky
1984 - Present
Saint Joseph Hospital, East
Lexington, Kentucky
1982 - 2008
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS
American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS): 1988
American College of Surgeons (ACS): 1998
American Medical Association (AMA): 1980
Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS): 1985
Kentucky Medical Association (KMA): 1980
Kentucky Neurosurgical Society (KNS): 1980
Lexington Medical Society: 1980
Society of Neurosurgical Surgeons
Southern Neurosurgical Society
MEDICAL LICENSURE
Kentucky since 1975
Louisiana since 1974
CERTIFICATION
American Board of Neurological Surgery, 1983
OFFICES AND APPOINTMENTS
Neurosurgical Associates, PSC, Lexington, Ky.
President, 2000 - present
Managing Director 1990 - 2000
Kentucky Neurosurgical Society
President, 1989 - 1990.
Secretary-Treasurer, 1985 - 1989.
Delegate, Council of State Neurosurgical Societies 1992 - 1999.
Executive Committee, 1989 - 1997.
Lexington Medical Society (Fayette County Medical Society)
President, 2001.
President-elect, 2000.
Vice President, 1999.
Executive Committee, 1994, 1996 - 2007.
Service Council, 1984 - 1986.
KMA Delegate, 1992 - 2002.
KMA Alternate Delegate, 2003 - 2006.
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.
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 Liaison, 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)
Past President 2009-2010
President 2008-2009
President Elect 2007-2008
Treasurer 2004-2007
Committees & Appointments
- Executive Committee, 2004-2010 (Chairman 2008 - 2009)
- Finance Committee, 2004-2010 (Chairman 2004 - 2007)
- Long Range Planning Committee 2004-2010 (Chairman 2007-2008)
- Neurosurgery Research & Education Foundation Executive Council 2004-2009
- Future Meeting Sites Committee, 2004-2009
- Distinguished Service Award Committee, 2007-2009
- Annual Meeting Committee, (ex officio) 2004-2009
- Honorary Membership Committee, 2004-2009
- Professional Conduct Committee, 2009-Present
- AMA Delegate 2005-2006; Alternate Delegate 2006-2007
- AMA Relative Value Update Committee (RUC) Advisor 1999
- AANS Appointee - Council of State Neurosurgical Societies, 1999-2008
- AANS Nominating Committee, 1998-1999
- Reimbursement Committee, 1998-1999
- AANS Bulletin
- Editor, 2003 - 2005
- Associate Editor, 1998-2003
- HCFA Clinical Practice Expert Panel (CPEP) Represenative
- Task Force on Fellowships, 1997
- Bylaws Committee, 1996-1999 (Chairman 1998-2009)
- Task Force on Quality of Neurosurgical Practice, Chairman
1995-1996
- Socioeconomic Fax Newsletter "Changing Times" Editor 1994-2000
- Guidelines and Outcomes Committee, 1993-1996
- Committee on Managed Care, 1993-1999
- Peer Review Committee, 1992-1995
Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS)
Washington Committee
- Chairman 2002 - 2004
- Appointee 1999 - 2004
Nominating Committee, 1999 - 2000
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.
Joint AANS/CNS Coding and Reimbursement Committee.
Chairman, 1999 - 2002
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.
Samaritan Hospital, Lexington, Kentucky
Representative, KMA and AMA Medical Staff Section, 1992 - 2000.
Medical Staff Executive Committee, 1990 - Present.
Representative, Columbia Hospital Kentucky Regional Strategic Planning Committee, 1997.
Chairman, Bylaws Committee, 1996 - 1997.
Chairman, Credentials Committee, 1996.
Chairman, Critical Care Committee, 1993 - 1994.
President Medical Staff, 1991.
Neurosurgery Section Chairman, 1990 - 1996.
Credentials Committee, 1990 - 1996.
- Chairman - 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.
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
University of Virginia
- Honors Graduate, 1970.
- Honors Award Scholarship, 1966 - 1970.
- Echols Scholar, 1966 - 1970.
- Phi Beta Kappa, 1970.
Tulane University School of Medicine
- Alpha Omega Alpha, 1974.
- Louisiana Pathology Award, 1974.
- Tulane Medical Alumni Association Award, 1974.
Lexington, Kentucky.
- The Lane Report Leaders Award (Healthcare) 1998.
PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Bean, J.R. -
"A New Professional Paradigm: Whence and Whither." - The 2009 Presidential Address.
Journal of Neurosurgery, 111(6): 1113-1118, December 2009.
Bean, J.R. -
"Response to Economic Forces Buffeting the Community of Neurosurgery."
Clinical Neurosurgery, Vol. 56, Chapter 13: 70-71, 2009.
Bean, J.R. -
"Women in Neurosurgery"
Journal of Neurosurgery, 109(3): 377, September 2008.
Bean, J.R. -
"Neurosurgical Emergency and Trauma Services: Legal, Regulatory, and Socioeconomic Barriers."
in
Clinical Neurosurgery, Vol. 54, Chapter 25: 149-152, 2007.
Perez-Cruet, M.J., Bean, J.R. & Fessler, R.G. -
"Microendoscopic Lumbar Discectomy"
In An Anatomical Approach in Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery.
Perez-Cruet, M.J., Khoo, L.T. & Fessler, R.G. (Volume Editors), Quality Medical Publishing, Inc., April 2006, p. 539-556.
Bean, J.R. -
"National Healthcare Spending in the U.S. and Japan: National
Economic Policy and Implications for Neurosurgery."
Neurologia Medico Chirurgica (Tokyo), 45(1): 18-24, January 2005.
Pelofsky, S., Bean, J.R., Blaylock, K., Benzel, E.C. & Shields, C. -
"Economics and Practice Management"
in Spine Surgery
Vol. 2, Chap. 170, Benzel, E. - Editor, Elsevier, 2005.
Bean, J.R. -
"Valuing Neurosurgery Services: Part II. The Interdependence of Current Procedural Terminology and Federal Medicare Payment Policy."
Neurosurgical Focus, 12(4) Edition 2, April 2002.
Bean, J.R. -
"Valuing Neurosurgery Services: Part I. The Historical Development and Interrelationships of Current Procedural Terminology and the Medicare Fee Schedule."
Neurosurgical Focus, 12(4) Edition 1, April 2002.
Bean, J.R. -
"Stereotactic Radiosurgery: At the Threshold or the Crossroads?"
Neurosurgery, 33(6): 1114-1115, December 1993.
Holladay F.P., Bean J.R., Young B., Todd E.P. & Roy M.W. -
"Cerebral Vascular Response to Moderate Blood Loss: Modification by Hypertension."
Stroke, 14(5): 765-768, Sep-Oct 1983.
Rapp R.P., Young B., Twyman D., Bivins B.A., Haack D., Tibbs P.A. & Bean J.R. -
"The Favorable Effect of Early Parenteral Feeding on Survival in Head-Injured Patients."
Journal of Neurosurgery, 58(6): 906-912, June 1983.
Young B., Rapp R.P., Norton J.A., Haack D., Tibbs P.A. & Bean J.R.
"Failure of Prophylactically Administered Phenytoin to Prevent Late Post-Traumatic Seizures."
Journal of Neurosurgery, 58(2): 236-241, February 1983.
Young B., Rapp R.P., Norton J.A., Haack D., Tibbs P.A. & Bean J.R. -
"Failure of Prophylactically Administered Phenytoin to Prevent Early Post-traumatic Seizures."
Journal of Neurosurgery, 58(2): 231-235, February 1983.
Bean J.R., Darling J.L., Hoyle N.R., Arigbabu S.O. & Thomas D.G. -
"Alterations in the Cellular Immune Response of Patients with Cerebral Glioma, Benign Intracranial Tumor, and Spontaneous Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Measured in Vitro by the Leucocyte Migration Inhibition Test."
Neurological Research, 5(1): 61-75, 1983.
Tibbs P.A., Young A.B., Walsh J.W. & Bean J.R. -
"Pharmacologic and Surgical Therapy for Spasticity."
Journal of KY Medical Association 79(6): 359-362, June 1981.
Young B., Rapp R.P., Norton J.A., Haack D., Tibbs P.A. & Bean J.R. -
"Early Prediction of Outcome in Head-Injured Patients."
Journal of Neurosurgery, 54(3): 300-303, March 1981.
Young B., Tibbs P.A. & Bean J.R. -
"Avoiding the Pitfalls in Early Management of Cervical Spinal Cord Injury."
Journal of The KY Medical Association, 78(12): 731-735, December 1980.
James H.E., Walsh J.W., Wilson H.D., Connor J.D., Bean J.R. & Tibbs P.A. -
"Prospective Randomized Study of Therapy in Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunt Infection."
Neurosurgery, 7(5): 459-463, November 1980.
Bean J.R., Walsh J.W. & Blacker H.M. -
"Cervical Dermal Sinus and Intramedullary Spinal Cord Abscess: Case Report."
Neurosurgery, 5(1): 60-62, July 1979.
James H.E., Madauss W.C., Tibbs P.A., McCloskey J.J. & Bean J.R. -
"The Effect of High Dose Dexamethasone in Children with Severe Closed Head Injury. A Preliminary Report."
Acta Neurochirugica (Wien), 45(3-4): 225-236, 1979.
Wilson H.D., Bean J.R., James H.E. & Pendley M.M. -
"Cerebrospinal Fluid Antibiotic Concentrations in Ventricular Shunt Infections."
Child's Brain, 4(2): 74-82, 1978.
AANS NEUROSURGEON / BULLETIN ARTICLES
Bean, J.R. -
"AANS President's Perspective: The Future of Professionalism"
AANS Neurosurgeon, Vol. 18, Issue #1, 2009, p.24-25.
Bean, J.R. -
"AANS President's Perspective: Shaping Neurosurgery's Future: A Global Perspective."
AANS Neurosurgeon, Vol. 17, Issue #4, 2008, p.26-27.
Bean, J.R. -
"AANS President's Perspective Politics, Healthcare Reform and the Future of Neurosurgery: Tides of Change "
AANS Neurosurgeon, Vol. 17, Issue #3, 2008, p.28-29.
Bean, J.R. -
"AANS President's Perspective: Maintaining the Public Trust"
AANS Neurosurgeon, Vol. 17, Issue #2, 2008, p.30-31.
Bean, J.R. -
"A Look at the Business Aspects of Neurosurgery."
AANS Neurosurgeon, Vol. 16, Issue #3, 2007, p.10-12.
Bean, J.R. -
"Taking the Long View: Think of MOC as a Personal Quest."
AANS Neurosurgeon, Vol. 14, Issue #2, 2005, pg.11.
Bean, J.R. -
"Assessing Healthcare Quality: Theory, Measurement and Payment -- Medicare's 2 Percent Reduction's No Idle Threat."
AANS Bulletin, Vol. 14, Issue #1, 2005, pg.11.
Bean, J.R. -
"Tradition Transition: Socioeconomic Factors Underlie ER Rifts."
AANS Bulletin, Vol. 13, Issue #4, 2004, pg.26.
Bean, J.R. -
"The Medicare Monolith: A Neurosurgeon Wonders What Can Fix Spiraling Problems."
AANS Bulletin, Vol. 13, Issue #3, 2004, pg.14.
Bean, J.R. -
"On Motive and Mien: Neurosurgery and Industry Must Guard Ethical Limits."
AANS Bulletin, Vol. 13, Issue #2, 2004, pg.17.
Bean, J.R. -
"You Have a Part to Play: Neurosurgery's Medical Liability Reform Campaign."
AANS Bulletin, Vol. 13, Issue #1, 2004, pg.10.
Bean, J.R. -
"Numbers and Need:Maintaining Balance in the Neurosurgical Workforce."
AANS Bulletin, Vol. 12, Issue #4, 2003, pg.6.
Bean, J.R. -
"Laying Myths to Rest: Common Misperceptions of Federal Medical Liability Reform."
AANS Bulletin, Vol. 12, Issue #3, 2003, pg.12.
Bean, J.R. -
"Why Federal Medical Liability Reform? The Second Coming of the Medical Liability Crisis Must Be Its Last."
AANS Bulletin, Vol. 12, Issue #3, 2003, pg.6.
Bean, J.R. -
"Everyone Has a Story: Can Neurosurgery Close the Book on the Resident Work Hours Controversy, Or is a New Chapter About to be Written?"
AANS Bulletin, Vol. 12, Issue #2, 2003, pg.6.
Bean, J.R. -
"Clinical Research in Practice: There is Value in Neurosurgeons Participation."
AANS Bulletin, Vol. 12, Issue #1, 2003, pg.4.
Bean, J.R. -
"Ending the PLI Crisis: With HEALTH, Neurosurgeons Put Their Money Where it Will Count."
AANS Bulletin, Vol. 12, Issue #1, 2003, pg.7.
Bean, J.R. -
"Marketing a Neurosurgical Practice: You Don't Have Time Not to Build Your Practice."
AANS Bulletin, Vol. 11, Issue #3, 2002, p.24-25.
Bean, J.R. -
"Recertification Assures Public: Neurosurgeons Must Accept the Risk."
AANS Bulletin, Vol. 10, Issue #2, 2001, pg.40.
Bean, J.R. -
"Spotlight on the CSNS: Exploring the Role of Neurosurgery's Socioeconomic Arm."
AANS Bulletin, Vol. 9, Issue #1, 2000, p.24-25.
Bean, J.R. -
"A Cut Above the Rest: Lexington Practice is Focused on Quality Patient Care."
AANS Bulletin, Vol. 8, Issue #2, 1999, pg.38.
Bean, J.R. -
"Neurosurgery: The Cost of Doing Business: Cost Containment in Neurosurgical Practice."
AANS Bulletin, Vol. 8, Issue #1, 1999, pg.17.
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