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James Richard Bean, M.D.

James R. 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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