Background
Sholes, Christopher Warren was born on December 30, 1953 in Elizabethton, Tennessee, United States. Son of Dillard McCary and Mattie Lou (Edwards) Sholes.
Sholes, Christopher Warren was born on December 30, 1953 in Elizabethton, Tennessee, United States. Son of Dillard McCary and Mattie Lou (Edwards) Sholes.
Bachelor cum laude, Vanderbilt University, 1975. Doctor of Medicine, University Tennessee, 1979. Postgraduate, Western Heart Institute St. Mary's Medical Center and Hospital, 1988.
Commissioned Lieutenant, United States Navy, 1979;
advanced through ranks to commander, United States Navy, 1988;
intern, Naval Regional Medical Center, San Diego, 1979-1980;
general medical officer, Naval Mobile Constitution Battalion, Gulfport, Mississippi, 1980-1981;
resident, Naval Hospital, San Diego, 1983-1985;
fellow, Naval Hospital, San Diego, 1985-1987;
with staff, Naval Hospital, Oakland, California, 1985-1988;
retired, United States Navy, 1988;
commander research, United States Navy, since 1988;
private practice consultant cardiovascular diseases, Cardiology Cons., Professional Corporation, Johnson City, Tennessee, since 1988;
member of staff, St. Mary's Medical Center and Hospital, San Francisco, since 1988. Consultant Letterman Army Medical Center, San Francisco, since 1985, Kaiser Medical Center, 1985-1987, director cardiac catherization laboratory Naval Hospital, Oakland, 1985-1987. Staff cardiologist Johnson City (Tennessee) Medical Center and Hospital andSycamore Shoals Hospital, Elizabeth, Tennessee, Northside Hospital, Johnson City.
Consultant staff Johnson City Specialty Hospital.
Fellow American College Cardiology. Member Tennessee Medical Association, American Medical Association, Association Military Surgeons United States, American Heart Association, American College of Physicians.
Married Vickie Lynn Smiley, June 9, 1984. Children: Phillip Christopher, Michael Benjamin.