Background
Watridge, Clarence Boyett was born on March 1, 1950 in Humboldt, Tennessee, United States. Son of Joe B. and Thelma Watridge.
Watridge, Clarence Boyett was born on March 1, 1950 in Humboldt, Tennessee, United States. Son of Joe B. and Thelma Watridge.
Attended, Memphis State University, 1968-1970; Bachelor of Science, Baylor University, 1971; Doctor of Medicine, U. Tennessee Medical School, 1975.
Intern, Baptist Memorial Hospital, Memphis, 1976;
resident in neurosurgery, U. Tennessee, 1977-1981;
resident in neurosurgery, senior registrar, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol, England, 1979;
neurological surgery instructor, General Surgery Residents, 1981-1984;
chief and staff neurosurgeon, United States Air Force Medical Center, Keesler, Mississippi, 1981-1984;
private practice in neurosurgery, Pascagoula, Mississippi, 1984-1985;
private practice, Semmes-Murphey Clinic, Memphis, since 1985;
with, Veterans Administration Hospital, Memphis, 1985-1987;
assistant professor department neurosurgery, U. Tennessee, 1985-1991;
associate professor department neurosurgery, U. Tennessee, since 1991. Visiting professor department neurosurgery U. Tennessee, Memphis, 1982. Member special careunits committee Regional Medical Center, 1985-1988.
Member operating room committee U. Tennessee Medical Center, Bowld, 1985-1986. Member utilization review committee Baptist Memorial Hospital, 1986-1988, member ethics committee, since 1986. Member medical care committee Regional Medical Center, since 1986.
Chairman head/spinal cord injury prevention committee Baptist Regional Rehabilitation, since 1986. Member trauma service committee Baptist Meml.Hosp., since 1990, chairman emergency services quality improvement committee, since 1990;instructor various courses Advanced Trauma Life Support, Midas Rex Symposium.
With medical service United States Air Force, 1981-1984. member American Medical Association (recipient Physicians Recognition award, 1981, 84), American Heart Association (member stroke county), American College Surgeons, American Association Neurological Surgeons (president appointee to joint county State Neurological Socs., 1990, Washington committee, 1992), Southern Neurosurgical Society, Mid-South Foundation for Medical Care, Tennessee Medical Association, Tennessee Neurological Society (president 1991-1994), Memphis Neuroscience Society, Memphis and Shelby County Medical Society, Christian Medical Society, Congress of Neurological Surgeons.
Married Christy; children: Chad, Caia.