Background
Lucas, Melinda Ann was born on June 27, 1953 in Maryville, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of Arthur Baldwin and Dorthy (Shields) Lucas.
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Melinda Ann Lucas
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Melinda Ann Lucas, American Pediatrician, educator. Diplomate American Board Pediat.; licensed physician, Michigan, New York, Tennessee. Scholar, United Presbyterian Church, 1971, Mary Lou Braly scholar, 1971-1974; grantee Alumni Admissions Program-National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for Safe Ride Program.
Education
Bachelor, Maryville College, 1975; Master of Science, U. Tennessee, 1976; Doctor of Medicine, U. Tennessee, 1981; postgraduate, U. Tennessee, 1992-1993.
Career
Intern, U. Rochester, New York, 1981-1982; resident in pediatrics, U. Rochester, New York, 1982-1984; private practice, Maryville, 1984-1985; clinical fellow, U. Tennessee Genetics Center, 1988-1989; emergency room pediatrician, U. Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, 1985-1990; director child abuse clinic, U. Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, 1987-1990; pediatrics intensivist, U. Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, since 1987; acting director pediatrics Intensive Care Unit, U. Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, 1990-1992; faculty, U. Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, since 1988; fellow in pediatrics critical care, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1995-1996. Member Pediatric Cons., Inc. Knoxville; physician representative Project Search Working Symposium, 1990-1991.
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Membership
Member Blount County Foster Care Review Board, Maryville, 1985-1993, Blount County Executive Board Maryville College Alumni Association, 1988-1992. Member child watch committee Children's Defense Fund, 1997. Fellow American Academy Pediat.
Member American Medical Association (Physician Recognition award 1984-1987, 88-91, 91-94, 94-97), American Professional Society on Abuse of Children, Tenn.Pediat. Society (co-chairman accident and injury prevention committee 1993-1995, since 1996), Knoxville Area Pediat. Society, Society Critical Care Medicine (abstract reviewer 1991, 92, 93, 94).
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Scholar, United Presbyterian Church, 1971, Mary Lou Braly scholar, 1971-1974. Grantee Alumni Admissions Program-National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for Safe Ride Program.Scholar, United Presbyterian Church, 1971, Mary Lou Braly scholar, 1971-1974. Grantee Alumni Admissions Program-National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for Safe Ride Program.