Otho Lee Trick

Background

Trick, Otho Lee was born on August 4, 1931 in Anderson, Indiana, United States. Son of Homer Forest and Merlie Juanita (Turner) Trick.

Education

Student, Anderson College, 1950-1952; Doctor of Medicine, Indiana U., Indianapolis, 1958.

Career

Rotating intern, Blodgett Memorial Hospital, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1958-1959; general practice medicine surgery and obstetrics, Durand, Michigan, 1959-1964; assistant resident, resident psychiatry, Duke U. Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, 1964-1967; chief inpatient service, Veterans Administration Hospital., Albuquerque, 1967-1968; director impatient program department behavioral medical and psychiatry, West Virginia University School Medicine, Morgantown, 1968-1973; director Charleston division department behavioral medical and psychiatry, West Virginia University School Medicine, Morgantown, 1973-1974; director, Family Institute S.W., Inc., Houston, since 1974; medical director utilization management, Bellaire General Hospital, Houston, since 1992. Consultant surveyor Joint Commision on Accreditation Healthcare organizations, Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois, since 1990. Quality healthcare consultant.

Psychiatric consultant Harris County Department Education, Division Psychological Superior vena cava syndrome, Houston, 1974-1977. Harris County Medical Society liaision to Mental Health Mental Retardation Authority of Harris County, 1976-1978. Medical director utilization review program Sharpstown General Hospital, Houston, 1987-1991.

Mentor mentor program for rural hospitals Texas Medical Association, 1989-1990. Member active and courtesy staffs various hospitals.

Achievements

• Otho Lee Trick has been listed as a noteworthy Psychiatrist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Psychiatric Association (county member West Virginia district branch 1971-1974, chairman continuing education committee 1972-1974), American Society Quality Control, Texas Medical Association, Harris County Medical Society.

Interests

• Avocations: goldsmithing, hunting, fishing.

Connections

Married Melba Evelyn Heath, June 2, 1952 (divorced March 1973). Children: David, Kevin, Cynthia Cooper, Brian. Married Reita A. Troum, June 2, 1974.

Father:

Homer Forest Trick

Mother:

Merlie Juanita (Turner) Trick

Spouse:

Reita A. Troum

Spouse:

Melba Evelyn Heath

child:

David Trick

child:

Kevin Trick

child:

Cynthia Cooper Trick

child:

Brian Trick