Ronald Edwin Overfield

Background

Overfield, Ronald Edwin was born on April 22, 1938 in Henderson, Kentucky, United States. Son of Covington and Helena Gertrude (Whelan) Overfield.

Education

Bachelor of Science, U. Kentucky, 1960; Doctor of Medicine, Vanderbilt Medical School, 1963.

Career

Radiology resident, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 1963-1967; chief radiology resident, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 1966-1967; radiologist, Radiological Associations Nashville, since 1969. Board directors Clinical Ethics Guild, Nashville, Canby Robinson Society Vanderbilt, Nashville. Department chairman medical imaging Baptist Hospital, Nashville, 1977-1993, president medical staff, 1981, vice chief of staff, 1993-1994, chief of staff, since 1994.

Associate clinical professor department radiology Vanderbilt University, Nashville, since 1979. Executive Committee Middle Tennessee Health Systems Agency, Nashville, 1981-1984.

Achievements

• Ronald Edwin Overfield has been listed as a noteworthy Radiologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Captain United States Air Force, 1967-1969. Fellow American College Nuclear Medicine (board directors, editor since 1992, vice president 1994), American College Radiology (counsilor 1980-1994). Member American Medical Association (delegate since 1994), Tennessee Medical Association (board directors since 1994), Tennessee Radiological Society (president 1976-1977), Middle Tennessee Radiological Society (president 1973-1974), Nashville Academy Medicine (board directors, chairman 1983, president 1982, President award 1979).

Connections

Married Kathryn Hamilton Jones, October 19, 1963. Children: Laura Lee, John Covington.

Father:

Covington Overfield

Mother:

Helena Gertrude (Whelan) Overfield

Spouse:

Kathryn Hamilton Jones

child:

John Covington Overfield

child:

Laura Lee Overfield