White-Wilson Medical Center
White-Wilson




Sara Rushing, M.D.
In-Patient Care
850.863.8100
Fort Walton Beach


Education:

Undergraduate
B.S. Degree – Biology
Emory University
Atlanta, GA
08/1980 - 05/1984

Summer Scholar Program
Harvard University
06/1981 – 08/1981

School of Graduate Dentistry
Boston University
Boston, MA
07/1984 – 01/1986

M.S. Degree – Physiology
Emory University
Dept of Physiology-Lab of Neurophysiology
Atlanta, GA
08/1987 – 05/1990

M.D.
University of Miami School of Medicine
Miami, FL
07/1990 – 05/1994


Residency:

Internal Medicine
University of Alabama-Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
07/1994 – 06/1997


Fellowship:

White-Wilson Medical Center, P.A.
Hospitalist
1005 Mar-Walt Drive
Fort Walton Beach, Florida 32547-6967
10/2006 – Present

4MD2 Group
Hospitalist at Fort Walton Beach Medical Center
Fort Walton Beach, FL
02/2006 – 09/2006

The Sterling Group
Hospitalist at Fort Walton Beach Medical Center
Fort Walton Beach, FL
09/2003 – 02/2006

Took a leave of absence to care for ill parents
06/2003 – 09/2003

North Okaloosa Medical Center
Hospitalist
Crestview, FL
04/2003 – 06/2003

Campbell Crestview Medical Center
Internal Medicine Physician
Crestview, FL
07/1997 – 03/2003

Georgia Institute of Technology
Laboratory Coordinator
Center for Bioengineering
Atlanta, GA
08/1988 – 05/1990

Emory University
Research Assistant
Laboratory of Neurophysiology
Atlanta, GA
08/1987 – 05/1990

Emory University
Department of Cellular Biology and Electrophysiology
Principal Investigator
National Institutes of Health Student Fellowship Award
Atlanta, GA
01/1986 – 07/1987

Emory University
Teaching Assistant
Department of Biology
Atlanta, GA
1984

Appointments:
Chairman, CME Committee
Fort Walton Beach Medical Center
Fort Walton Beach, FL
2004 – present

Chief of Internal Medicine & Member of Med Exec Committee
Fort Walton Beach Medical Center
Fort Walton Beach, FL
2005 – present

Chairman, Infection Control Committee
North Okaloosa Medical Center
Crestview, FL
1999 – 06/2003

Secretary, Medical Executive Committee
North Okaloosa Medical Center
Crestview, FL
2000 – 2001

Member, Utilization Review Committee
North Okaloosa Medical Center
Crestview, FL
1997 – 2000


Certification:

1985 Florida - ME0073689
August 1997 Certified, American Board of Internal Medicine
1995 USMLE 3
1993 USMLE 2
1992 USMLE 1

Specialties:
In-Patient Care

Awards:
Best intern history and physical exams
Birmingham’s Veteran’s Administration Hospital
Birmingham, AL
1994

Best intern case presentation
University of Alabama Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
1994

Fellow’s Memorial Fund Scholarship recipient –
A fellowship provided to medical students who are from poor or medically-underserved areas of Florida
1990

National Institute of Health Student Fellowship Award
1986

John Gordon Stipe Society Creative Contest Winner for painting
1984

Other:
First United Methodist Church
Volunteer childcare and education for teenage and indigent moms
Crestview, FL
2003

Clinical Instructor
University of Florida School of Medicine
1999 – 2002

Educational presentation on Alternative Medicine and Herbal Medicines for American Business Women’s Association
2001

Educational presentation to medical house staff on low molecular weight heparin
2000

Participant provider for migrant, indigent, and uninsured free medical clinic
Crestview, FL
1998 – 1999

Educational presentation for Senior Friends on hyperlipidemia
1998

Co-founder, Adolescent Substance Abuse Program, an outreach program to public schools in Dade County, Florida
1991 – 1994

Member, Emergency First Response Team after Hurricane Andrew
Dade County, Florida
1993

Health care provider, Camillus Health Concern, a clinical for urban homeless in Miami, FL
1990 – 1994

Founding member, Big Brother-Big Sister Program for high-risk immigrant youth – Miami, FL
1990 – 1994

Founding member, “People who give a ….”, a grass-roots organization to promote social responsibility
1990 – 1994

Organized a panel discussion with community and political leaders
and national news media, on homeless in urban Miami, FL
1994

 

Selected Presentations and Publications:
“Anatomical Substrates for Shifting Somatotopy in Rat Motor Cortex”, S.A. Lee, et al, J. Neuroscience, 1989

“Re-defining Rat Red Nucleus: Cytoarchitecture and Connectivity”, C.L. Rucker, S.A. Lee, and P.R. Kennedy, J. Neuroscience, 1989

“Identification of Cortical Event-Related Potentials Associated with Mandibular Movement in Man”, S.A. Lee and C.G. Widmer, JIADR, 1987

 

White-Wilson Medical Center
Fort Walton Beach
1005 Mar-Walt Drive
Fort Walton Beach, Florida  32547
850.863.8100
http://www.white-wilson.com

 

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