 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
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