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Alabama Physician Health Program

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To: Alabama Board of Medical Examiners

Subject: Alabama Physician Health Program

Year End/Quarterly Report – 4th Quarter of 2016

Presented by: James Harrow, M.D., PhD, Medical Director

Alabama Physician Health Program

Date: January 9, 2017

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The Alabama Physician Health Program (APHP) is a confidential clinical resource for physicians, physician assistants, residents and medical students in Alabama. The program was created in 1990 by a state law that enables the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners to provide a program for confidential early detection and treatment of clinicians with problems related to possible impairment due to alcohol, drugs, psychiatric disorders or behavior. By identifying these problems early, the public is protected and health professionals’ careers are preserved. Fifteen volunteer physicians, constituting the Alabama Physician Wellness Committee, are appointed by the Board of Medical Examiners (BME) to provide consultation for the program. The APHP has been successful and receives many referrals and inquiries.

Program Statistics

A total of 12 physicians, physician assistants, residents and medical students were referred to APHP in the fourth quarter of 2016, making a total of 65 referrals for the year. Referrals were from many sources including self-referral, hospitals, medical boards, insurance companies, families, and others. The total number of new referrals since program inception in 1990 is 2330.

Cumulative APHP Referrals

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Total Number of Individual Physicians Referred to APHP

Initial Behavior Reported

The behaviors reported for all referrals in 2012 through 2016 are categorized below.

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|Total New Referrals |2012 |2013 |2014 |

|James Alford, MD |Montgomery |Louis DiValentin, MD |Anniston |

|Dan Avery, MD - |Tuscaloosa |Bill Blythe, MD |Auburn |

|Jim Davis, MD |Cullman |Jill Billions, MD |Birmingham |

|Sandra Frazier, MD |Birmingham |Richard Whitehurst, MD |Mobile |

|Mark Willis, MD |Dothan |William Kirby, MD |Birmingham |

|Aaron Morgan, MD |Brewton |Charles Nevels, MD |Birmingham |

|Stephen Herrington, MD |Huntsville | | |

Respectfully submitted,

James A. Harrow, M.D., Ph.D.

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Staff

James Harrow, MD, PhD

Medical Director

Rob Hunt, D.Min, NCC, LPC-S

Clinical Coordinator

Fay McDonnell

Administrator

Caro Louise Jehle

Program Coordinator

Committee Members

James Alford, MD

Montgomery

Dan Avery, MD

Tuscaloosa

Jill Billions, MD

Birmingham

William Blythe, MD

Auburn

Jim Davis, MD

Cullman

Louis DiValentin, MD

Anniston

Sandra Frazier, MD

Birmingham

Stephen Herrington, MD

Huntsville

William Kirby, MD

Birmingham

Kenneth LeMaster, MD

Florence

Aaron Morgan, MD

Brewton

Charles Nevels, MD

Tuscaloosa

Craig Peterson, MD

Daphne

Richard Whitehurst, MD

Chairman

Mobile

Mark Willis, MD

Dothan

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