56. The Mentor: James Ettien, MD, FACS

<p>Dr. Ettien was born in Chattanooga and attended the University of the South at Sewanee. Following graduation he accepted a commission in the U.S. Air Force and was rated as an aerial Navigator. Following a tour of duty in the Strategic Air Command, he received his M.D. degree from the Medical College of Georgia, where he was admitted to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society and served as Editor of the student newspaper and as President of the Senior Class. He was also awarded the Mosby Scholarship Award.</p> <p>His postgraduate training was taken at Vanderbilt and the Medical College of Georgia. Following two years of private practice in North Carolina he accepted the position of Associate Professor of Surgery at the Medical College of Georgia. He was subsequently recruited to the Diagnostic Clinic in Largo, Florida, and served as Chairman of the Cancer Control Committee and was the Cancer Liaison Physician to the American College of Surgeons Committee on Cancer for 27 years.       </p> <p>Dr. Ettien transitioned to Nashville, TN where he built a Surgical Clinic at TriStar Southern Hills Medical Center (2006-2015) at the request of the hospital.  He also served as Chief of Surgery, Chief of Staff, and as a member of the Medical Executive Committee as well as a member of the Board of Trustees. </p> <p>In 2006 he was asked to assume the position of Medical Director of the Southern Hills Wound Care Center. He was subsequently asked to become the first Medical Director of the new TriStar Division Wound and Vascular Services Program (2015-2020.) In addition, he also served as the Medical Director for Integumetrix where he provided physician oversight and direction for the advanced wound care Nurse Practitioners under the American Medical Association (AMA) guidelines. </p> <p>Dr. Ettien is certified by the American Board of Surgery (ABS) in addition to being a Senior Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (ACS), a Fellow of the International College of Surgeons, a member of the Society of Surgery of the Alimentary