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Email

james.mcdeavitt@bcm.edu

Positions

Executive Vice President and Dean of Clinical Affairs

ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ of Medicine
Houston, Texas, United States

Professor

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ of Medicine
Houston, TX, US

Chief Academic Officer/SVP

Carolinas HealthCare System
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Administrative responsibility for the academic infrastructure for a large, regional health care system. Academic programs included a regional undergraduate (allopathic) school of medicine, GME, CME, allied health and research labs.

Chair

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Carolinas HealthCare System
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Founding chairman of the department of PM&R

Associate Dean, Charlotte Campus

University of North Carolina School of Medicine

Designated Institutional Official

Carolinas HealthCare System

Addresses

ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ of Medicine (Office)

One Baylor Plaza
Houston, TX, 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 798-4495

Education

MD from Wake Forest University School of Medicine

05/1986 - Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

Internship from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center

06/1987 - Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

Residency from Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

06/1991 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

BS from Duke University

05/1982 - Durham, North Carolina, United States

Certifications

Diplomate

American Board of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Lifetime certificate holder, voluntarily participating in, and current with Maintenance of Certification

Diplomate

American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine

Websites

Selected Publications

• McDeavitt JT. " " 2013 ; 5 (11) : 970-973.
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• McDeavitt JT, Wade KE, Smith RE, Worsowicz G. " " 2012 Feb ; 4 (2) : 141-143.
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• McDeavitt JT, King KC. " " 2007 May ; 68 (3) : 179-181.
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• Blount PJ, Nguyen CD, McDeavitt JT. " " 2002 Aug ; 17 (4) : 314-321.
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• Wallace BE, Wagner AK, Wagner EP, McDeavitt JT. " " 2001 Apr ; 16 (2) : 165-90.
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• McDeavitt JT. " The 75th Anniversary of the Specialty of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: You’re Not Getting Older, You’re Getting Better. " Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2022 ; 101 (7) : S1-S4.
• Ditunno, JF, Cohen BS, Melvin JL, DeLisa JA, Walsh NE, Turk MA, Matthews DJ, Massagli TL, Kowalske KJ, Chiodo AE, McDeavitt JT. " A Conversation Between Past Chairs of the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: Four Decades of History and the Future of Board Certification. " 2022 ; 101 (7) : S5-S9.
• McDeavitt JT, Appelbaum NP, Raddatz MM, Driscoll SW, Kinney CL. " Taking Leave During Residency: Types of Absences and Subsequent Delays and Variations in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Medical Board Pass Rates. " Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2022 ; 101 (7) : S30-S34.
• Kinney CL, McDeavitt JT. " Board Certification in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: A New Approach for a New Era. " Am J Phys Med Rehabil. ; 100 (7) : 718-20.
• McDeavitt JT, King K, McDeavitt KR. " Learning Brainstem Anatomy: A Simple Mnemonic Device. " PM&R. 2014 ; 5 : 963-966.

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Memberships

American Board of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Director (01/2010 - 12/2016)

Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education

Director/Treasurer (01/2012 - 12/2018)