Dr. Jeffrey Elected to Membership in American College of Chest Physicians - November 2002

Dr. Jay R. Jeffrey, a Batesville surgeon and fellow of the American College of Surgeons, has been elected to membership in the American College of Chest Physicians. Dr. Jeffrey is a general, thoracic, and peripheral vascular surgeon and is chief of the medical staff at White River Medical Center at Batesville. He served as chief of surgery at White River Medical Center during 2000 and 2001.

Part of Dr. Jeffrey’s medical practice concerns the diagnosis and surgical treatment of benign, malignant, and traumatic chest and lung conditions.

Dr. Jeffrey said he will benefit from the ACCP’s extensive education programs. “This affiliation provides another reliable resource for continuing medical education specifically targeting thoracic disease and treatment,” he said.

The ACCP often creates and distributes consensus statements, practice guidelines, and patient educational materials which emphasize its focus on chest and respiratory medicine.

Members of the ACCP must be board-certified or eligible, have expertise satisfactory to the credentials committee, work a portion of their time in a discipline related to either cardiopulmonary medicine, surgery, or critical care, and have at least three years of applied experience in the discipline.

As a surgeon certified by the American Board of Surgery since 1997, Dr. Jeffrey practices at Batesville Surgery Specialties Clinic, 501 Virginia Drive, Batesville, Arkansas 72501; telephone (870) 698-1846.