Curriculum Vitæ

William Raymond Morehouse, MD

VITAL STATISTICS:

• Born 3/13/1943, Akron, Ohio

• Married 1975 to Mary Susan Morehouse with four grown children

• Committed Christian since April 1974

• Member, Joy Community Church, Rochester, NY

EDUCATION/EMPLOYMENT:

• Medical Director, Grace Family Medicine, 340 Arnett Blvd., Rochester, NY 14619; 1977- present

• Medical Director, Joy Family Medicine, 918 N Goodman St., Rochester, NY 14609; 2009- present

• Medical Director, Martin Luther King Medical Center (half time), Rochester, NY; 1988-92

• Occupational Physician, Eastman Kodak Medical Department, Rochester, NY; 1975-77

• Medical Director, Westside Health Services, Third Ward Health Center, Rochester, NY; 1973-74

• Resident, University of Rochester Family Medicine Program, Highland Hospital; 1970-73

• Sabbatical, New England and New York; 1974-75

• Medical Student, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY (MD); 1966-70

• Biology Major, Brown University, Providence, RI (AB); 1963-66

• Engineering Student, Clarkson College of Technology, Potsdam, NY; 1962-63

• Preparatory School Student, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA; 1960-62

MEDICAL CREDENTIALS:

• Residency trained specialist in Family Medicine

• Attending Physician with admitting privileges at Highland and Unity Hospitals (Family Practice including Medicine, Pediatrics, and Obstetrics) and Strong Memorial Hospital (Pediatrics)

• Active in teaching for over 30 years with academic appointments at SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse and the University of Rochester and Georgetown University Schools of Medicine (Community Faculty Member in each school's Department of Family Medicine)

PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT:

• Member, Christian Medical and Dental Association, Christian Community Health Fellowship, and Hospital Christian Fellowship

• Founder, President, and currently CEO, His Branches Inc. (non-profit ecumenical Christian human service organization), 1977- present

• Medical Director, Embracing Options Pregnancy Care Center, Rochester, NY and Elim Health Services, Lima, NY

• Secretary, St. Mary's Hospital Medical Staff, 1988-91; President-Elect, 1992; President, 1993; Past President, 1994; Treasurer, 1995; Chair, Maternal/Neonatal Care Committee and Member, Ethics and By-Laws Committees, 1990-98; Treasurer, St. Mary's-Park Ridge Physician Organization, 1995-97; Member, Rochester Area Physicians' Council, 1993-95

• Medical Missionary (part-time), South Lebanon 1982-85 and Iquitos, Peru, 1996

• Charter Board Member, Delphi House, His Branches Inc., and Southwest Ecumenical Ministry (SWEM) Community Services, Inc.

AWARDS:  

• Certificates of Recognition, Monroe County Legislature, 2002 and 2009

• Health Care Achievement Award, Rochester Business Journal, 2005

• Human Life Award, Leo Holmsten Human Life Committee, 2002

• Teaching Recognition Award, American Academy of Family Physicians, 2000

• Physician Leadership Award, St. Mary’s Hospital, 1993

• Volunteer Recognition Award, Attica Correctional Facility, 1982

INTERESTS / ACTIVITIES:

• Comprehensive faith-based medical care, including marriage, family encouragement, and unplanned/teen pregnancy support issues

• Addiction, dependency and co-dependency issues, related medical/social problems

• Community Oriented Primary Care, planning to meet needs of underserved

• Integration of Electronic Medical Record with development of comprehensive Patient-Centered Medical Home model of primary care delivery

• Photography, camping, hiking, canoeing, Nordic and alpine skiing, amateur genealogy

Revised 3/10

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