Education
Bachelor of Arts (BA) 1991 Political Science and Paralegal Studies Delta State University Cleveland, Mississippi	Juris Doctorate (JD) 1996 Jones School of Law Montgomery, Alabama	Master of Science in Public Health (MSPH) 1999 Health Care Organization and Policy University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Public Health Birmingham, Alabama
Licensure and Certifications
Licensed to practice law in Alabama 1997 to present	Board Certified in Healthcare Management CHE, 2000 to 2007 FACHE, 2007 to present	Board Certified in Healthcare Compliance CHC, 2001 to present
Publications and Speaking
Public Health Law, Introduction to Public Health, UAB School of Public Health, Spring, 1998 Public Health Law, Introduction to Public Health, Auburn University, Fall, 2010 and Fall, 2011 Effective and Confidential Communication of Prescription Information: Accommodating the Blind and Visually-Impaired, The International Conference on Aging, Disability and Independence (ICADI) Proceedings (January, 2006).

Synopsis:
    Blind and visually-impaired pharmacy customers face unique difficulties in their attempt to utilize prescription information such as medication descriptions, dosage instructions, side-effect warnings and other information often considered to be detailed and complex, yet essential.  These customers' difficulties are compounded dramatically by simple issues such as similarities in container shapes and sizes and having been prescribed more than one medication.  While sighted pharmacy customers are obvious beneficiaries of state and federal requirements that detailed written information accompany prescription medications, the blind and visually-impaired require special accommodation in order to benefit from such information.  Absent the provision of effective auxiliary communication aids, blind and visually-impaired pharmacy customers are incapable of taking advantage of the same goods, services and privileges available to sighted customers.
     However, federal laws do exist which address the obligation of pharmacies to provide their blind and visually-impaired customers with effective auxiliary communication aids.  Until recently, provision of the only such aids available has been viewed either as ineffective or as creating an undue burden on business operations.  Fortunately, technological advances over the past few years, including Audible Prescription Labeling Systems (APLS) utilizing Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), now allow pharmacies to offer truly effective auxiliary communication aids to the blind and visually-impaired efficiently and economically, with only minor, insignificant alterations to their current operations.