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Biographic Summary: Thomas A. Gionis, M.D., J.D.

Dr. Gionis is Physician and Attorney. He has 42 years as an active practicing Physician and Surgeon.

Dr. Gionis is:
• A United States Fulbright Scholar in Law,
• Former United States Fulbright PEER Review Committee Member (Global-Public Health),
• A two-time recipient as UCLA Visiting Scholar in Public Health, Division of Healthcare Management and Policy, UCLA School of Public Health.
• President and Chairman of the Fulbright Academy of Law, Peace and Public Health, and its Institutional Review Board (www.Fulbrightacademylaw.org)
• President and Chairman of the American Board of Medical Marijuana Physicians (www.ABMMP.com), the only national organization in the United States to recognize and certify physicians having knowledge and expertise in the field of cannabinoid and medical marijuana therapy.
• Master in Public Health (M.P.H., University of California, Los Angeles (U.C.L.A.);
• Master of Business Administration (M.B.A., Pepperdine University);
• Master in Healthcare Administration (M.H.A., Seton Hall University, Center for Public Service); and Master in Law (LL.M. St. Thomas University School of Law).
• Licensed to practice medicine in California, Florida and New York.

Dr. Gionis is currently:
A Fellow, International College of Surgeons
A Fellow, American College of Legal Medicine
Board Certified by the American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians
A Fellow of the American Institute for Healthcare Quality.

Dr. Gionis is a former:
Member of the Board of Directors, American Board of Disaster Medicine,
Physician Board Examiner for the American Board of Disaster Medicine.

He has been recognized as being the youngest individual in the United States to be awarded the M.D. degree at 21 years of age.

Dr. Gionis completed his General Surgical Residency (5 Years) and Cardiovascular Surgery Fellowship (2 Years) at Tulane Medical Center-Charity Hospital (New Orleans) and his Research Fellowship in Emergency Medicine at Harvard University-Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Department of EmergencyMedicine Research (Boston).

He taught Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) at Harvard-MGH for over a decade and received his ATLS Instructor Certificate from both Harvard-MGH and the Yale School of Medicine.

In addition, Dr. Gionis has well over 28 years of direct senior-level hospital, healthcare, and physician practice management, and diverse experience throughout all fields of Medicine, Surgery and Healthcare Administration. He has served at all levels of senior healthcare management, with his expertise being primarily in the fields of healthcare quality assurance, outcomes management, and professional PEER Review analysis.

Dr. Gionis developed the largest stem cell transplant private medical practice in the United States, where he served as both a Principal Investigator and Surgeon-in-Chief.

Additional credits:
Dr. Gionis founded the American University of Sovereign Nations which represented the creation of the First-ever Medical School and First-ever Master of Public Health program to be developed and offered on Native American Sovereign Tribal Land – which was dedicated to improving the education, safety, health and welfare of Native Americans and Indigenous Peoples worldwide.

Dr. Gionis has been a frequent invited Lecturer, for over a decade, in Bioethics, Health Law, Global and Public Health, Human Subject Protections, and International Law, at numerous international United Nations UNESCO seminars worldwide.