Richard Birdsong:  

Life Some of you know that I went to medical school at UMC in Jackson, across the street from Murrah, after going to Millsaps College, across the street from UMC. So, in order to see the world outside Jackson Mississippi, I joined the Army. (Well, and to help pay for medical school). Did a residency in Family Practice at Fort Ord, California, then went to Germany for 5 years as a Staff FP Doctor, got tired of seeing people naked, so came back to America, to Walter Reed in Washington DC, did a residency in Ophthalmology, then went back to Germany for 4 years. Returned to the US, first to Johns Hopkins, where I did a fellowship in Pediatric Ophthalmology & Strabismus, ...Expand for more