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Eighth ETSU President
Dr. Paul E. Stanton, Jr. |
| About Dr.
Paul E. Stanton |
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| 1997 - Present |
Dr. Paul E. Stanton,
Jr., who had served as Dean of the James H. Quillen College of
Medicine and Vice President for Health Affairs at East Tennessee
State University since 1989, became the eighth president of ETSU
on January 1, 1997. A native of Atlanta, Ga., Stanton earned a
bachelor of arts in chemistry at Emory University in 1965 and
was awarded an M.D. degree from the Medical College of Georgia
four years later. His internship in rotating surgery was completed
through Tampa General Hospital at the University of South Florida,
where he was chosen from 23 interns to receive the Upjohn Intern
of the Year Award in 1970.
Stanton went on to a surgical residency at Georgia Baptist Medical
Center in Atlanta from 1970-74 and then began a one-year fellowship
in vascular surgery at Northwestern University School of Medicine
in Chicago. He received board certification in general surgery
in 1976 and gained special certification in general vascular surgery
in 1983.
Between 1975-83, Stanton directed the Surgical Residency Education
Program at Georgia Baptist Medical Center, where he also served
as active attending physician (1975-85) and as director of the
Blood Flow Lab (1976-85). An assistant clinical professor of surgery
with the Medical College of Georgia (1980- 85), he became Chief
of Surgery at Georgia Baptist Medical Center in 1982 and assistant
director of the Medical Education Department the following year.
Stanton also co-directed the Georgia Baptist Medical Center/Medical
College of Georgia Vascular Fellowship from 1980-85 and was an
adjunct professor of medicine at Mercer University Southern School
of Pharmacy between 1982-85.
In 1985, Stanton came to Johnson City as director of the Division
of Peripheral Vascular Surgery for the Veterans Administration
Medical Center and ETSU’s College of Medicine -- a position
he held for six years -- and served as associate professor of
surgery at the university. The following year, he was named professor
and chair of the Department of Surgery in the College of Medicine.
Between 1988-89, he served as ETSU’s Interim Dean of Medicine
and Vice President for Health Affairs and later assumed the senior
administrative post.
Stanton’s professional memberships are many, and his community
and statewide service is extensive. He is also heavily involved
in academic committees and advisory councils from ETSU to the
national level. Stanton has co-authored more than 75 articles
for a variety of medical publications and several chapters for
books, delivered over 80 scientific and poster presentations,
worked to attract millions of dollars in grants to ETSU, and,
from 1988-95, served as associate editor of Vascular Surgery.
A member of Phi Kappa Phi and Omicron Delta Kappa, he can be found
in the Directory of Distinguished Americans for Achievement in
Surgery, Men of Achievement, Outstanding Atlantans and Who's Who
in the Southwest.
Stanton is married to the former Nancy Lynn Brumit, and the couple
has three children, Eric, Ryan, and Shelley.
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