Mark Ricketts M.D.

Dr. Timothy Mark Ricketts a graduate of The University of Alabama School of Public Health and The University of Alabama School of Medicine. He resides in Mountain Brook with his wife Emmy and their three children Lucy, John and Polly.

For the last thirteen years Dr. Ricketts lived and worked in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. There he founded and ran the University Internal Medicine Group. Prior to his work in Tuscaloosa, he completed his residency and internship at Carraway Methodist Medical Center here in Birmingham.

While in Tuscaloosa, he was the President elect of the Tuscaloosa County Medical Society. He was and is still a Flight Surgeon in the Air Force National Guard based at Maxwell Air Force Base, Montgomery, Alabama.

Residency:

Carraway Methodist Medical Center
Internal Medicine
Birmingham, AL
April 1988-March 1990

Internship:

Carraway Methodist Medical Center
Internal Medicine
Birmingham, AL
April 1987-March 1988

Educational Background:

• University of Alabama School of Public Health
  MBA/MPH
  Magna cum laude
  September 1996-August 1998
   
• University of Alabama School of Medicine
  MD
  July 1983- May 1987
   
• University of Alabama/Huntsville
  BS/Chemistry
  Summa cum laude
  June 1979- May 1983

Boards:

American Board of Internal Medicine
September 13, 1990
Recertified May 1, 2001

License:

Alabama 28May88 #13998
National Board of Medical Examiners part 1, 2, and 3

Hospital Privileges:

• Brookwood Medical Center
  Category- Full/Active
  October 2002-Present
   
• Healthsouth Medical Center
  Category- Full/Active
  September 2002-Present
   
• DCH Regional Medical Center
  Category- Full/Active
  April 1, 1990-September 2002
   
• DCH Northport Hospital
  Category 1- Full/Active
  February 1, 1992- September 2002
  42nd Medical Wing
  Maxwell AFB
  Flight Medicine
  March 2001- January 2004

Society Memberships:

• American Society of Public Health
• American College of Physicians
• American Medical Association
• Medical Association State of Alabama
• Tuscaloosa, County Medical Society
• Jefferson County Medical Society

Honors:

• Best Physicians in America, 2007
• Top Physicians in America, 2007 Consumer Report
• Fellow, American Academy of Cardiology, 2007
• Fellow, American College of Physicians 1993
• Patrick McCue Award for Outstanding Medical Educator-1993, 1994, 1995
• Leadership Tuscaloosa 1993
• AMA Physician Recognition Award 1990-Present
• AMA Physician Recognition Award with Distinction 1995- 2002, 2002-2009
• Silver Beaver Award, Black Warrior Council
• Scoutmaster Award of Merit, Black Warrior Council

Other:

• Eagle Scout
• Board of Directors, Black Warrior Council
• Scoutmaster Troop 90, First Methodist Church 1998-2001
• Scoutmaster Troop 1718 to the 2001 National Boy Scout Jamboree, Black Warrior Contingent
• Steering Committee, Congregations for Public Health

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