Dartmouth College
B.A. in Philosophy, 1967

Graduate School

The University of Texas at Austin
P.h.D., Department of Philosophy, 1991

Interests: Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Mind, Perception, Medical Ethics

Medical School

Duke University, 1971

Internship

Albany Hospital, Albany, New York
Straight Medicine, 1971-1972

Residency

Baylor Affiliated Hospitals, Houston, Texas, 1974-1976
Houston VA Hospital, Chief Medical Resident, 1976

Fellowship

Duke University
Hematology/Oncology 1972-1973

Baylor Affiliated Hospitals
Hematology, 1977

Duke University
Research Associate in Hematology, 1973-1974

Baylor Affiliated Hospitals
Instructor in Internal Medicine, 1976, 1977

Practice

Texas Oncology, P.A.
Austin, Texas
Hematology/Oncology
1994-Present

J. Russell Hoverman, M.D., Ph.D.
Austin, Texas
Internal Medicine, Hematology/Oncology
Private Practice, 1985-1994

Albany Internal Medicine Group
Albany, Oregon
Internal Medicine, Hematology/Oncology
1979-1982

Kelsey-Seybold Clinic
Houston, Texas
1978-1979

Hospital Staff Privileges

Brackenridge Hospital
Seton Medical Center
South Austin Medical Center
St. David’s Medical Center

American College of Physicians
Internal Medicine, 1976
Hematology, 1978

Hoverman, J.R., Meyer, C., "Proposal for Supportive Care Only Status." Texas Medicine 84:56-59, 1988

Hoverman, J.R., The Landscape Within: An Inquiry on the Structure of Morality, Peter Lang Pub., V.1 International Healthcare Ethics Series, 1994

Papers Presented July 1989 at Second International Conference of Health, Law and Medicine: Meyer, C., Hoverman, J.R., "Getting Stuck: Hospital Problems with the Immovable Patient," Society for Law and Medicine, July, 1989.

Hoverman, J.R., Meyer, C., "Mindless Decisions: Rethinking the Best Interests Criteria," Society for Law and Medicine, July 1989

Hoverman, J.R., "A Matter of Ethics," Texas Medicine, April 1998

Hoverman, J.R., "How bad is it Anyway? The Notion of Benevolent Deception," Texas Medicine, July 1998

Invited Lectures

October 1989, The Persistent Vegetative State: Medical and Ethical Aspects, Texas Conference of Catholic Health Facilities

May 1990, Rules for Dying, TMA Section of Internal Medicine

June 1990, In the Interests of Informed Consent: Issues in Organ Transplants, St. David’s General Staff Meeting

November 1990, AIDS and Malignancies, St. David’s Department of Family Practice

February 1991, Aplastic Anemia, Seton Grand Rounds

April 1991, Ethics of Nutritional Support, St. David’s Hospital

April 1991, Principles of Chemotherapy, St. David’s Chemotherapy Workshop

October 1991, The Good Death, "The Last Year of Life," Conference in Austin, Texas

July 1992, Hospice and Euthanasia, International Hospice Organization, Missoula, Montana

Member, American College of Physicians
Member, American Society of Law and Medicine
Member, American Society of Internal Medicine
Board of Directors, Oregon Community Cancer Program, 1980-1981
Board of Directors, American Heart Association Linn County, Oregon, 1980-1981
Albany General Hospital Chairman, Library Committee, Chairman, Tumor Board, 1979-1982
Instructor, Nurse Oncology Program, OCCP, 1981-1982
St. David’s Medical Center, Ethics Committee, 1986 to Present, Infection Control Committee, 1986-1988, Cancer Committee, 1990-Present, Chairman, 1991-Present
Seton Medical Center, Ethics Committee, 1988-Present, Apheresis Committee Chair, 1988-1990, Hematology/Oncology Section Chair, 1990-1992
Research Consultants Review Committee, A Non-Institutional Review Committee, Austin, Texas, 1986-1990
Hospice Austin Board of Directors, 1988-1993
State of Texas Task Force on Life-Sustaining Treatment for the Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, 1992-Present
Physician Advisor, Texas Medical Foundation, Pro Activity, 1985-1987
Share Health Plan of Texas, Consultant for Utilization Review, 1987-1988
Medical Director, Traveler’s Health Network, Austin, Texas, 1988-June 1989
Medical Director, Pharmaco, LSR Health Research Center, Austin, Texas, 1993-1994
Member Physician’s Advisory Committee, Quality Assurance Committee, Prudential/PruCare, Austin, Texas, 1991-1994
Member Ethics Committee, Austin State Hospital, 1994
Member Task Force on End of Life Issues in Long Term Care Facilities, 1995
Reviewer TMLT, 1989-1995
Medical Director, Managed Care Services, Physician Reliance Network, Inc. Dallas, Texas, 1995-Present
Texas Oncology, Chair Quality Committee, Vice President Managed Care 1999-present
US Oncology Associate Medical Director, Managed Care and Health Outcomes 1999-present