Providers
Tapp Familiy Medical Providers
Dr. Tapp, MD
Education
- David Lipscomb College, 1958-59
- Western Kentucky University, 1959-60
- University of Kentucky, School of Pharmacy, 1960-62
- University of Louisville, School of Medicine, 1962-66
- Rotating Intern, University of Louisville Hospitals, 1966-67
- Uniformed Service, Assistant Surgeon U.S. Public Health Service, 1967
- Uniformed Service Senior Assistant Surgeon U.S. Public Health Service. 1968
- Internal Medicine Resident Physician, University of Louisville Hospitals, 1969-70
- Solo Practice of Family Medicine, Bowling Green, KY, 1971-Present, Tapp Medical Clinic
Certifacations
- Diplomat, American Board of Clinical Lipidology. 2005
- Certified Clinical Densitometrist, The International Society for Clinical Densitometry, 2005
- Diplomate of American Board of Family Practice
- Diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners, 1970
- Fellow American Academy of Family Physicians
- Re-Certified Diplomate American Board of Family Practice, 1983, 1990, 1997, 2001-2008
Boards and Panels
- 2001, AstraZeneca, Regional Consultant Conference: Focus on Primary Care
- 2002, GSK, National Advisory Board Panel, Asthma/COPD, Aspen, Colorado
- 2002, Pfizer, National Launch Panel Member, Post Herpetic Neuralgia
- 2003, KOS, National Primary Care Advisory Board
- 2003, Eli Lilly, SE Regional Advisory Board
- 2003, Pfizer, Primary Care Advisory Board Post Herpetic Neuralgia
- 2003-2005, Sankyo Pharma, National Speaker
- 2004, Liposcience, Physician Advisory Panel
- 2004-2005, Reliant Pharmaceuticals, National Consultant
- 2003-2004, Janssen Pharma, CNS Primary Care Advisory Board
- 2004-2005, Cephalon, National Consultant
- 2004, Eli Lilly, Clinical Internal Medicine Advisory Board
- 2004, Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Advisory Board
- 2003-2004, Sankyo Pharma, Cardiovascular Health Consortium Advisory Board
- 2003-2004, Eli Lilly, National Consultant
International Presentations
- 2004, Venice, Italy, XV International Symposium on Drugs Affecting Lipid Metabolism, Giovanni Lorenzini Medical Foundation, "Shortening the Time Between Discovery and Delivery: Multiple Artherogenic Risk Factors Modulated in a Primary Care Setting"
- 2005, New York, NY, 2nd Symposium on Triglycerides and HDL: Role in Cardiovascular Disease and the Metabolic Syndrome, Giovanni Lorenzini Medical Foundations, Presentation: "60-60-60, Engineering Negligible Vascular Senesense from a Particle- Gradient Driven Perspective"
Professional Memberships
- Member, National Lipid Association
- Member, Southeastern Lipid Association
- Active Staff, Greenview Hospital, Bowling Green, KY
- Active Staff, Medical Center, Bowling Green, KY
- Active Staff, Fern Terrace Lodge, Bowling Green, KY
- Associate Clinical Professor, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
- Clinical Associate Professor, Trevecca-Nazarene College, Nashville, Tennessee, 1984-85
- Associate Clinical Professor, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY
- Associate Clinical Professor, College of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
- Member Bowling Green/Warren County Medical Society
- Training Consultant to Division of Regional Medical Programs, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 1967-69
- Fiberoptic Endoscopist
- Laser Surgery (Dermatological)
- Kentucky State Board of Health Medicine Licensing, 1967 to Present
- Single Engine Pilot License
Honors and Awards
- Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society
- Top 100 Health Professionals, 2005, International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England
- Who's Who of South and Southwest, 1980-81
- Who's Who of South and Southwest, 1982-83
- Who's Who of South and Southwest, 1984-85
- Who's Who of South and Southwest, 1986-87
- Who's Who in the World, 1984-85
- Who's Who in the World, 1987-88
- Who's Who in the World, 1989-90
- Who's Who in the World, 1993-94
- Who's Who in the World, 1995-96
- The International Who's Who if Intellectuals, 1984-85
- Kentucky Colonel, 1972
- Summer Research Scholar, University of Kentucky School of Medicine, 1961, 3-Orthomethyl Glucose Determination in an Acid Media
- Summer Research Scholar, University of Louisville, 1963, 1964, 1965, Intestinal Site Absorption of Iron; Effect of Anoxia on Intestinal Circulation; Prevention of Breast Cancer Induced by 7, 12- dimethylbenzanthracene Using T3 and T4 Hormones
- American Medical Associations Physicians Recognition Award 1993-96, 2004-2005
- Men of Achievement, 1994
- International Who's Who Medicine, 1994
- International Who's Who Contemporary Achievement, 1994
