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CURRICULUM VITE June 6, 2011 BURNETT RUCKER, MD Address: 2208 RALEIGH Ct BAKERSFIELD, CA 93311 PHONE: (661) 664-1517 I WAS

BORN AT KERN MEDICAL CENTER IN BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA OCTOBER 10, 1947. I GRAUDATED FROM EAST BAKERSFIELD HIGH SCHOOL IN 1965. I GRAUDATED FROM HOWARD UNIVERSITY IN WASHINGTON, D.C. IN 1970, WITH A BS DEGREE IN CHEMISTRY. I GRAUDUATED FROM MEDICAL SCHOOL, MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE, IN NASHVILLE TENNESSE , WITH AN, MD DEGREE. JUNE 1974. I COMPLETED MY INTERNSHIP, A ROTATING OBGYN INTERNSHIP, AT DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR HOSPITAL, IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA IN 1975. AFTER COMPLETING MY INTERSHIP I HAVE WORKED AS A GENERAL PRACTICE PHYSICIAN. I HAVE A FAIR SPEAKING KNOWLEDGE OF SPANISH, WHICH IS A MUST IN THIS AREA. I HA VE ALWAYS BEEN ABLE TO GET ALONG WELL WITH MY COWOKKERS MEDICAL AND CLERICAL STA FF. WORK EXPERIENCE: I WORKED AS A STAFF PHYSICIAN AT LEE COUNTY COOPERATIVE CLINIC, IN MARIANA, ARKA NSAS. I WAS ALSO ON STAFF AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL FROM OCTOMBER 1975 THROUGH JUNE 1979, I WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MEDICAL CARE OF PATIENTS ENROLLED AT THE CLINIC . I ALSO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HOSPITALIZATION OF PATIENTS AS NEEDED, IN THAT SMALL RUAL TOWN. THIS INCLUDED ADULT AND PEDIATRIC PATIENTS. I WAS ALSO INCHAR GE OF THE OBSTERIC CARE OF OUR PATINTS AS WELL AS THE DELIVER OF THEIR BABIES. I ALSO SUPERVISED OUR NURSE MIDWIFE. IT WAS IN THIS RUAL SETTING, THAT I LEARNE D TO DO MANY MINOR SURGICAL PROCEDURES. AS THERE WAS ONLY ONE GENERAL SURGEN IN THIS COUNTY OF 3,000 PEOPLE. THE SURGEN WOULD ONLY ACCEPT THE MORE SEROUS SURG ICAL CASES. -2I WORKED AT BELLFLOWER COMMUNITY HOSPITAL FROM AUGUST 1979 THROUGH OCTOMBER 1979 . THIS WAS A SMALL 32 BED HOSPITAL IN BELLFLOWER, CALIFORNIA. I WORKED IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM, AS AN EMERGENCY ROOM PHYSICIAN. I HANDLED ALL AMBULANCE RUNS AS WELL AS WALKIN PATIENTS TO THE HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM. THIS HOSPITAL WAS LATE R SOLD TO KAISER PERMINITE, AND LATER AGAIN SOLD TO ANOTHER MEDICAL GROUP. I THEN WORKED AS A EMERGENCY ROOM PHYSICIAN AT WESTERN PARK HOSPITAL IN LOS ANGE LES, CALIFORNIA FROM OCTOMBER 1979 THROUGH DECEMBER 1981. THIS WAS A 185 BED IN NER CITY HOSPITAL JUST OFF THE SANTA MONICA FREWAY ON WESTERN AVINUE. THE HOSPI TAL WAS SOLD AND LATER BECAME LOS ANGELES DOCTORS HOSPITAL. WHERE I ALSO SERVED AS A STAFF PHYSICIAN, ADMITTING MY PATIENTS FROM MY PRACTICE THAT I STARTED WHEN I LEFT THE EMERGENCY ROOM IN DECEMBER 1981 IN NOVEMBER 1979, I ALSO STARTED WORKING AT WATTS HEALTH FOUNDATION IN LOS ANGEL ES CALIFORNIA. I WORKED PART TIME, INITALLY IN THEIR URGENT CARE, THEN ON THEIR MOBILE UNITS. THE MOBIL UNITS TRAVELED AROUND LOS ANGELES COUNTY, SERVICING PR IMARLY DOWN TOWN HOMELESS SITES. ASWELL AS WORKING FOR THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY H EALTH DEPARTMENT DOING PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS ON COUNTY PATIENTS WHO APPLIED FOR GENERAL RELIEF, AND WHO COULD NOT AFFORD A PRIVATE DOCTOR TO OBTAIN THEIR PHYSIC DAL EXAMINATION. THIS CONTINUED UNTIL THE PROGRAM WAS CUT BACK DUE TO A DECREAS E IN FUNDING IN OCTOMBER 1994. I BEGAN A PRIVATE PRACTICE, MY OFFICE WAS IN INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA. WHERE I WOR KED FROM DECEMBER 1981 THROUGH MAY 1986, WHEN I GAVE UP THAT PRACTICE. I WAS A GENERAL PRACTICIONER. I ALSO WORKED AT MANY OF THE LOCAL NURSING HOMES WHERE I MANAGED OVER 100 ELDERLY NURSING HOME PATIENTS. I WAS ON STAFF AT CENINITLA HOS PITAL, BROADWAY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, ROBERT F KENNEDY HOSPITAL, AND LOS ANGELES D OCTORS HOSPITAL IN THE LOS ANGELES AREA. I ALSO WORKED PART TIME AT MAIN MEDICAL CLINIC IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, FROM

FEBRUARY 1981 THROUGH DECEMBER 1983 WHERE I SERVED AS A STAFF PHYSICIAN. THIS C LINIC SERVED MANY OF THE BOARD AND CARE HOMES IN THE LOS ANGELES AREA, IN ADDITI ON TO THEIR GENERAL ADULT AND PEDIATRIC PATIENTS. THIS CLINIC ALSO SERVICED OVE R 200 BOARD AND CARE PATIENTS. MANY WERE MENTALLY RETARDED FROM DRUGS OR FROM B IRTH. THEY WERE ALWAYS A CHALLENGE. I THEN WORKED PART TIME AT COVINGTON MEDICAL CLINIC, FROM MARCH 1983 THROUGH JUN E 1986. IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, TAKING CARE OF THEIR PATIENTS, ADULT AND PE DIATRIC. BROADWAY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS CLINIC AND I WAS ALSO RESPOSIBLE TO BE ON CALL TO ADMIT PATIENTS THROUGH THEIR EMERGENCY ROOM. I F A PATIENT DID NOT HAVE A DOCTOR, AS WELL AS TO ADMIT THE CLINIC PATIENTS THAT REQUIRED HOSPITALIZATION. -3IN JUNE 1986 THROUGH NOVEMBER 1987 I AGAIN WORKED IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM AT LOS A NGELES DOCTORS HOSPITAL. AS THE ONLY PHYSICIAN FOR THE 12 HOUR SHIFT. RESPONS IBLE TO HANDLE ALL AMBULANCE RUNS AND WALK IN PATIENTS. MY DUTIES INCLUDED ANS WERING ANY INHOUSE CODES. IN LATE NOVEMBER 1987 I WORKED IN A SMALL 30 BE HOSPITAL IN CENTRAL LOS ANGELES , CRENSHAW CENTER HOSPITAL, AS AN INHOUSE PHYSICIAN. AS THE HOSPITAL DID NOT HA VE AN EMERGENCY ROOM, THERE WAS NOT A PHYSICIAN AT NIGHT AND ON WEEKENDS AVIALAB LE TO HANDLE ANY INHOUSE EMERGENCIES, IE, CARDIAC ARREST OR ANY OTHER URGENT CON DITIONS REQUIRING IMMEDIATE CARE. I SERVED AS THE DIRECTOR OF THE INHOUSE PHYSI CIANS. I WORKED AT CRENSHAW CENTER HOSPITAL AS AN INHOUSE PHYSICIAN UNTIL FEBRU ARY 1988. AT THAT TIME THE HOSPITAL BEGAN SERVING AS A LONG TERM CARE FACILITY, AND WAS NOLONGER DOING REGULAR INPATIENT, HOSTITAL CARE. THEIR MISSION CHANGED , AND THEY BEGAN CARING FOR HEAD INJURY PATIENTS, AND THEY NOLONGER REQUIRED THE SERVICES OF AN INHOUSE PHYSICIAN. I ALSO WORKED LOCUM TENENS WITH A PHYSICIAN PLACEMENT GROUP. IN MANY DIFFERENT LOCATIONS IN THE LOS ANGELES, ORANGE , AND VENTURA COUNTIES AREA. I USUALLY WOR KED ON WEEKENS, IN AN URGENT CARE SETTING. IN FEBRUARY 1988 I REOPENED MY OFFICE IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. I WAS DOING GE NERAL PRACTICE, IN MY OFFIC. DURING THIS TIME I ALSO SERVED AS VICE CHIEF OF ST AFF AT A LOCAL NURSING HOME, IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. I THEN, MOVED TO PALMD ALE, CALIFORNIA, IN APRIL 1991, WHERE I WORKED FOR MOLINA MEDICAL CENTERS, AT TH EIR LANCASTER OFFICE. AT MOLINA MEDICAL CENERS I WAS THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR AND SU PERVISED TWO PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS. I WORKED AT MOLINA MEDICAL CENTERS UNTIL JUN E 1995. MY DUTIES INCLUDED THE CARE OF BOTH ADULT AND PEDIATRIC PATIENTS. WITH OUT HOSPITAL RESPONSIBALITIES OR TELEPHOPNE TRIAGE CALL. I WAS OFFERED A POSITION WITH HIGH DESERT MEDICAL GROUP. I THEN TOOK THIS POSIT ION IN JUNE 1995, AND WORKED IN THEIR URGENT CARE AND IN THEIR SATILITE CLINICS. THIS GROUP WAS ASSOCIATED WITH BAKERSFIELD FAMILY MEDICAL CENTER. IN AUGUST 1 996 I WORKED PART TIME AT PAKERSFIELD FAMILY MEDICAL CENTER, IN THEIR URGENT CAR E. ALSO IN AUGUST 1996 I WORKED FOR WEST MEDICAL CENTERS, IN PALMDALE , CALIFOR NIA. I WORKED IN BOTH THEIR LANCASTER AND PALMDALE OFFICES. WHERE I ALSO TOOK TELEPHONE TRIAGE CALL, TO COVER AFTER HOURS AND ON THE WEEKINS AND HOLIDAYS. T O ANSWER ANY QUESTION THEIR PATIENTS MIGHT HAVE. I ALSO CONTINUED TO WORK PART TIME IN THE URGENT CARE AT BAKERSFIELD FAMILY MEDICAL CENTER, AFTER THEIR TRANSI TION TO COVERAGE BY EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES GROUP. -4I THEN STARTED FULL TIME WITH EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES GROUP IN BAKERSFIELD, C ALIFORNIA. IN AUGUST 1999. THEY ALSO AT THAT TIME HELD THE CONTRACT TO WORK TH E SAME DAY CLINIC AT KAISER PERMINTE, STOCKDALE OFFICE IN BAKERSFIELD. I ALSO W ORKED AT THEIR KAISER PERMINTE SITE, AS WELL AS IN THEIR MEDICAL OFFICES IN BAKE RSFIELD AND TECHAPIE AND TAFT, CALIFORNIA. WHEN THE KAISER CONTRACT ENDED AND T HEY HAD CLOSED THEIR MEDICAL OFFICES IN BAKERSFIELD AND TECHAPI, I WORKED IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM AT SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, WHERE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVI CES GROUP HELD THE CONTRACT FOR MANAGEMENT OF THE EMERGENCY ROOM. I USUALLY WOR

KED IN THE FAST TRACK, SEEING THE LESS EMERGENT PATIENTS AT THE SAME TIME, IN MARCH 2001, BECAUSE OF THEIR SHORTAGE OF PROVIDERS, SOME OF THE MANAGEMENT STAFF, AT CLINICA SIERRA VISTA, WHO I HAD KNOW FROM WORKING AT OTHER FACILITIES ASSISTED ME IN STARTING TO WORK PART TIME AT CLINICA SIERRA VIS TA. BECAUSE I HAD ALWAYS WANTED TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY, AND THIS WAS CLINICA SI ERRA VISTAS MISSION. I TRANSITIONED TO FULL TIME AT CLINICA SIERERA VISTA MARC H 2002. I WORKED PRIMARLY AT THEIR DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR OFFICE. I ALSO WOR KED AT MOST OF THEIR OTHER SITES, SERVING AS A STAFF PHYSICIAN. I WAS WELL KNOW N TO ALL OF THE STAFF AT CLINICA SIERRA VISTA . I LEFT CLINICA SIERRA VISTA THE END OF MARCH 2006, TO WORK FOR GEO AT A FEDERAL CORRECTIONS FACILITY, IN TAFT, CALIFORNIA. I AM CURRENTLY STILL WORKING AT THAT PRISON AND SERVE AS THE CLINICAL MEDICAL DIRECTOR. I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ME DICAL CARE OF THEIR 2,400 PLUS INMATES. I ALSO PASSED AN FBI BACKGROUND CHECK, TWICE FIRST IN 2006, AND THE SECOND CHECK, WAS JUNE 2011. THIS IS A REQUIREMENT TO WORK AT THIS FEDERAL FACILITY. THIS WAQS THE FIRST PRIVATELY RUN FEDERAL PR ISION IN THE UNITED STATES. THE CONTRACT TO RUN THIS FEDERAL PRISON WAS WON BY MTC,MODERN TRAINING CORP,WHYO TOOK OVER CONTROL OF THE PRISION AUGUST 20, 2007.

BURNETT RUCKER, MD

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