Ed’s passion is medicine.  Raised in Norfolk, Ed is a Granby High School graduate.  After earning a   Bachelor of Science degree from Randolph-Macon College, Ed headed to the Medical College of Virginia for his medical studies.  His residency was at MCV and he did a tour as the chief of internal medicine at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base.

 

Returning to Norfolk, Ed practiced internal medicine and gastroenterology and headed the medical staff at DePaul Hospital and chairman of internal medicine and gastroenterology at DePaul and Norfolk General Hospital.

 

Locally, Ed has provided extensive services to Norfolk’s Free Clinic and is a tireless advocate for EVMS’ Hopes Clinic.  His volunteer work extends to Physicians for Peace where he has headed missions to Haiti.    He was instrumental in establishing the first medical, nursing and dental education programs in Haiti.  He also represented Physicians for Peace’s exploration of work in Senegal and Mali in conjunction with the United Nations’ Millennium project

 

 

Ed joined Rotary in 2006 and is a Paul Harris Fellow.  He is on the socials and visitation committees. 

 

Ed and his wife, Linda live in Norfolk and have two sons, Ted and Kevin and five grandchildren.