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Chris
Wiggins is an
orthopaedic surgeon. His educational background is from
the University of Arkansas where he obtained the Bachelor of
Science and Medical Doctor Degrees, graduating first in his
medical school class in 1971. After a surgery internship at
Parkland Hospital in Dallas, Texas, he was a Medical Officer
with the United States Air Force which included a tour of duty
in Guam during the later days of the Vietnam era. A clerkship
in forensic pathology and an orthopaedic residency completed
his training. In addition to his private practice Dr. Wiggins
has authored numerous scientific papers in respected medical
journals.
His non-technical writing consists of two articles
published in national religious magazines (one was in the Journal
of the Christian Medical and Dental Society). He has also been
a past contributor to the medical page of a newspaper where
his articles, rather than being a serious discussion of medical
issues, have taken the tone of humorous commentary on human
foibles.
His novel, a medical thriller entitled
Blood Feud, is due to be released within the next few
months by Publish America, a subsidiary of AmErica House Publishing.
The story line of Blood Feud deals with newly developed artificial
blood, an unscrupulous pharmaceutical company that tests the
flawed substance on unwitting Haitians, and a physician whose
life is endangered when he attempts to expose the corruption.
Dr. Wiggins has recently patented a device, the
Freedom Boxer
Fracture Prefab Orthosis Brace, which allows patients with
the most common type of broken hand to be cast-free much sooner.
It is to be marketed by AliMed, Inc.
Dr. Wiggins' wife is a school teacher, two of
his children are attorneys and one is in college majoring in
pre-med. Their house, though now empty of children, contains
two dogs, four cats, four parrots, and an aquarium. He maintains
an active
private practice in Pascagoula, Mississippi.
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