BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Spencer F. Goodson, MD, JD, is a highly accomplished lawyer with a diverse background in both medicine and law. He grew up in Evansville and attended Indiana University in Bloomington, where he graduated with Alpha Omega Alpha and Phi Beta Kappa honors from the Indiana University Medical School in 1980. He then completed his general surgery residency at the University of Wisconsin—Madison and his research fellowship in vascular surgery at the University of Illinois—Chicago. He practiced vascular surgery at St. Vincent and Methodist in Indianapolis until 2000, when a skiing accident forced him to retire from surgery. He then pursued a career in law – graduating from the Indiana University School of Law in Bloomington in 2005, and has been practicing medical malpractice law since.
EDUCATION
- Indiana University School of Law, Bloomington, Indiana
- J.D. – 2005
- University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin
- M.D. – 1985
- Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
- 1980
BAR ADMISSION
- Indiana, 2006
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
- American College of Surgeons, Fellow 1991
- Midwestern Vascular Surgery Society
- Venous Forum
- Clinical Society for Vascular Surgery
- AMA
- ISMA
- Indianapolis Medical Society
- Indiana State Bar Association
HONORS
- Phi Eta Sigma, Academic Honorary, Purdue University
- Phi Beta Kappa, Academic Honorary, Indiana University
- Alpha Omega Alpha, Academic Honorary / Indiana University School of Medicine 1980
- Distinguished Teacher of the Year 1997 – (University/Methodist Surgery Residency Program)
- J.K. Berman Essay Award, Faculty Sponsor (1997, 1998)
- Gastroduodenal to Right Renal Artery Transposition for Renal Ischemia and Renovascular Hypertension 1997
- Sartorius Muscle Transposition for Vascular Infections of the Groin 1998
PRACTICE AREAS
- Medical Malpractice