Description
Dr. Little has been practicing medicine for 40 years and has 25 years of experience as a Medical Director, including several years as UT’s Founding Academic Chair and Residency Training Program Director of Tennessee’s only program in in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Little graduated from Western Michigan University with honors in 1972 with degrees in Biology and English and he took a job as a high school teacher. That same year, Little applied to medical school and joined the Army to fund his medical school training. After graduating from medical school at Wayne State University in 1977, Little completed his internship and took orders, spending three years as a Senior (III Corps) Flight Surgeon/Brigade Surgeon. Little completed his residency at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC, where he cared for active and retired disabled military personnel and their dependents. After finishing his military obligation at Fort Campbell, KY and receiving an honorable discharge from the military in 1986, Little started his private practice in Nashville, Tennessee, Southern Rehabilitation Group (SRG), which has provided rehabilitation services at independent rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) since 1989 in Tennessee, Virginia and Kentucky. Little also served as the Founder/Director of the Residency Training Program in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine. Little then served as Medical Director of HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital, where he received #1 Clinical Ranking for HealthSouth Hospitals and the Medical Director Excellent Award. Most recently, Little served as Medical Director for Southern Kentucky Rehabilitation Hospital in Bowling Green, KY. In addition to his career as a physician, Dr. Little enjoys spending time with his 9 children, writing and working with his children to develop ideas for the Littles’ family-owned business, a farm, B&B and event center on the Tennessee River.
