QUALIFIED MEDICAL EXAMINER Board Certified, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
Board Certified, Arthroscopy Board of North America
EDUCATION
1965 Bachelors Degree, Rockhurst College, Kansas City, M issouri
1969 M.D., University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
1970 Internship, UCLA-LA County Harbor General Hospital, Torrance, California
1973 Fellowship, Surgery of the Hand, John Micks, M.D., Los Angeles, California
1975 Residency, Orthopaedic Surgery, UCLA-LA County Harbor General Hospital, Torrance, California
1979 Fellowship, Surgery of the Lumbar Spine, Leon L. Wiltse, M.D., Long Beach, California
1995 MBA, Baker University, Overland Park, Kansas
1998 Certificate, Health Care Delivery Improvement, Intermountain Health Care Institute for Health Care Delivery Research, Salt Lake City, Utah
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Greater Kansas City Orthopaedic Society
Johnson County/Wyandotte County Medical Society
Metropolitan Medical Society
        2000-2003            Treasurer
        1998-2006            Director
Kansas Foundation for Medical Care, Inc. (PRO for the State of Kansas)
        1999-Present        Trustee
Kansas Specialty Physicians, LLC
        1998-2006            Chairman of the Board and President
Heart of America Surgery Center
        1999-2004            Governor
        1999-2004            Chairman of the Board of Governors
        1999-2004            Member, Operations Board
PUBLICATIONS/PRESENTATIONS
Murphy, RM: Comparative Performance Feedback in an Attempt to Influence Cost in Total Joint Arthroplasty, Research Report, in partial fulfillment of the degree: Masters in Business Administrator, Baker University,1995.

Murphy, RM: Understanding Quality and Cost in Health Care Delivery, Presentation, Providence Medical Center, 1998.

Murphy, RM: Reduction in Turnover Time in the Operating Room, Presentation, Intermountain Health Care Institute for Health Care Delivery Research, Advanced Training Program, 1998.

Murphy, RM: The Changing Face of the Medical Profession, Presentation, Providence Medical Center General Staff Meeting, 2002.

Murphy, RM: Quality Care for 2003 - A Team Approach, Presentation, Providence Medical Center Board of Directors, 2003.

Murphy, RM, and Johnson, T: Project Public Trust: The Hospital Quality Information Initiative, Presentation, Providence Medical Center, 2003.

Murphy, RM: Monitoring the Quality of Care: A Summary of Medical Staff Activities, Presentation,
Providence Medical Center Board Retreat, 2003.