A general surgeon, Craig has served Covenant for the past 28 years. He states that his relationship with Covenant began when he was a high school senior. His job was to serve dinner trays and wash dishes at Methodist Hospital. He then worked his way through high school and college as an industrial electrician, managing not to “fly” anything along the way! Following college, he attended Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, and served in residency programs in Internal Medicine at the University of Arkansas and then a five-year General Surgery Residence program at Texas Tech. He also completed a two-year research fellowship at Cornell University Medical College in New York City. Returning to Lubbock in 1991 as a General Surgeon, Craig created a Trauma Program in 1992 which achieved verification and designation as a Level II (Major) Trauma Center in 1995. He has served as Chief Medical Officer since 2011. Presently as Covenant Regional CMO, his primary responsibility is to provide an interface between the organized medical staff and administrative leadership, including the organization, improvement, and reporting of quality metrics for all aspects of clinical care.