A Representative from Georgia; born in Lansing, Ingham County, Mich., October 8, 1954; B.A., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich., 1976; M.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich., 1979; physician; member of the Georgia state senate, 1997-2004; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Ninth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2005-present).