Boatsman

COURTESY OKLAHOMA BLOOD INSTITUTE During Oklahoma Blood Institute’s Spring Fling open house, Dr. Richard Boatsman, OBI co-founder and chairman of the board of directors, visits with staff and supporters of OBI’s mission. From left are Richard Allen, Terry Bell Charitable Trust; Christi Chambers, executive director of OBI’s Southwestern Oklahoma and Texoma region; and Dr. Boatsman.

COURTESY OKLAHOMA BLOOD INSTITUTE During Oklahoma Blood Institute’s Spring Fling open house, Dr. Richard Boatsman, OBI co-founder and chairman of the board of directors, visits with staff and supporters of OBI’s mission. From left are Richard Allen, Terry Bell Charitable Trust; Christi Chambers, executive director of OBI’s Southwestern Oklahoma and Texoma region; and Dr. Boatsman.

Boatsman recalls his 40-year medical career in Southwest Oklahoma

Whether wrestling a “semi-tame” mountain lion in Mexico, making an emergency landing at an airport in Memphis, Tenn., or scuba diving within an arm’s length from a lamprey eel in the Caribbean, Dr. Richard Boatsman has quite a few personal stories to share.