Michael Tindera of Dana, Indiana
Time of Death: 4:55 PM
Date of Death: November 7, 2018
Place of Death: Union Hospital - Clinton
Date of Birth: April 6, 1945
Place of Birth: Indianapolis, Indiana
Parents: Frank Tindera and Elizabeth Theisz Tindera
Employment:
2015-Present Retired
2011-2015 Veteran’s Administration - Danville, IL
Chief Interventional Pain Clinician
Established clinic and taught clinicians
2010-2011 Associated Physicians of St. Louis, MO
Interventional Pain Clinician
2009-2010 Interventional Pain Clinics - Bloomington & Columbus, IN
Consultant
2007-2009 AP&S Clinic - Terre Haute, IN
Interventional Pain Clinician
Established pain clinic
2005-2007 Pain Care by Meridian Health Group, Carmel & Terre Haute, IN
2004-2005 Fort Wayne Orthopedics
Interventional Pain Clinician
2003-2004 US Army Newport Chemical Demilitarization Facility, Newport, IN
Lead Clinician for medical services
July 1985 to Present
Health Matters, Inc, Consultant/owner
Professional corporation which provided consulting and management of medical practices, administration of ambulatory care centers, occupational medical services, and medical practice brokerage.
October 1989 to September 1993
Rehabilitation Services, Inc, “Valley Rehab”, Terre Haute, IN: Owner/administrator.
Start-up partner in a Certified Rehabilitation Agency which provided physical, occupational and speech therapy.
Public Health Officer for the Peace Corps Volunteer for United States in Brazil, South America and High School Teacher in Sao Paulo, Brazil I n 1966 to 1968
Education
B.S. Physician Assistant Studies: University of St. Francis, Fort Wayne, IN, 2002
St. George’s School of Medicine, St. George’s, Grenada: 1997-1998
Indiana University School of Medicine, Terre Haute Center for Medical Education, 1993-1996, graduate program in basic medical sciences: completed all basic medical science courses in the medicine curriculum
Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 1978-79, medical student
Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico, 1975-77, medical student
Indiana University-Purdue University (IUPUI), Indianapolis, IN, 1971-72, post-baccalaureate pre-med program
B.S. Psychology, St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO, 1964-68
Memberships:
Board of Directors / Member
Veterans Health Administration, National Pain Committee Member & Lecturer, 2014
Veterans Health Administration, National Consultant for Distance (Tele-Medicine) Clinical Pain Medicine Training, 2014
Danville Medical Center Pain Committee, Chairman, 2010-2015
American Cancer Society, Indiana Statewide Division Chairman for Public Education & Board Member, 1988-1990
Wabash Valley Rehab, Certified Rehabilitation Agency start-up partner, 1991-1993
Terre Haute Rotary Club, Member, 1985-1995
American Academy of Pain Medicine, 2008-2010
American Academy of Physician Assistants, Fellow, 2003-09
Society of Pain Practice Management, Fellow 2006-2008
Indiana Academy of Physician Assistants, board member: 2003-04
American Cancer Society, board member, Division (statewide) chairman for public education, 1988-90
Other Information: Backpacking and outdoor lover
Michael had a tremendous enthusiasm for backpacking through many remote areas. He backpacked up and down much of the Western Hemisphere from the grizzly bear pine forests of Alaska to many of the high alpine and volcanic lakes of South America's mountainous Tierra del Fuego.
Michael said that he found himself reminiscing about the kinds of outdoors experiences that had intrigued him during his own youth. When he was growing up in Indianapolis, his father had a love for the woods. His father’s hobby was planting walnut trees, and he often took Michael along as he planted. When Michael was a boy, he went on to attend a CYO youth camp where he worked on pioneer villages; when he entered the Boy Scouts, he earned 42 merit badges. In the summertime, he visited the farm of his uncle, Sam Vorek, in rural Vermillion County, and there he would go out and explore the woods.
Michael often used to say “I learned that everywhere in nature there is something wonderful and that you only needed to have the eyes to see it.” Another favorite quote from him was “There's no way to sense creation as vibrantly as on a backpacking trip when you're on your own. It's the constant challenge of survival without cell phones to intrude on your spiritual renewal.”
Tennis
Michael started his love for tennis when he was a teenager. He played for his high school in Indianapolis and later for his college, St. Louis University where he was a Collegiate Division I Tennis Player. He never stopped playing tennis, in fact he was the tennis coach for the girls tennis team at SVHS and coached his daughter, Elizabeth Tindera from the time she was 3 years old.
Family and Friends
Michael was a true giver. He really loved helping his patients with pain management. There was not time a patient could not call Michael, he always was available for them. He cherished all the time he spent with his family and friends. His favorite holiday was Thanksgiving because it was the time of sharing and celebrating all blessings with everyone. Michael enjoyed taking his family backpacking, hiking, camping and kayaking to distant and remote areas. Be able to share nature with Sol Angel and Elizabeth brought Michael great personal joy.
Special Skills
Perfectly bilingual in Spanish and fluent in Portuguese
Tennis Career Accomplishments
St. Louis University Tennis Team, 1964-1968
Collegiate Division I Tennis Team Player, Full Tennis & Academic Scholarship
Tulane University Spring Invitational, 1965-1968
Missouri Valley Conference Team Runner-Up, 1967
Dwight Davis Tennis Center, St. Louis, MO: Court Maintenance, 1965-1967
Community Involvement
2015 Established & organized West Central Indiana
(Community)Tennis Association (WCITA)
2016 Led community funding for WCITA Summer Youth
Tennis Education (QuickStart)
2016 Developed WCITA community service participation with seven Clinton, IN service organizations
2016 Developed WCITA Youth Tennis Education
Program (82 children participating)
2016 WCITA Board Chairman
2017 Developed Year-Round WCITA Program
Marriage Date: November 17, 2000 to Sol Angel Bernal
Preceded in Death by:
Parents; Frank Tindera and Elizabeth Theisz Tindera
Brother; Jim Tindera
Survivors:
Wife; Sol Angel Tindera of Dana, Indiana
Daughter; Elizabeth Solange Tindera of Dana, Indiana
Memorial Mass
Date: Wednesday, Nov. 14 at 6:00 pm
Place: Sacred Heart Church in Clinton, IN
Minister: Fr. Varghese Maliakkal
Celebration of Life
Date: Saturday, Nov. 17 at 1 pm.
Place: Giovanni Funeral Home in Clinton, IN
Special Notes Memorial contributions can be made to an educational fund for Elizabeth Tindera through Old National Bank – Clinton, Indiana
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