Dr. James Warren Jr.

Dr. James N. Warren Jr. Dr. James N. Warren Jr., age 60, died Monday, November 10, 2014 at the University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas. James Nathaniel Warren, Jr. was born October 22, 1954, in Brooklyn, New York, to James N. Warren, Sr. and Winifred (Stinnette) Warren. He was raised in Brooklyn, New York and graduated from the New York Public School system. James was married to Cynthia White in Topeka, Kansas. James was preceded in death by his parents, James N. Warren Sr. (2006) and Winifred Warren (2001). He is survived by his wife, Cynthia Warren; sons, James N. Warren III, Topeka, Kansas and Leon White, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; daughter, Christine Hall, Overland Park, Kansas; brother, Marshall W. Warren; sisters, Regina L. Warren, Esquire, Deborah E. Warren-Acevido, Joanne S. Warren-Phelps, MD and a host of other loving relatives, colleagues and friends. James earned his Bachelor of Science from Polytechnic University of New York in Brooklyn, New York in 1982. He earned his Doctor of Medicine from Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1988. He continued his medical training at the University of Minnesota, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Fellowship where he completed his three year Internal medicine Residency in June 1991; Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Spinal Cord Inpatient Ward; University of Colorado, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Consult Service); A I Dupont Institute, Department of Neurology (Consult Service), Wilmington, Delaware; Robert Wood Johnson Rehabilitation Hospital, Edison, New Jersey and Moss Rehabilitation Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was certified with the Diplomate American Board of Physical Medicine and Diplomate American Board of Pain Medication. James's career in medicine included Mercy Hospital, Director of Rehabilitation Unit, Manhattan, Kansas; Colmery-O'Neil VA Eastern Kansas Medical Center, Rehabilitation doctor for the Outpatient Clinic specializing in the care and management of stroke, spinal cord, traumatic brain collage vascular injury, traumatic musculosketal injuries, neuromuscular disease and inpatient consults; State of Kansas Disability Determination Services, medical examiner, Topeka, Kansas; Newman Regional Hospital, Medical Director Acute Rehabilitation Unit, Emporia, Kansas; Mercy Health System, Associate Medical Director Cardiac Rehabilitation, Medical Director - Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Vice Chairman - Department of Neuro-Rehabilitation, Jamesville, Wisconsin; Model Cities Health Center - Community Medical Clinic - Staff Physician, St. Paul, Minnesota; Sports Medicine - Ring Side physician for the Amateur Boxing Association Region IV, St. Paul, Minnesota, and worked for numerous group health organization as an urgent care, staff physician and house office in St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, Philadelphia and Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. James earned numerous awards throughout his medical career including the Special Contribution Award for Assistance in developing the Cardiac Rehabilitation Program at the Colmery-O'Neil VA Medical Center in Topeka. He educated medical students, staff and others on physical medicine and rehabilitation and neuroanatomic basis of disease. He was a member of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Wisconsin Medical Society, Ramsey County Medical Association Member, American College of Physicians, National Medical Association, American Medical Association and the Amateur Boxing Association. James relocated to Topeka, Kansas where he was in private practice. While in the Topeka area his career also included Director of the Kansas Rehabilitation Hospital, Director of Hutchison Memorial Hospital, Director of Meadowbrook Rehabilitation Hospital and former member of the Kansas Boxing Commission. He was a member of True Holiness Church. Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, November 19, 2014, at True Holiness Church, 1244 S.E. Republican. He will lie-in-state after 4 p.m. Tuesday at Bowser-Johnson Funeral Chapel, with visitation 6-8 p.m. Online condolences may be left at bowserjohnsonfuneralchapel.com. Dr. James N. Warren Jr.