Dr. James Arthur Howard III

Dr. James Arthur Howard III died in the early morning hours of January 14, 2019 after spending the day surrounded by loving friends and family. Dr. Howard was born March 13, 1947, in Knoxville, Tenn., the son of the late James A. Howard II and Leona Rogers Howard. He is survived by his daughter Nicole (James) Locke, Dianne Wisner, his love and life partner of 23 years, and extended family Cathy Wisner Ransom (Jeff), Sean Wisner, Grace Noble, Sam Noble, Elias Wisner & Makena Wisner. His greatest passion in life was giving great medical care to his patients and playing tennis with the Seniors at Bitsy Grant.

James A. Howard III, M.D. was a member of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, licensed to practice medicine in Georgia and Florida. He has been in private practice in the Atlanta, Georgia area for almost 40 years. Dr. Howard’s hospital appointments include Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital, Northside Hospital and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. In addition to his private practice, now located in Alpharetta, Georgia, Dr. Howard has been a clinical preceptor for the physician assistant program at Medical College of Georgia and for oncology nurses in graduate programs. He worked with the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany to evaluate Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in holocaust victims currently living in Southeastern United States. His patients now include retired military personnel suffering from PTSD. As an avid sports enthusiast, Dr. Howard consulted with the Atlanta Hawks Professional Basketball Team for one season and worked with an Olympic hopeful cyclist in 1996, and an Atlanta Braves Player. He volunteered in the Athletes Village during the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games. He has conducted corporate seminars in Stress Management for a major national telecommunications company based in Atlanta. Prior to her death in 2012, Dr. Howard studied under the supervision of Leigh McCullough Vaillant at Harvard Medical School who was a pioneer of short-term dynamic psychotherapy.

He was a graduate of the Webb School & University of Tennessee, University of Tennessee Medical School and a Residency in Psychiatry at Emory Medical School. He served as Chief of the Department of Psychiatry for two separate terms at Northside Hospital and Vice Chief of Psychiatry for one year. He was Secretary and Treasurer for the Medical Staff at Ridgeview Hospital from 1980-1981.He was a member of the Freshman Honors Society. As a Resident, he was awarded the Hope Skobba Memorial award in 1975 for the best paper submitted by a resident in the State of Georgia. During his residency at Emory, he served as president of the Literary Club.

Celebration of Life for Dr. James Arthur Howard III will take place at Roswell Funeral Home Chapel 950 Mansell Road Roswell, Georgia 30076 January 17, 2019 at 3:00 PM with a reception to follow.