Dr. Sherman A. House is currently in his third
decade as a healthcare provider, and is a Hospital Dentist and
Assistant Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the
Meharry Medical College in Nashville TN. He is also a Reserve Peace
Officer in a busy Middle Tennessee Department. Prior to his career
in dentistry, Dr. House was a Fireman and Emergency Medical
Technician in Washington State. Concurrently, he was a Shotgun
Messenger for several West Coast Armored Truck companies. He
participated in security operations at the 1999 WTO Riots in
Seattle WA. He holds undergraduate degrees in Law Enforcement, Cell
Biology and Philosophy from Gonzaga University. He completed his
Doctorate of Dental Surgery at the Meharry Medical College with
Honors in Nashville TN. He earned a Hospital Dentistry Certificate
as the Chief Resident from the Metro General Hospital also in
Nashville.
Dr. House is the originator of the CIVILIAN
DEFENDER training concept. He has personally saved lives using CPR,
Rescue Breathing, AED, TCCC, ACLS, PHTLS and Heimlich Manuever
techniques. He has studied extensively in the defensive arts, both
armed and unarmed, as well as self-defense law, emergency medicine,
criminal psychology, tactical driving and other survival skills,
and has certificates from Tom and Lynn Givens (Dr. House is a
Rangemaster-Certified Pistol AND Shotgun Instructor), Paul Gomez
(Fighting Shotgun), James Yeager (Inaugural Tactical Response
Instructor Class Graduate), Gabe White (Light Pin Winner), John
Farnam (DTI Instructor), Greg Sullivan (AR Armorer), Rob Edwards
(Fighting Pistol), John Chapman (Fighting Rifle), Aaron Little
(Fighting Rifle), Dr. William Aprill, Massad Ayoob (MAG20), Larry
Vickers (AK Operator), Lee Weems (Pistol and Shotgun), Dave
Spaulding (Combative Pistol), Andrew Branca (LOSD TN/KY).