JOHN L COON, MD, FACS
CURRICULUM VITAE

Born      
Riverdale, Maryland
Citizenship - USA.

Practice
General Surgery, ObGyn, Orthopedics
Eagle River, Wisconsin
1976-1977.

General Surgery, Breast Surgery,
Laparoscopic Surgery and GI
Endoscopy
Albuquerque, New Mexico
1977 to 1994.

General Surgery, Gynecology, Laparoscopic Surgery and GI Endoscopy
Polson, Montana and Ronan, Montana
1994 to Jan 2004.

Bariatric and Laparoscopic Surgery,
Riverside, California,
Jan 2004 to present.

Leadership
Vice Chief, Department of Surgery, St. Joseph Medical
Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
                                   
Chief, Department of Surgery, St. Joseph Medical Center,
Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Chief, Department of Surgery, St. Joseph West Mesa Hospital,
Albuquerque, New Mexico. two terms.

Chairman, Medical Staff Council, St. Joseph West Mesa Hospital,
Albuquerque, New Mexico.

President, Medical Staff, St. Joseph West Mesa Hospital,
Albuquerque, New Mexico. Two terms.

Trustee, Greater Albuquerque Medical Association, two terms.

Chairman, Greater Albuquerque Medical Association Answering Service
Committee. In this capacity I was the main force behind the origination and organization of the Medical Society Answering Service, which continues to this day to be the one of choice for Physicians in the Albuquerque, NM area.

Chairman, Quality Assurance and Utilization Management
QualMed HMO, Albuquerque, New Mexico

President, Medical Staff, St. Joseph Hospital, Polson, Montana, two terms.

Academic  Clinical Professor of Surgery,
University of New Mexico School of Medicine.

Instructor in Surgery, University of Southern California

Assistant Director, Burn Unit, Los Angeles County Hospital

Societies and  Memberships         
American Board of Surgery
Fellow American College of Surgeons
American Medical Association
Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
American College of Physician Executives
Montana Medical Society
Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons
American Society for Bariatric Surgery



Certification            
American Board of Surgery, valid to July 2008.



Publications
“Failure of Tube Thorascostomy for Post-traumatic Empyema,”
Journal of Trauma, 1975.

“Response to Management of Simultaneous Invasive Carcinomas of Both Breasts...”,  Correspondence Society of Surgeons.

Education
College                   
University of Illinois
Champaign, Illinois
1961 to 1964 pre med, accepted to medical school after three years.

Medical School     
University of Illinois Medical School
1853 West Polk
Chicago, Illinois 60612
1964 - 1968
MD degree.

Internship
Saginaw Affiliated Hospitals, Wayne State University
Saginaw, Michigan
1968 - 1969
Successful completion of rotating internship

Military
Captain, US Army
US and overseas duty (Korea)
General Medical Officer and Company commander
1969 - 1971  Honorable Discharge

Residency
General Surgery
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico
1971 - 1975
Successful completion of surgical residency.

Fellowship
Burn and Trauma Surgery
University of Southern California
Los Angeles County Hospital
Los Angeles, California
1975 - 1976
Successful completion of fellowship.

Post Graduate        
University of New Mexico
Robert O Anderson School of Business
Albuquerque, New Mexico
1990 - 1993
MBA with honors, finance.

Fellowship              
Bariatric Surgery Fellowship with Inland Bariatric Surgical Associates
Parkview Hospital Medical Center
Riverside, California
2004 - 2005
Successful completion of fellowship.