Dr John Coon Curriculum Vitae

Education
University of New Mexico, Robert O Anderson School of Business, Albuquerque, NM
MBA with honors, Finance, 1993

University of Illinois Medical School, Chicago, IL
Doctorate of Medicine, 1968

University of Illinois, Champaign, IL
Pre-med, 1964

Medical Training
Parkview Hospital Medical Center, Riverside, CA
Bariatric Surgery Fellowship, Inland Bariatric Surgical Associates, 2004-2005

University of Southern California, Los Angeles County Hospital, Los Angeles, CA,
Fellowship, Burn and Trauma Surgery, 1975-1976

University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Residency in General Surgery, 1971-1975

US Army, US and overseas duty (Korea)
Captain, General Medical Officer and Company Commander, 1969-1971

Saginaw Affiliated Hospitals, Wayne State University, Saginaw, MI
Rotating Internship, 1968-1969

Medical Licenses
State of California: G3115
State of New Mexico
State of Montana

Board Certification
American Board of Surgery

Professional Certification
Fellow, American College of Surgeons

Professional
The Morrow Institute, Rancho Mirage, CA
Specialty Plastic Surgery® and Specialty Surgery Practice

Bariatric and Laparoscopic Surgery, Riverside, CA, Jan 2004-present

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, Instructor in Surgery, 1975-1976

Los Angeles County Hospital, Los Angeles, CA, Assistant Director, Burn Unit, 1975-1976

General Surgery, Gynecology, Laparoscopic Surgery and GI Endoscopy, Polson, MT and Ronan, MT, 1994-2004

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

General Surgery, Breast Surgery, Laparoscopic Surgery and GI Endoscopy, Albuquerque, NM, 1977-1994

General Surgery, Ob/Gyn, Orthopedics, Eagle River, WI, 1976-1977

Professional Societies
American Board of Surgery
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

Leadership
Vice Chief, Department of Surgery, St. Joseph Medical Center, Albuquerque, NM
Chief, Department of Surgery, St. Joseph Medical Center, Albuquerque, NM
Chief, Department of Surgery, St. Joseph West Mesa Hospital, Albuquerque, NM, two terms
Chairman, Medical Staff Council, St. Joseph West Mesa Hospital, Albuquerque, NM
President, Medical Staff, St. Joseph West Mesa Hospital, Albuquerque, NM, 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, NM.
President, Medical Staff, St. Joseph Hospital, Polson, Montana, two terms,

Papers
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