Dr. John Porvaznik, DMS '56
Dartmouth '55, DMS '56, Harvard Med '58 MD
Mass.General Hosp., Genl Surg Resident '58-'61, '65-'66
Board Certified, GeneralSurgery; Fellow Amer. Col. Surgs.
'62-'91: Indian Health Service of USPHS
Positions included:
Chief Surgeon; Director Emerg.Med.Svcs; Asst. Surg. General
'91-'98: Reg. Med Director (Appalachia), then VP Med. Affairs for private healthcare corp., and staff physician at several WV and St. Louis area hospitals '91-'01.
'98-present: Physician Surveyor for The Joint Commission.
International Experience includes: health program development in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Caribbean Basin countries, Slovakia, Honduras; and Joint Commission International Surveys
E-mail: jporvaznik@aol.com