Scientific Advisory Board

John R. Bookwalter, M.D., F.A.C.S.

Scientific Advisor

	Chief of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery at Brattleboro Memorial Hospital, VT.
	Invented the "Bookwalter Retractor".
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Bio

Curriculum Vitae

Currently on staff at the Brattleboro Memorial Hospital and the Rockingham Memorial Hospital as a consultant.

Education:	1. College 1956-1960, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts, B.A., cum laude. 2. Harvard Medical School, 1960-1964. 3. Internship and residency, 1964-1970. 4. Harvard Surgical Service, Boston City Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. 5. Thoracic surgical residency 1972-1973, New England Deaconess Hospital.
Military Service:	Major, U.S. Army, Medical Corps 1970 1972, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. U.S. Army Reserve Medical Corps 1986-1990, Colonel.
Medical License:	Current medical license is in Vermont #4468.
Board Certifications:	American Board of Surgery, 1971. American Board of Thoracic Surgery, 1976.
Board Certifications:	American Board of Surgery, 1971. American Board of Thoracic Surgery, 1976.
Professional Societies:	American College of Surgeons, 1975-Present. New England Vascular Society, 1977-Present. New England Surgical Society, 1979-Present.
Community Service:	Board of Trustees. Putney Grammar School. 1973-1977. Board of Directors, Putney School, 1983-1986. Board of Directors, Vermont Paramedic Training Program, 1984-1988. Board of Directors, Southern Vermont Health Foundation, 1990-December, 1994. Medical Director, Thompson House Nursing Home, 1988-Present.
Elected Positions:	President of Brattleboro Memorial Hospital Medical Staff, 1980-1982/

Inventor and developer of the Bookwalter Surgical Retractor System which is sold by: Codman & Shurtleff, Randolph, Massachusetts.

SURGICAL TRAINING

Amherst College, B.A., cum laude.
Harvard Medical School, 1960-1964.
Internship-Fifth (Harvard) Surgical Service, Boston City Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, July 1964-June 1965
JAR, SAR-Fifth (Harvard)Surgical Service, Boston City Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, July 1967-December 1967. William A. Meissner, M.D. - Chief
Record Review of Carcinoma of the Thyroid at the Lahey Clinic (Paper and Preparator), Boston, Massachusetts, January 1968-February 1968.
Resident, Fifth (Harvard) Surgical Service, Boston City Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, March 1968-August 1968.
Chief Resident, Pediatric Surgery, Boston City Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, September 1968-October 1968.
Chief Resident, Thoracic Surgery, New England Deaconess Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, November 1968-June 1969.
Chief Surgical Resident, Manchester-Veterans Administration Hospital, Manchester, New Hampshire, July 1969-October 1969.
Chief Resident, Fifth (Harvard) Surgical Service, Boston City Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, November 1969-February 1970.

** The Surgical Residency Program on the Fifth (Harvard) Surgical Service at the Boston City Hospital finishes six men a year with one resident starting and finishing at each two month intervals so that my total general surgical residency will have been four years and eight months.