Dr. John S. Alspaugh M.D. F.A.C.S.

PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS

EDUCATION

Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC. Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry. Graduated cum laude.

Ohio State University College of Medicine, Doctor of Medicine, Columbus, OH, 1982. Elected as junior to academic honor society, alpha omega alpha. Graduated cum laude.

SURGICAL TRAINING

General Surgery: Five year residency culminating in Chief Residency at Medical College of Virginia Hospitals, Richmond, VA, 1982-1987.


Plastic Surgery: Two year residency at the Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA, 1987-1989. Awarded Theograj academic award.
Hand & Microsurgery fellowship at the Christine M. Kleinert Institute, Louisville, KY, 1989-1990.

BOARD CERTIFICATION

American Board of Plastic Surgery, 1982.
American Board of Surgery, 1989-1999.
Certificate of Added Qualification Surgery of the Hand, 1994-1999.

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENT

Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery of Eastern Virginia Medical School.

HOSPITAL STAFF PRIVILEGES

Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital (Active)
Sentara Leigh Hospital (Active)
Sentara Norfolk General Hospital (Active)
Sentara Bayside Hospital (Courtesy)
The Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters (Courtesy)

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

American Society of Plastic Surgeons
Medical Society of Virginia
Virginia Beach Medical Society
American College of Surgeons

VOLUNTEER RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY MISSIONS

Christian Children's Fund - Cleft Lip Mission, Guatemala City, Guatemala, 1989.
Operation Smile - Microsurgery Trip, Hanoi, Vietnam, 1996.
Operation Smile - Microsurgery Trip, Saigon, Vietnam, 1997.

PERSONAL

Our family has enjoyed our lives in the Virginia Beach area for the last decade. My wife and I have two children. I enjoy tennis, skiing, diving, and reading. My wife , Pat, is on the Executive Boards af several non-profit charitable organizations. She is very active in the Bayshore Circle of King's Daughter's & Sons as well as Families of Autistic Children in Tidewater( F.A.C.T.) She is a Master Gardener and enjoys tennis and flower arranging in her free time, Our daughter Millicent was recently named to the Dean's
List at Virginia Tech. She is pursuing a double major in Marketing and Fashion , Housing & Apparel with a minor in Art. She enjoys dance, painting and tennis .Our son Matt is a freshman, at Cox High School where he works at the coffee shop. He enjoys tubing &
swimming, bowling, bike & horseback riding.