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Department of Surgery

Faculty:  


John A. Griswold, M.D., FACS

Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgery
Medical Director, Timothy J Harnar Burn Center,
Medical Director of Nutrition Support Services,
Medical Director, Regional Transport/Dispatch,
Medical Director, Enterostomal Therapy,
Director of Trauma Services,
Co-Director, Advanced Trauma Life Support,
Medical Director, Borden County EMS
 



Patient Appointments:
General Surgery: 806-743-2373
Burn Clinic: 806-743-2373
Clinic Location:
General Surgery: Pavillion 4th Floor
Burn: Medical Office Plaza, Suite G40

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Education:

  • Fellowship:
    Burn Clinical Fellow, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 1987-1988
    Burn Research Fellow, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 1986-1987
  • Residency:
    General Surgery, Texas Tech Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, 1982-1986
  • Medical School:
    Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, 1977-1981

Certifications:

    American Board of Surgery: 1990, Recertification 1999
    American Board of Critical Care: 1991, Recertification 2000
  Personal Interests  

I have been married now for 27 years to my wife Margaret. We have three children: a 26 year old daughter and a 23 year old son, both attending Tech, and a 16 year old son. I enjoy very much working here at Tech as well as being with my family. My personal hobbies/interests include aerobic exercise and weight lifting (we have a number of excellent gyms here in Lubbock), cooking, and fresh water pond gardening.

  Clinical Interests  

None at this time

  Educational Interests  

The Department of Surgery is fortunate to have dedicated attendings representing every surgical specialty. Yet, and most importantly, there are no other surgical residencies and/or fellowships within the department that compete for cases. In other words, the general surgery residents in our program do not compete with ENT residents for radical neck cases. They do not compete with Urology residents for radical nephrectomies. They do not have to stand in line behind Vascular fellows to participate in open vascular surgery or endovascular procedures. We feel our program is among the few in the country that can say when residents complete our program they have in-depth experience in a broad breadth of surgery which truly earns them the name general surgeon. This translates to an environment where residents completing are able to pursue whatever field of surgery they enjoy or to undertake any procedure they wish based on their preference, not because "I didn't do enough radical neck procedures in my residency or I didn't have enough opportunity to scrub on nephrectomies, or my vascular surgery experience was diluted due to the vascular fellowship at our program". Our residents are able to choose the exact type of practice they want as their experience is broad and complete. This means our program provides unique experiences that many programs in the country are not able to provide. I invite you to peruse our web site and more importantly, apply and explore opportunities of joining our residency program for what I feel is one of the best training environments in the country!