DR. JOHN GRIFFIN'S C.V.

EDUCATION
  • Hamilton College, Clinton, New York - Graduated with Departmental Honors and elected to Phi Beta Kappa
  • University of Paris - One year study under a French Government prize scholarship, one of six awarded in the USA
  • Harvard Medical School - M. D.

SURGICAL TRAINING
General Surgery
  • Harvard Medical School - Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
  • St. Louis University Hospitals
Plastic Surgery
  • St. Louis University Hospitals
Total time in post-graduate surgical training – seven years.
Board Certified in General and Plastic Surgery

POSITIONS HELD
  • Past President of Georgia Society of Plastic Surgeons
  • Clinical Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery - Emory Univ. Medical School
  • Surgeon – Good Will Games, both in Moscow and St. Petersburg
  • Member of Atlanta Olympic Medical Advisory Committee
  • Co-Chairman Hospital Committee - Atlanta Olympic Games 1996

SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS
  • American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
  • American Society of Plastic Surgeons
  • American Association of Plastic Surgeons
  • Southeastern Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
  • American College of Surgeons
  • American Association of Hand Surgery
  • Medical Association of Atlanta
  • Medical Association of Georgia

HONORS
  • National Prize - Head and Neck Surgery Section, Plastic Surgery, Chief Residents Conference
  • Atlanta Magazine Top Doctor Award
  • Atlanta Business Chronicle, People’s Choice Award “Best Plastic Surgeon”
  • Leadership Atlanta

HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS
  • Piedmont Hospital
  • Northside Hospital
  • Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
  • Grady Memorial Hospital

MEDICAL PUBLICATIONS
Too numerous to list on website. Available upon request

COMMUNITY AFFILIATIONS
  • Leadership Atlanta
  • President Atlanta Virtuosi Foundation
  • Chapter Chairman, The Explorers Club - Atlanta
  • Executive Committee, Board of Sponsors, Alliance Theatre of Atlanta
  • Chairman, Atlanta Regional Admissions Committee - Harvard Medical School
  • President of Harvard Club of Atlanta
  • Regional Director and member Executive Committee - Associated Harvard Alumni

PERSONAL INTERESTS
  • Roller blading 40 miles per week on Silver Comet Trail
  • Mountain climbing and trekking
  • Photography
  • Popular and classical music
  • International adventure travel