Dr. John C. O'Brien, Jr.    

Surginal Oncology/Head & Neck Surgery    

Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION

Undergraduate:
  • University of Dayton, 09/61 - 06/62, Dayton, Ohio
  • University of Texas, 09/62 - 06/65, Austin, Texas, B.A. Zoology
Medical School:
  • St. Louis University School of Medicine, 08/65 - 06/69, St. Louis, Missouri
Internship: 
  • Baylor University Medical Center, 07/69 - 06/70, Dallas, Texas 
Residency: 
  • Baylor University Medical Center, General Surgery  07/70 - 06/7, Dallas, Texas
Fellowship: 
  • M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute, Surgical Oncology, 07/74 - 06/75, Houston, Texas 
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PRIVATE PRACTICE
  • 1975 to 1997 - 3600 Gaston Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75246
  • 1998 to present - 1004 North Washington, Dallas, Texas 75204-6416

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BOARD CERTIFICATION
  • March 11, 1975 - American Board of Surgery

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LICENSURE
  • Missouri - June 21, 1969 (License 32144)
  • Texas - June 16, 1970 (License D6835)
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CURRENT STAFF MEMBERSHIPS
  • Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas - Surgical Attending
  • John Peter Smith Hospital, Ft. Worth - Consulting
  • Coryell Memorial Hospital, Gatesville - Consulting
  • Presbyterian Health Care System, Dallas - Courtesy
  • Veteran’s Administration Hospital, Dallas - Consulting
  • Doctors Hospital, Dallas - Consulting

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TEACHING APPOINTMENTS
  • University of Texas Health and Science Center, Dallas, Texas:
    • Clinical Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology
    • Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery
  • Adjunct Associate Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery - Baylor College of Dentistry, Texas A & M University System Health Science Center
  • Attending Surgeon - Department of General Surgery, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
  • Attending Surgeon - Sammons Cancer Center, Dallas, Texas
  • Consultant - Department of General Surgery, John Peter Smith Hospital, Ft. Worth, Texas
  • Consultant - Department of Otolaryngology, Veterans Affairs Hospital, Dallas, Texas

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SOCIETIES AND ASSOCIATIONS

  • Dallas County Medical Society
  • American College of Surgeons
  • Dallas Society of General Surgeons
  • Texas Surgical Society
  • The American Head and Neck Society
  • Society of Surgical Oncology
  • Sociéte Internationale de Chirurgie
  • American Cancer Society
  • Southern Surgical Association

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MANUSCRIPT REVIEWER

  • Proceedings, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
  • Head and Neck
  • Cancer
  • Archives of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery

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COMMITTEES
  • American College of Surgeons, North Texas Chapter,
    • Executive Council - Specialty Representative in Head and Neck   Surgery 1989 to present
  • Society of Head and Neck Surgeons
    • Subcommittee for Antibiotics for Head and Neck Surgery, 1989
    • Moderator for proffered paper session at International Conference Head and Neck Cancer, 1988, 1992, 1996
    • Publications Committee, 1986 to 1993
    • Long Range Planning Committee, 1987 to 1989
    • Membership Committee, 1989 to 1990
    • Chairman, Resident Award Committee, 1995
    • Chairman Scientific Program Committee, 1997
    • Executive Council, 1997-2004
    • Education Committee, 1997-2001 
    • Treasurer, 1998
  • American Society for Head and Neck Surgery
    • Program Committee for the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Head and Neck Surgery, 1990
    • Scientific Program Committee, 1994, 1995
    • Audit Committee, 1995
  • American Head and Neck Society  (estab. May 1998)
    • Practice Guidelines Committee, 1998 to 2001
    • Professional Relation and Public Education Committee 1998 to 2001
    • Audit Committee 1998-2000
    • Investment Advisory Committee 1998-2000
    • Education Council
    • Executive Committee 1998 to 2004
    • Co-Treasurer 1998 to 1999
    • Treasurer 1999 to 2004
    • Executive Committee 1994 to 2000
    • Ad hoc Finance and Investments Committee 1999 to 2004
    • Finance Committee 1999 to 2004
    • International Conference on Head and Neck Cancer, Scientific Program Committee 2000, 2004, 2008
  • Texas Surgical Society
    • First Vice President 2001-2002
    • Second Vice President 2000
    • Council 2004-2007
    • Chairman of Council 2006-2007
    • President-elect 2010
    • President 2012
  • Society  of Surgical Oncology
    • Clinical Affairs Committee, 1998 to 2001
  • Dallas City-Wide Head and Neck Conference
    • Co-Founder and Co-Chairman, 1989 to 1994
    • Chairman, 1995 to present
    • Program Chairman for Annual Visiting Lectureship at Baylor University Medical Center 1990 to present
  • American Cancer Society
    • Dallas Central Unit Board
    • Medical and Scientific Committee, 1978 to 1995
    • Patient Services Committee, 1975 to 1990
    • Chairman, 1983 to 1984
    • Director at Large, Texas Division
    • Executive Committee, Texas Division
    • Legislative Task Force on Cancer in Texas, 1985
    • Texas Breast Screening Project Review
    • District Medical Director, Dallas Central Unit, 1981 to 1995
    • Board of Directors, 1976 to 1995
  • Texas Task Force for Treatment of Head and Neck Cancer in Texas, 1988
  • Texas Skin Cancer/Melanoma Project Task Force, 1989
  • Editorial Board for “Selected Readings Plastic Surgery”, 1980 to 2004
  • Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
    • Head and Neck Cancer Site Committee, 1980 to present
      • Chairman, 1990 to present
    • Bone and Soft Tissue Sarcoma Site Committee, 1980  to present
    • Breast Cancer Site Committee, 1980 to 1989
    • Sammons Cancer Center Medical Committee, 1985  to present
    • Protocol Committee for Carcinoma of the Pancreas, 1989
    • Campus Library Advisory Committee, 1987 to 1993
    • Film Library Subcommittee (Depart. of Radiology), 1988
    • Pain Management Improvement Group, 1999 to present
    • Cancer Center Quality Committee, 1999 to present
    • Commission on Cancer - Coordinator of Quality control of Cancer Registry Data, 2005 to present

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SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
  • Texas Surgical Society
    • Staging and Treatment of Salivary Gland Neoplasms, 1981
    • Multimodality Treatment of Advanced Breast Cancer, 1986
    • The Use of R Staging (Residual Disease) in Treatment Planning, 1992
    • The Use of the Distal Radial Forearm Flap in Head and Neck Reconstruction, 1995
    • What Do Doctors Esser, Gilles, Kelly and Palmaz have in Common? (The Origin of the Term
    • Stent), 1997
    • Surgical Treatment of Locally Invasive Thyroid Cancer, 2003
    • The Two Million Dollar Man, October 2003
    • Vascular Considerations in Resection of Major Head and Neck Cancer, April 2005
    • Melanomas: A Continuing Challenge, October 2006
    • Cutaneous Malignancies of the Head and Neck: Success or Failure?, April 2007
    • Mont Rogers Reid, M.D. Surgeon, Educator, September 2007
    • Hunter and Halsted, September 2008
  • Society of Baylor Surgeons
    • Update on Treatment of Malignant Melanoma, 1996
    • The Origin of the Term Stent, 1998
    • The Two Million Dollar Man – Mucormycosis, 2006
    • As The World Turns: These Are the Days of Our Lives, August 2007
  • American Cancer Society
    • The Diagnosis and Treatment of Breast Cancer, 1975 to 1985
    • The Diagnosis and Treatment of Malignant Melanoma, 1975 to 1985
  • Grand Rounds
    • Baylor University Medical Center
      • Thyroid Cancer in Patients Under 18, 1973
      • The Importance of Anaerobic Infections in Surgery, 1974
      • Diagnosis and Treatment of Malignant Hyperthermia, 1974
      • Treatment of Soft Tissue Sarcomas, 1985
      • Surgical Treatment of Locally Advanced Thyroid cancer, 2003
      • John Hunter and William Stewart Halsted: Comparisons and Contrasts
    • Methodist Hospital of Dallas
      • Head and Neck Cancer for the General Surgeon 1985, 87, 89, 2002
      • Treatment of Soft Tissue Sarcomas 1986, 88
      • Surgical Treatment of Locally Advanced Thyroid Cancer 2003
    • Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, England
      • Treatment of Advanced Breast Cancer 1990
      • Treatment of Advanced Head and Neck Cancer 1990
      • Treatment of Salivary Gland Neoplasms 1990
    • City College of New York, Brooklyn N.Y.
      • R Staging and the Treatment of Cancer 1998
    • Royal Marsden Hospital, London England
      • P 53 Injections For advanced Head an Neck Cancer, 2000
      • Carotid Considerations in Treatment of Nead and Neck Cancer, 2010
    • University College of Dublin – Dublin, Ireland
      • Sentinel Node Biopsy in the Treatment of Cutaneous Melanoma, 2000
    • Mount Sinai Hospital  Toronto, Canada
      • Fifth Annual Morley Binstock lecture, May 2007; Carotid Artery Surgery In Treatment of Head and Neck Cancer
    • University of Toronto – May 2007
      • Grand Rounds - Up-front or Outback:  The Timing of Neck Dissection in the Treatment of Advanced Stage Head & Neck Cancer
  • Student and Resident Teaching Conferences (Dept. of General Surgery) 
    • Annual lectures to General Surgery Department residents
      • Tracheostomy- Indications and Technique
      • Melanoma- Diagnosis and Treatment
      • Head and Neck Cancer- Diagnosis, Staging, and Treatment
      • Salivary Gland Neoplasms and other Conditions
      • Soft tissue Masses- When to biopsy, when and how to remove?
      • Thyroid Physiology
  • Sentinel Node Biopsy Course  September 1998
    • Sentinel node biopsy in the head and neck area
  • International Surgical Society Vienna, Austria August 19, 1999
    • Sentinel Node Biopsy for Melanoma- O’Brien JC, Kuhn JA, McCarty TM, Gogel BM, Fisher TL.
  • International Head and Neck Congress, Rio de Janeiro, December 25-26, 2002
    • Surgical Treatment of Locally Advanced Well Differentiated Thyroid Cancer
    • Member - Panel on Surgical Treatment of Thyroid cancer

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