John Otis Waits, M.D.

Curriculum Vitae

High School: Banks High School
Birmingham, Alabama
Education: University of Alabama
B.S. Degree Pre-Med with Honors
Tuscaloosa, Alabama 1966-1970

Auburn University - Summer
1970

University of Alabama
Medical School
Birmingham, Alabama 1970

University of Alabama School of Medicine
M.D. Degree 1971-1974

Internship: Lloyd Noland Hospital
Extra Internship - six months
Birmingham, Alabama 1975
Residency: Mayo Graduate School of Medicine
Rochester, MN
General Surgery Residency,
Five years, including first year Surgical
Categorical Internship 1975-1980

Oschner Clinic, New Orleans, LA
Post-Graduate Fellowship
Colon & Rectal Surgery Fellowship
1980-1981

Licensure: Alabama #9904
Certifications: Board Certified, General Surgery 1981

Board Certified, Colon & Rectal Surgery 1982

Recertification 1992

Post Graduate Activities: Deputy Examiner
Alabama State Board of Medical Examiners

Physician Advisor
PSRO Committee

Physician Advisor
DCH Regional Medical Center

Physician Advisor
AMI West Alabama Hospital

Publications: Waits J.O., Beart R.:
Jejuno-gastric-intussusception:
Arch Surgery No 1 - 115:1449-1452,
December 1980.
Waits J.O., Dozois R.R., Kelley K.A.:
Perineal Wound Healing Following Proctectomy.
Mayo Clinic Prceedings.

Waits J.O., Dozois R.R., Kelley K.A.:
Primary Closure and Continuous Irrigation of the
Perineal Wound after Proctectomy:
Mayo Clinic Proceedings 57:185-188, 1982.

Waits J.O., Kelley K.A., Dozois R., Beart R.:
Effect of Antibiotic Irrigation in Healing of the Perineal
Wound Following Proctectomy for Inflammatory Bowel Disease:
A Prospective Rendomized Study in Progress.
Mayo Clinic Proceedings (submitted) Grant Number 4011649