John William Neilson, M.D.

One Bear Place #97046

Waco, TX 76798-7046

cell 806-236-7298

office 254-710-2248

CURRENT POSITION

  • Senior Lecturer and Clinical Professor (August 2012-present)
  • Honors Program-Honors College
  • Baylor University

PRIOR POSITION

Vice President Medical Affairs, Baptist Saint Anthony’s Health System (2008-2012)

  • Risk Management
  • Patient Safety
  • Medical Staff Credentialing and Privileging
  • Physician Recruitment
  • Quality Improvement
  • Management BSA Clinics
  • Infection Control
  • Blood Utilization

EDUCATION

Baylor University, BA (Chemistry), 1976

UT Southwestern Medical School, M.D., 1980

UT Southwestern Medical School/UTD, M.S. Healthcare Management, 2010

RESIDENCY

UT Southwestern Medical School

  • Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas, Texas,
  • General Surgery, 1980 – 1985

POSTGRADUATE SURGICAL TRAINING

Assistant Instructor of Surgery (Liver Transplantation Fellow), UT Southwestern Medical School, 1985

BOARD CERTIFICATION

The American Board of Surgery, 02/24/86 (#31107)

Recertified 10/22/93 (Valid until 07/01/06)

Recertified 10/27/03 (Valid until 07/01/16)

MEMBERSHIPS

Texas Medical Association

Parkland Surgical Society

Fellow, American College of Surgeons

Potter-Randall County Medical Society

TEACHING APPOINTMENTS

Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery, UT Southwestern Medical School

Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery, TTUHSC

Surgery Residency Program Site Director

  • UTHSCD, 2004-2006

HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS

Baptist Saint Anthony’s Hospital, Active Staff, 1990 to 2012

PRIVATE PRACTICE

Medical Arts Clinic Association, Ennis, Texas, 1986-1990

Amarillo Surgical Group, Amarillo, Texas, 1990-2011

HONORS AND AWARDS/AFFILIATIONS

Baylor University

  • Alpha Chi Award for Academic Excellence,
  • Graduated #1 in College of Arts and Sciences, 1976
  • Student Body President, Baylor University, 1974
  • Tryon Coterie Social Fraternity
  • Correspondence Secretary
  • Float Chairman
  • Chaplain
  • Outstanding Freshman Chemistry Student
  • Outstanding Sophomore Man
  • Omicron Delta Kappa
  • Student Congress
  • Christian Maturity Council
  • University Council
  • Coordinating Committee for Texas Tuition Equalization Grants
  • Alpha Chi
  • Phi Eta Sigma
  • Academic Appeals Board
  • Who’s Who in American Universities and Colleges
  • 1974-75, 1975-76
  • National Merit Scholar

UT Southwestern Medical School

  • Graduated #3/200
  • Alpha Omega Alpha, 1979
  • Vernie Stembridge Award for Outstanding Pathology Student, 1980
  • Recipient of Coller Society Surgical Scholarship, 1985

Professional

  • President, Ellis County Medical Society, 1988
  • Baylor Medical Center, Ennis, Texas
  • President, Medical Staff
  • Chairman, Quality Improvement Committee
  • Board of Directors, Medical Arts Clinic of Corsicana, 1988 to 1990
  • Baptist Saint Anthony’s Health System
  • President, Medical Staff
  • Chairman, Quality Improvement Committee
  • Director, BSAHS Vascular Laboratory
  • Texas Super Doctors 2005-2010
  • Associate Examiner, American Board of Surgery
  • 1998, 2004, 2008
  • American College of Surgeons
  • Candidate Interview Committee
  • Delegate from North Texas Chapter to Young Surgeon’s Forum on “Clinton Health Care Reform”
  • Harrington Regional Medical Center Physician Advisory Committee
  • Amarillo Surgical Group
  • President and Managing Partner, 2001-2011
  • Honorary Medical Degree, Gomel State Medical University
  • Gomel, Belarus

BOARD of DIRECTORS

Physicians Surgical Hospitals

Harrington Cancer Center

ADC Endoscopy Center

CHRISTIAN/COMMUNITY SERVICE

Trinity Baptist Church, Amarillo, Texas

  • Deacon
  • Chairman, Personnel Committee

Young Life Committee

Commonwealth of Independent States Church Development Foundation

  • Medical Missions—Gomel, Belarus

Kid’s Inc., Youth Football Coach, 1992-1994

President, Amarillo High School Football Booster Club, 1999

Texas Hospital Association Committee on Quality and Patient Safety, 2012

PRESENTATIONS

  • Management of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
  • Gomel State Medical University
  • Surgical Management of Hyperparathyroidism
  • Gomel State Medical University
  • Radiofrequency Ablation of Liver Tumors
  • Gomel State Medical University
  • Unpredictable But Avoidable Anesthesia Disaster
  • Healthcare Coalition of Texas
  • A Protocol to Protect Post-operative Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea
  • Healthcare Coalition of Texas
  • Adventures in Peer Review
  • Healthcare Coalition of TExas