JOHN B. WALPOLE, M.D.

PERSONAL

Date of Birth: February 27, 1943

Nationality: British

Civil Status: Married, four children

EDUCATION

King Edward VI Grammar School, Stafford, England

Oct. 1961 - July 1966 University of Birmingham Medical School

July 1966 Full registration M.B. Ch.B.

LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION

License:
Arizona(current)

Certification:
Diplomate, American Board of Anesthesiology
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (current).

HOSPITAL EXPERIENCE

July 1966 - Jan. 1967 House Surgeon to Mr. J.A.C. Edwards, F.R.C.S., at the General Hospital, Birmingham, England.

Jan. 1967 - July 1967 House Physician to Dr. D.R. Humphreys, M.R.C.P., at the General Hospital, Birmingham, England.

The General Hospital takes in a wide range of general
surgical and medical cases and is a teaching hospital with
five bed Intensive Care Unit. It has the largest Diabetic
Unit in Europe.

July 1967 - July 1968 Senior House Officer in Anesthetics at Dudley Road Hospital, Birmingham, England.

ANESTHETIC EXPERIENCE

1) General Surgery

2) Orthopedic surgery

3) Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery at the E.N.T. Hospital, Birmingham

4) Eye Surgery at the Eye Hospital, Birmingham

5) Obstetric experience at two hospital with a total of 7,000 deliveries per annum

6) Gynecological Surgery

Sept. 1968 Primary F.F.A.R.C.S. Examination obtained.

Sept. 1969 - Dec. 1969 Registrar at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, England which included:

1) Open heart surgery with Dr. E. Matthews, F.F.A.R.C.S.

2) Neurosurgical anesthesia with Dr. W. Woodward, F.F.A.R.C.S.

Dec. 1969 - March 1970 Registrar at the Birmingham Maternity Hospital,
Birmingham, England.

Jan. 1970 Final F.F.A.R.C.S. Examination obtained.

Certified as "comparable to the boards" by the American Board of Anesthesiology.

March 1970 - July 1970 Registrar at the Children's Hospital,
Birmingham, England including experience in all neonatal and pediatric anesthesia,
including pediatric thoracic, and open heart surgery. Seven bed Intensive Care Unit.

July 1970 - Oct. 1971 Senior Registrar at the East Birmingham Hospital including experience in: general surgery, accident and orthopedic surgery, ear, nose and throat surgery, obstetric and gynecological surgery, thoracic surgery --two lists attended per week, for at least one of which I was sole anesthetist in charge, for such cases as mitral valvotomy, oesophagectomy, pneumonectomy and lobectomy.

Jan. 1972 - May 1972 Senior Registrar in Anesthetics at the General Hospital, Birmingham, England.

Senior Registrar in Anesthetics at the Birmingham Maternity Hospital, since May

May 1972, working for Dr. J.S. Crawford, F.F.A.R.C.S.,
who is a recognized world authority in obstetric anesthesia.
I have performed 305 epidural analgesics for mother
in labor as well as having experience in all other branches of obstetric
anesthesia.

Jan. 1973 - July 1974 Senior Physician Diplomate,
University Hospital and Clinical Instructor of Anesthesia,
University of California, San Diego.

Dec. 1973 F.L.E.X. Examination.

July 1974 - Dec. 1976 Assistant Clinical Professor of Anesthesia,
University Hospital, San Diego.

Jan. 1975 - Dec. 1976 Co-Director of Obstetrical Anesthesia
University Hospital, San Diego.

PRIVATE PRACTICE

Jan. 1977 - May 1985 Obstetric Anesthesia Service, Tucson, Arizona

May 1985 - Present Old Pueblo Anesthesia, Tucson Arizona

SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS

Society of Obstetrical Anesthesia and Perinatology

American Society of Anesthesiologists

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1) Continuous Lumbar Epidural Block in labor in the Presence of a Meureig Williams Plate from L1 - L4. British Journal of Anaesthesia 46:163, 1974.

2) Mucus Catheter with a Protective Guard. Lancet, 1974, p. 988.

3) Blood Patch for Spinal Headache Anesthesia, 1975, p. 783.

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