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John Gibbons, MD - USA
Articles and Interviews on OBGYN.net by Dr. Gibbons

 

OFFICE: 

Saint Francis Hospital & Medical Center
114 Woodland Street
Hartford, Connecticut 06105
Phone: 860-714-5533
Fax: 860-714-8031

FAMILY: Married, five children

BORN: New York City, February 25, 1933

EDUCATION: 

Holy Cross College, Worcester, MA: A.B., 1954
Georgetown University, Washington, DC: M.D., 1958
Harvard Business School: Program for Health Systems
Management, 1980 (T. Stewart Hamilton Fellow)

INTERNSHIP: Saint Vincent’s Hospital, New York, NY 1958-59

RESIDENCY: Saint Vincent’s Hospital, New York, NY 1959-63

MILITARY SERVICE: Captain MC, USAR 1961-68

LICENSE: 

New York 
Connecticut 

SPECIALTY BOARDS: 

  • American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology, February 24, 1967
  • Subspecialty Certification, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, February 15, 1979
  • American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Recertification December 13, 1991


TEACHING APPOINTMENTS: 

  • Teaching Fellow, Saint Vincent’s Hospital 1963-64
  • Instructor, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Seton Hall College of Medicine 1964-65
  • Clinical Assistant Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology, New Jersey College of Medicine 1965-70
  • Assistant Clinical Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine 1968-70
  • Assistant Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Connecticut School of Medicine 1970-72
  • Associate Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Connecticut School of Medicine 1972-78
  • Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Connecticut School of Medicine 1978
  • Associate Chairman, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Connecticut School of Medicine 1988-93
  • Assistant Dean of Graduate Medical Education, University of Connecticut School of Medicine 1999

HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS: 

  • Staff Obstetrician & Gynecologist, North Shore Hospital, Manhasset, NY 1964-68
  • Clinical Assistant Physician, Memorial Hospital, New York, NY 1966-68
  • Assistant Visiting Physician, James Ewing Hospital, New York, NY 1966-68
  • Attending in Obstetrics & Gynecology, The Martland Hospital Unit of New Jersey College of Medicine 1969-70
  • Chief, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Fordham Hospital, New York, NY 1968-70
  • Director, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Saint Francis Hospital & Medical Center, Hartford, CT 1970-93
  • Director of Medical Affairs, Saint Francis Hospital & Medical Center, Hartford, CT 1979-93
  • Clinical Director, Division of Gynecology, Newington Children’s Hospital, Newington, CT 1983-89
  • Chief, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Hartford, CT 1991-94
  • Senior Vice President for Medical Affairs, Saint Francis Hospital & Medical Center, Hartford, CT 1993-99
  • Special Assistant to The President, Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center 1999 -

Consultant:

  • Strang Clinic, Preventive Medicine Institute, New York, NY 1968-70
  • New Britain General Hospital, New Britain, CT 1971
  • Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT 1976
  • The William W. Backus Hospital, Norwich, CT 1976
  • Day Kimball Hospital, Putnam, CT 1976
  • Windham Community Memorial Hospital, Windham, CT 1977
  • St. Mary’s Hospital, Waterbury, CT 1978
  • Mt. Sinai Hospital, Hartford, CT 1978-95
  • Institute of Living, Hartford, CT 1983

SOCIETIES: 

American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists (Fellow)
Connecticut Section Vice-Chair 1979-82
Connecticut Section Chair 1982-85
Chair, District Committee on Legislation 1985-87
General Chair, District Annual Meeting (Ireland) 1986
District Treasurer 1987-91

Committee on Technical Bulletins--Gynecology 1987-90; Chair 1988-90
Nominating Committee--Alternate 1988; Member 1989, 1990
District Vice Chair 1991-94
Finance Committee, Member 1992-97; ex-officio
Member 1997-present
Task Force on Abortion 1992; 1996
General Chair, District Annual Meeting (Brussels-Amsterdam) 1993
District Chair 1994-1997
Chair, Council of District Chairs 1996-1997
Task Force on Violence 1995
National Treasurer 1997-present
Executive Board 1994-present

American College of Surgeons (Fellow)

Society of Perinatal Obstetricians (Fellow)

New England Obstetrical and Gynecological Society

Obstetrical Society of Boston (Fellow)

Hartford Medical Society

Connecticut Society of Board Obstetricians & Gynecologists
Vice President 1979-82
President 1982-85
Executive Committee 1982

Connecticut State Medical Society
Section of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Vice Chair 1979-82; Chair 1982-85
Chair, Maternal Mortality Committee 1986-88
Program Committee 1987-89

Hartford County Medical Association
Committee on Physician Health 1987
President Elect 1989-90
President 1990-91


BOARD MEMBERSHIPS: 

  • Saint Francis Hospital & Medical Center Foundation 1980 Treasurer 1987 -
  • Capital Area Health Consortium 1978 - 
  • Combined Hospitals Fund, Executive Committee 1978-82
    • Hartford Ballet, 1978-83
    • Honorary 1983-97
    • Vice President 1994-95
    • President 1995-1997
  • Hartford County Medical Association 1985-92
  • Medical Delivery Systems, Inc. 1985-88; 1990-92
  • Saint Francis Hospital & Medical Center 1986 - 1999
    • Executive Committee 1987 - 1999
    • Medical Affairs Committee 1993 - 
    • Marketing Committee 1995
    • Marketing & Strategic Planning Committee 1995
  • Hartford Alcohol Detoxification & Rehabilitation Center 1987-90
  • Corporator, Wadsworth Atheneum 1987-1998
  • Greater Hartford Arts Council 1988-92; 1995-97
  • Mount Sinai Hospital, Hartford, CT 1990-95
    • Executive Committee 1990-95
  • Affiliated Health Systems, Inc. 1990-95
  • Overseer, Bushnell Memorial Hall 1990 - 
  • Greater Hartford Easter Seals Rehabilitation Center 1995 - 
  • Rehabilitation Hospital of Connecticut 1995 - 1999
  • Bristol Hospital 1996 - 
    • Finance Committee 1996 - 
  • Hartford Stage Company 1999 - 

CLUBS: 

  • Hartford Club
  • Hartford Golf Club
  • Harvard Club of New York City
  • Lotos Club, New York City

PUBLICATIONS

Peer Review Journal 

1. Klinges, Gibbons, Pisani. Clinical evaluation of a new analgesic in Obstetrics and Gynecology. New York State J Med, 62:3918, 1962.

2. Gibbons, Paley. The incarcerated gravid uterus. Obstet Gynec, 33:842, 1969.

3. Ianniruberto, Gibbons. Predicting fetal weight by ultrasonic B-scan cephalometry. Obstet Gynec, 37:689-694, 1971.

4. Scottenfeld, Mirchandani, Gibbons, Koven, Houde. An evaluation of periodic screening of breast cancer patients. Med Clin N Amer, 55:527-544, 1971.

5. Giaretta, Hyun, Gibbons. Angiomatous lymphoid hamartoma as a pelvic mass. Obstet Gynec 38:391-394, 1971.

6. Gibbons, Huntley, Corral. Effect of maternal blood contamination on amniotic fluid analysis. Obstet Gynec, 44:657-660, 1974.

7. Gibbons, Mitnick, Chieffo. In vitro biosynthesis of TSH and LH releasing factors by the human placenta. Am J Obstet Gynec, 121:127-131, 1975.

8. Bourque, Gibbons. Intussusception causing intestinal obstruction in pregnancy. Conn Med, 43:130-133, March, 1979.

9. Gibbons, Nagle. The correlation of standardized antepartum non-stressed fetal heart rate monitoring with sequential contraction stress testing. Obstet Gynec 55:612-16, May, 1980.

10. Mitnick, DeMarco, Gibbons. Separation of amniotic fluid phosphatidylglycerol and phosphotidylinositol by stepwise development thin-layer chromatography. Clinical Chemistry 26:277-81, 1980.

11. Missri, Jagielski, Kington, Gibbons. Doppler echocar diographic evaluation of pregnancy associated heart murmurs: A prospective study. Chest 94:57S, 1988.

Abstracts 

1. Gibbons, Huntley, Joachim, Ruperto, Corral. Amniotic fluid analysis for fetal maturity: effect of maternal blood contamination. Obstet Gynec, 39:631, 1972.

2. Harris, Huntley, Gibbons. Human placental benzpyrene hydroxylase in smoking mothers. Obstet Gynec, 43:623, 1974.

3. Mitnick, Chieffo, Gibbons, Hanley. Isolation of TRF and LRF from human amniotic fluid and their in-vitro binding to human chorioamniotic membranes. Abstracts of the Endocrine Society, 1974.

4. Gibbons, Mitnick, Chieffo. In vitro biosynthesis of TSH and LH releasing factors by the human placenta. Yearbook of Endocrinology, p 293-294, 1976.

5. Gibbons, Mitnick. LH-RH in human pregnancy. Proceedings of the Seventh Rochester Trophoblast Conference, 1977.

6. Nagle-Olsen, Gibbons, Hopkins. Maternal serum alfa-feto protein levels in the pregnancy complicated by hypertension. Proceedings of the Annual Clinical Meeting, Society of Perinatal Obstetricians, January, 1981.

7. Gibbons. The role of the microcomputer in department management of a university-affiliated hospital. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand Suppl 109:125-26, 1982.

Other Journals 1. Gibbons, Nagle, Ranade. Fetal surveillance in maternal diabetes. PERINATOLOGY/NEONATOLOGY, 3:19-23, 1979.

2. Gibbons, Nagle. Assessing fetal health when the mother is diabetic. Contemp Ob/Gyn, 15:115-26, June, 1980.

Book Chapters 

1. Gibbons. Family Planning: the gynecologist's view. In: Schnatz JD ed. Diabetes Mellitus: Problems in Management, Menlo Park: Addison-Wesley, 1982; 162-70.

2. Gibbons. Diabetes in pregnancy. In: Schnatz JD ed. Diabetes Mellitus: Problems in Management, Menlo Park: Addison-Wesley, 1982; 171-188.

3. Gibbons: Vulvar Vestibulitis. In: Steege JF, Metzger DA, Levy BS, ed. Chronic Pelvic Pain: An Integrated Approach, Philadelphia, WB Saunders, 1998; 181-187.

4. Gibbons: Chronic Vulvar Pain. In: Infertility and Reproductive Medicine Clinics of North America, 1999; 10(4) 793-806.