User:Jjhayhay5/Dr.John Haynes Jr.

Dr. John Haynes Jr. John Harlan Haynes Jr., M.D. (Born March 7, 1937) is a nationally recognized rural  family physician and surgeon , sportsman ,  and community leader of Northwest Louisiana  and   Northeast Texas. Dr Haynes is best known for being chosen as the first Country Doctor of the Year in 1993  in recognition of his outstanding contributions to healthcare. Haynes strongly advocated for  the broad scope of  general practice  by   well trained family physicians   in rural areas as a quality  model of healthcare.Dr Haynes received his Bachelor of science  from  Centenary College , his medical Degree from University of Texas Medical Branch  School in Galveston and completed his internship and residency at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth Texas. He became the Chief of Staff at North Caddo Memorial Hospital in Vivian, La in 1966. He later  became a founding member of the American Board of Family Medicine. . In 1993 he founded the  rural Family Practice Fellowship and residency  in conjunction with Willis Knighton Health System and Louisiana State University Medical Center School of Medicine  in Shreveport  LA. Dr Haynes was honored as the Louisiana Family Practitioner of the Year in 1998 and 2004 and the Louisiana Rural Practitioner of the Year award in 1998 and 2009. He is the author of several publications including “Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in a Rural Family Practice : The Vivian, LA Experience”  in the Journal of Family Practice 2004. Dr Haynes has trained thousands  of medical students and  physician  residents in the field of rural family medicine. Dr Haynes has also been an avid  sportsman in  competitive   wing shooting  - He    competed  in the   Olympic Trials for International Skeet  Shooting from 1972 through 1988 and  won championships to include selection to   the Louisiana State and All American  International Skeet  Teams in 1988. A USA Today article from 1993   described  Dr Haynes’  likable persona  as “a cross between Marcus Welby and John Wayne”.