JOHN A. P. RIMMER, M.D.
F.A.C.S., F.R.C.S., F.R.C.S. (Ed.), F.I.C.S

Education

Residency:

General Surgery
Stanford University Medical Center
General Surgery Program
June 1992 - June 1996

Chief Resident:

General Surgery
Stanford University Medical Center
July 1995 - June 1996

Registrar#:

General  Surgery
Westminster Hospital, London, England
August1989 - July 1990

General  Surgery
St. Stephen's Hospital, London,  England
August1988 - July 1989

General  Surgery
Westminster  Hospital,  London,  England
August1987 - July 1988

General  Surgery
Westminster  Hospital,  London,  England
February 1987 - July 1987

General  Surgery
Watford General  Hospital,  Watford,  England
August 1986 - January 1987

Senior House Officer*:

Paediatric Surgery
Westminster Childrens Hospital, London, England
February 1986 - July 1986

General Surgery
Westminster Hospital, London, England
August 1985 - January 1986

General Surgery
Yeovil District General  Hospital,  Somerset,  England
August 1984 - July 1985

Emergency Medicine
Yeovil District General  Hospital,  Somerset,  England
February 1984 -  July 1984

Orthopaedic Surgery
Yeovil District General  Hospital,  Somerset,  England
August 1983 - January 1984                 

Junior House Officer**:           

Medicine
Kent & Sussex Hospital, Kent, England
August 1982 - January 1983

Surgery
King's College Hospital. London,  England
February 1983 - July 1983

Medical School

King's College Hospital Medical School, London
June 1979- June 1982
MD obtained June 1982

Undergraduate

Guy's Hospital Medical School, London
September 1977- June 1979
2nd MB obtained June 1979

Publications

1. 168 ureteric double J pigtail insertions.  A retrospective review.
   Smedley F H, Rimmer J, Taube M, Edwards L.
   Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons.  November 1988
2. Cell Renewal in Non specific Duodenitis, Ulcer Related Duodenitis and Duodenal Ulcer.  Experiments in Mastomys (Praomys Natalensis)
   Smedley F H, Rimmer J, Samanidis A, Wastell C.
   Digestion 1990. 45,2nd issue. 72-79.
3. Hibiscrub shirt.
   Smedley F H, Rimmer J, Taube M, Edwards L.
   Hospital Doctor.  July 7th 1988
4. Pigtail ureteric catheters.
   Smedley F H, Rimmer J, Taube M, Edwards L.
   European Association of Urology.  May 1988
5. Gastric rupture following cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
   Rimmer J, Smedley F H, Allen-Mersh T.
   Intensive Therapy and Clinical Monitoring.
   November/December 1990. Vol.11. No.6, 210-213
6. Recurrent and Bilateral Obturator Hernia.
   Rimmer J, Wharton S, Horsburgh A G.
   British Journal of Clinical Practice.
   December 1990. Vol.44. No.11, 784
7. Biopsies of Oesophageal Carcinoma: Inaccuracies in tumour type.
   Smedley F H, Dzik-Jurasz A S K, Rimmer J, Wastell C.
   Surgical Research Communications.  Accepted February 1990
8. Appendicitis complicating Meconium ileus equivalent.
   Rimmer J, Gilbert J, Allen-Mersh T.
   The British Journal of Surgery 1989.76,168

Research

Mucosal cell dynamics in the mastomys model of histamine induced duodenal ulceration, the role of Helicobacter pylori.

My project involved investigating cell proliferation and migration in the duodenal mucosa of the Praomys Natalensis (Mastomys) animal model of histamine induced duodenal ulcer, and the effect of factors including steroids and colloidal bismuth. 

Presentations to Learned Societies

1. 168 Ureteric double J pigtail insertions. A retrospective review.
   Smedley F H, Rimmer J, Taube M, Edwards L.
   European Association of Urology, 8th Congress. May  1988
2. Meconium Appendicitis.
   Rimmer J, Gilbert J, Allen-Mersh T G.
   Clinical Section of the Royal Society of Medicine.  May 1988
3. Ureteric pigtail catheters.
   Smedley F H, Rimmer J, Taube M, Edwards L.
   The British Association of Urological Surgeons.  June 1988

Letters

1. Doudenal mucosal cell proliferation.
   Rimmer J, Wastell C.
   Gastroenterology.  April 1988 

Professional Experience

Consultant
G2 Research, Systems Integration Market Research & Development,
Mountain View, California 94043
August 1990-June 1992

Certifications

• FMGEMS, January 1991
• FLEX, June 1991
• BOARD CERTIFIED, American Board of Surgery December 1998

Professional Societies

• Fellow American College of Surgeons (FACS)
• Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (FRCS ) 
• Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (FRCSEd )
• Member of the American Society of Breast Surgeons
• Member of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
• Member of the American Society of General Surgeons
• Member Palm Beach County Medical Society
• Fellow of the International College of Surgeons (United States Section)

Licenses

• Florida - April 1996
• California - November 1993 expired
• General Medical Council of England - 1983

Committees

• Cancer Liason Physician for the American College of Surgery, Commission on Cancer at Jupiter Medical Center
• Credentials Committee Jupiter Medical Center, member
• Board of Directors Jupiter Outpatient Surgery Center, Secretary
• Medical Executive Committee Jupiter Outpatient Surgery Center

Surgical Interests

General and Breast surgery with extensive experience in breast cancer surgical  management.

Family

• Sylvie, (wife) Owner Tequesta Urgent Care
• Alexa, 13 years old
• Emma, 9 years old

Interests

Tennis, Jet Ski, Boating, Snow Skiing, Jazz.

Status

• American Citizen
• British Citizen

References

Available on request

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* Competitive interviewed positions of six to twelve months duration with solo operative privileges

** Required post-graduate six month positions

# Interviewed post Fellowship positions with  team leadership responsibility