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LEGACY OF EXCELLENCE: JOHN G. CAMPBELL, MD PRESIDENT FROM 1999 – 2000

J ohn G. Campbell, MD, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but grew up in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, where his father, a minister, started a Presbyterian church. He attended college at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, and earned his medical degree from the University of Oklahoma School of Medicine where he also completed his residency under James Snow, MD, director of the otolaryngology program. From 1968 to 1970, Dr. Campbell served in the United States Air Force as a flight surgeon at Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota. After completing his service in the military, he returned to Tulsa, Oklahoma, and began private practice. Once his practice was established, he began to look for ways to engage with and give back to the specialty on a larger scale. He became a clinical professor and vice-chair of the otolaryngology department at the University of Oklahoma School of Medicine Tulsa branch and president of the Oklahoma Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery. His mentor and neighbor, Bill Moran, MD, was AAO-HNS Coordinator for Socioeconomic Affairs. Dr. Campbell joined Dr. Moran on an AAO-HNS Legislative Briefing Day visit to Capitol Hill. In fact, Dr. Campbell had treated Senator James Inhofe (R OK) as a patient, and he shared practitioners’ issues resulting from the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) of 1998 with Senator Inhofe. As Dr. Campbell became increasingly more active with the Academy, he joined committees including Bylaws, Patient Management Guidelines, Executive and Finance, Long Range Planning, Investment Advisory, and more. He was on the Board of Governors (BOG) Legislative Representatives Committee and was eventually elected Chair of the BOG. He was the Board of Directors liaison to the Physician

Resources Committee, a consultant for the Coding and Reimbursement Guide and ENT PAC Advisory Board, and served in several editorial positions. Dr. Campbell was known as the “gentle giant” whose leadership style was a combination of his military background and his desire to “do the right thing.” He was typically very easy-going but could be quite assertive when the situation required action. These traits allowed him to get a great deal done on a variety of projects. Dr. Campbell became AAO-HNS/F President in October 1999. Under his leadership, the Academy began to explore the possibilities of increased exposure and connectivity offered by the internet. Writing in his May

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