Dr. Kavic PROFILE

PROFILE

Dr. Michael S. Kavic

Hometown: Dravosburg, Pa.

Residence: Canfield.

Family: Wife, Patricia, registered nurse with a master’s degree in social work. Children, Dr. Suzanne Kavic, reproductive endocrinologist, Chicago; Alicia Ogilvie, Sterling, Va.; Dr. Stephen Kavic, laparoscopic surgeon, University of Maryland; Christian Kavic, Medicare specialist, Pittsburgh; and four grandchildren.

Education: Hopewell Senior High School, Aliquippa, Pa., 1959; University of Pittsburgh, bachelor of science, chemistry, 1962; Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tenn., medicine, 1966; St. Francis Hospital, Pittsburgh, internship, general surgery, 1966-1967; St. Elizabeth Health Center, residency, general surgery; Advance Laparoscopic Training Center, Marietta, Ga., 1990; University of Kiel, German, operative pelviscopy, 1992.

Medical career: St. Elizabeth Health Center, Youngstown, active staff, 2000 to present; St. Joseph Health Center, Warren, consulting staff, 2000 to present.

Academic career: St. Elizabeth Health Center, visiting faculty, basic sciences, 1992-1999; Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine and Pharmacy, visiting assistant, associate professor and professor of surgery; professor of clinical surgery; vice chairman, Department of Surgery; associate dean for clinical education.

Military: Navy, 1966-1971, and 1971 and 1972 when he was the only surgeon on the attack aircraft carrier USS Oriskany, Republic of Vietnam; achieved the rank of lieutenant commander.

Other: Journal of the Society Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, editor-in-chief, 1996 to present; Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, president, 1997; Pittsburgh Surgical Society and American Hernia Society, founding member; St. Elizabeth Health Center, director of education, general surgery; Mankind and Cancer-Surgical member of the Scientific Oncology at the Start of the Third Millennium, Rome, planning committee.