Background
Mainzer, Francis Kirkwood was born on May 16, 1930 in Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Francis Stanislaus and Dorothy (Kirkwood) Mainzer.
health facility administrator neurosurgeon
Mainzer, Francis Kirkwood was born on May 16, 1930 in Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Francis Stanislaus and Dorothy (Kirkwood) Mainzer.
Bachelor in Biology and Psychology, Amherst College, 1952; Doctor of Medicine, George Washington University, 1959.
Attending neurosurgeon, St. Vincent Health Center, Erie, Pennsylvania, 1965-1992;
chief of neurosurgery, St. Vincent Health Center, Erie, Pennsylvania, 1992;
assistant chief surgery, St. Vincent Health Center, Erie, Pennsylvania, 1992;
attending neurosurgeon, Hamot Medical Center, Erie, 1965-1984;
chief neurosurgery, Hamot Medical Center, Erie, 1974;
consultant neurosurgery, VA Medical Center, Erie, 1965-1980;
consultant neurosurgery, Metro Health Center, Erie, 1965-1992;
physician surveyor, Joint Commision on Accreditation of Healthcare Orgns., Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois, since 1992;
survey team leader, J.C.A.H.O., Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois, since 1994. Member spinal cord injury advising committee Pennsylvania Department Health, Harrisburg, 1973-1978. Member standards committee Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation, Harrisburg, 1985-1992.
Reviewer Keystone Peer Review, Harrisburg, 1986-1989.
Member Erie Philharmonic Board, 1967-1971. Captain United States Marine Corps Reserve, 1952-1963, Korea. Member American Association Neurological Surgeons, Congress Neurological Surgeons, Pennsylvania Neurosurg.
Society (secretary-treasurer 1981-1984, president 1985, director since 1975), Mid-Atlantic Neurosurg. Society (director since 1980).
Married Joan Elizabeth Heydon, September 19, 1964. Children: Karen Elizabeth, Kristen Ann Mainzer Gillespie, Kathleen Patricia Mainzer Neumuller, Carole Jenifer Mainzer Bower.