John Haynes, Junior. is a rural family physician and surgeon, and community leader of Northwest Louisiana and Northeast Texas.
Education
Doctor 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.
Career
Doctor Haynes is known for being chosen as the first Country Doctor of the Year in 1993 in recognition of his outstanding contributions to rural healthcare. 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, Los Los Angeles He is the author of several publications including "Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a Rural Family Practice: The Vivian, Los Angeles Experience" in the Journal of Family Practice 2004. Doctor Haynes has trained thousands of medical students and physician residents in the field of rural family medicine.
A United States of America Today article from 1993 described Doctor Haynes as "a cross between Marcus Welby and John Wayne".
Membership
He later became a founding member of the American Board of Family Medicine.