ProvidersJames D. Fonger, MD, FRCS
Dr. James Fonger graduated from University of Manitoba College of Medicine. He completed his general surgery residency at the University of Toronto, after which he did a fellowship in artificial heart research in San Francisco. He trained in cardiovascular and thoracic surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He has held positions on the cardiovascular surgical faculty at Boston University, Johns Hopkins Hospital, and Lenox Hill Hospital in New York, and he was Chief of Cardiac Surgery of Washington Adventist Hospital in DC. In 2008 he was recruited to Atlanta by the St. Joseph’s Health System to help open a medical device development and testing center near Georgia Tech. He continued to work in this field until joining Dr. Prevosti to focus on the diagnosis and treatment of venous diseases.
Throughout his career, Dr. Fonger has worked with new therapies and technologies. He has performed several thousand cardiac surgical procedures and lectured internationally on his research conducted at Boston University and Johns Hopkins.
Dr. Fonger is board certified in general surgery and cardiovascular surgery. He is a member of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons and European Association of Cardiothoracic Surgery and is certified by the American Board of Phlebology. He is also a member of the American Board of Venous and Lymphatic Medicine (ABLVM). He is a founder and past president of the International Society of Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery and the 21st Century Cardiothoracic Surgical Society. He currently volunteers his time to mentor young entrepreneurs in launching new medical device companies.
Professional Education:
1971-74 Undergraduate: University of Manitoba 1974-78 Medical School: University of Manitoba Professional Training:
1978-83 Surgical Internship, General Surgical Residency, University of Toronto, Canada 1983-84 Cardiac Clinical and Research Fellow, Pacific Presbyterian Medical Center, San Francisco, California 1984-87 Cardiothoracic Surgical Residency, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland Board Certifications:
- 1978 – Licentiate of the Medical Council of Canada
- 1979 – National Board of Medical Examiners, USA #209271
- 1983 – Fellow of Royal College of Surgeons, FRCS (C)
- 1984 – American Board of Surgery, #39798
- 1989 – American Board of Thoracic Surgery, #4794, Re-cert.2010
Previous Appointments:
Boston 7/1987 – 8/1993 Attending Cardiothoracic Surgeon West Roxbury Veterans’ Administration, Boston Assistant Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery Boston University School of Medicine Attending Cardiothoracic Surgeon The University Hospital, Boston Visiting Surgeon Boston City Hospital Attending Thoracic Surgeon Carney Hospital, Boston Baltimore 8/1993 – 8/1997 Assistant Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore Attending Cardiothoracic Surgeon Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Inc. Washington DC and MD 8/1997 – 10/1999 Chief of Cardiac Surgery Washington Adventist Hospital New York City 10/1999 – 1/2007 Attending Cardiac Surgeon Lenox Hill Hospital, NY Cookeville, TN 2007 – 2008 Attending Cardiothoracic Surgeon Lenox Hill Hospital, NY Atlanta GA 7/2008 – 3/2012 Executive Director of Surgery, Training, and Business Dev. St. Joseph’s Translational Research Institute Atlanta GA 3/2012- present MedTech Innovation and Training SJTRI Consultant