Mayo Alumni Magazine 2006 Winter - MC4409-0106 - Mayo Clinic

John Creasman, M.D.
“We get as much or more out of it as the people we help.
I can’t imagine not doing it. It’s who I am. Once you are
captured by this way of thinking, it doesn’t turn you loose.”
— John Creasman, M.D.
Now a consultant and assistant
professor at Mayo Clinic Arizona, Dr.
Creasman was a resident at Mayo Clinic
Rochester in the late 1960s and went on
to an ophthalmology fellowship in
Nigeria, sponsored by Mayo. He is a
founding member and chair of the
Mayo Clinic Arizona Department of
Ophthalmology.
Before joining Mayo Clinic, Dr.
Creasman was in private practice in
Mesa, Ariz., from 1971 to 1987. During
his career he has routinely spoken on
humanitarian service to residents and
fellows.
He is on the board of directors for
the Pacific Missionary Aviation/USA, is
a founding board member and former
president of the Arizona Institute for
Head Trauma, the founder and director
of Vera Cruz Medical Missions and is a
diplomate for the American Board of
Ophthalmology.
A Rochester colleague of Dr.
Creasman’s, David Herman, M.D.,
says,“John represents the best of what
medicine and Mayo Clinic have to offer,
the use of our gifts and special privilege
in the world to help others.”
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