Biography
Dr. George M.A. Fortier IV is the fourth generation of surgeons of the same name serving Central Minnesota. The first Dr. George M.A. Fortier moved to Minnesota from Quebec in 1881.
Dr. GMA Fortier II began practicing medicine and surgery in Minnesota in 1929, followed by Dr. GMA Fortier III in 1968. Dr. GMA Fortier IV began the full-time practice of surgery in Minnesota in 1993. Dr. Fortier IV practiced with his father until his father's untimely death in a plane crash in 1998.
Dr. Fortier's personal interests are golfing, motorcycle riding, fishing and hunting.
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George IV, age 9, with George III.
Receiving early surgical training.
EDUCATION:
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) 1979
University of Minnesota, College of Biological Sciences
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) 1984
Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Post Doctorate Training:
Internship: General Surgery, 7/1/84 to 6/30/85
Medical College of Wisconsin, Affiliated Hospitals, Milwaukee WI
Residency: General Surgery, 7/1/85 to 6/30/88
Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals
Chief Resident, General Surgery, 7/1/88 to 6/30/89
Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals
Military:
United States Air Force, Medical Corp, 1980-93
Active Duty: 7/1/89 to 7/1/93 Rank: Major
Title: Chairman Dept. of Surgery, 5th Medical Group
Licensure: State of Minnesota
Certification:
National Board of Medical Examiners, 7/1/85
American Board of Surgery, 12/12/90
Recertification Amer. Board of Surgery 10/2000, 12/2010
Laparoscopic Gastric Banding, Certified 02/2004
Professional Societies:
American College of Surgeons Fellow
American Society for Bariatric Surgery
Minnesota State Medical Society
Upper Mississippi Medical Society
Positions held:
Member, Committee on Applicants, American College of Surgeons
Clinical Instructor in Surgery, University of Minnesota Medical School
Clinical Instructor in Surgery, Augsburg Physician Assistant Program 1994-present
Chief of Surgery, Chairman Dept. of Surgery
5th Medical Group Regional Hospital, Minot AFB
Medical Director Intensive Care Unit, 5th Medical Group
Chairman Dept. of Surgery, St. Gabriel's Hospital, '94-'95
Chief of Staff, St. Gabriel's Hospital, Little Falls, MN 1996
Delegate State Medical Society Convention, 1994
Employment:
Upper Mississippi Surgical, July 1993 to present
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Dr. George M.A. Fortier IV
