John F. Showalter, M.D. graduated from Wabash College, Indiana, in 1969 and Loyola University's Stritch School of Medicine in 1973. He completed his internship at the State University of Iowa Hospitals, Iowa City, a fellowship in pathology at the Veterans Administration Hospital of Iowa City followed by a residency in orthopaedic surgery at the Indiana University Affiliated Hospitals. He then completed a fellowship in hand and microsurgery at St. Vincent's Hospital in Indianapolis.

Dr. Showalter, a Wheaton native, returned to the Wheaton area in 1978 to begin his practice dedicated solely to Hand Surgery and Microsurgery. As a Hand Surgery pioneer in the suburbs, Dr. Showalter was the first in the area to establish a practice uniquely dedicated to the upper extremity. He developed local standards for replantation surgery and performed the first successful replantation in DuPage County in 1978. He was also a vanguard in the development of hand rehabilitation in the suburbs and established systems which coordinated medical care and specialized hand therapy. Though he enjoys all facets of upper extremity care, he takes special interest in arthritis reconstruction, the care of acute wrist and hand fractures, and reconstructive microsurgery.

Dr. Showalter is certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery with a Certificate of Added Qualification in Surgery of the Hand. He is a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, the American Society for Surgery of the Hand and the American Association for Hand Surgery. He is a past chairman of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Central DuPage Hospital and co-founder and past president of the Chicago Society for Surgery of the Hand.

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