Expert Panel

Joann Lohr, M.D.
Director of the Good Samaritan Hospital John J. Cranley Vascular Laboratory

Dr. Joann Lohr has been the Director of the Good Samaritan Hospital John J. Cranley Vascular Laboratory and member of the Active Staff since 1992. She is also the associate program director for the vascular surgery residency at Good Samaritan Hospital. She received her M.D. degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1983. She then served Internal Medicine Residencies at the University of Colorado and Marshfield Clinic respectively. She completed her General Surgery Residency at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Pontiac, Michigan from 1985 to 1990. She served as a Vascular Surgery Resident at Good Samaritan Hospital from 1990 to 1992 and was awarded the Kachelmacher Memorial Fellow Award at the Kachelmacher Memorial Clinic in Logan, Ohio in 1990 and 1991. She served as Co-Director of the Clinic from July 1992 to 1997. She has been a Diplomate of the American Board of Surgery since 1991 and received added qualifications in General Vascular Surgery and Surgical Critical Care. She is a fellow in the American College of Surgeons. She has served as an Editorial Reviewer for several journals and has published and presented numerous research studies. Dr. Lohr has authored several book chapters about noninvasive vascular imaging and vascular laboratory utilization. Dr. Lohr is a Registered Vascular Technologist and helped to establish and maintain Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Vascular Laboratories (ICAVL) accreditation for the vascular laboratory at Good Samaritan Hospital serving as both the medical and technical director.

Dr. Lohr has held multiple offices in several national societies and has been on the executive committees for the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS), American Venous Forum (AVF) and the Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery (SCVS). Dr. Lohr recently compiled the venous curriculum for the Program Directors in Vascular Surgery. She is the past President for the AVF and SCVS. Dr. Lohr is on the education council of SVS and is Chairman of the committee to develop new residency programs. She is a distinguished fellow in the Society of Vascular Surgery. She is the Co-Chair of the education council for AVF. She has been a practicing vascular surgeon in Cincinnati since 1992. Dr. Lohr is on the Medical Executive Committee of Good Samaritan Hospital where she also serves as secretary/treasurer.

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