Credentials & Education
Medical School
- Washington University,
St. Louis, MO
Residency
- General Surgery, University of Michigan Medical Center
- Thoracic Surgery, University of Michigan Medical Center
Professional Affiliations
- American Board of Thoracic Surgery - Diplomate
- American College of Surgeons
- American College of Chest Physicians
- John Alexander Society
- International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, the Indiana Thoracic Society, the Indiana State Medical Association and the Fort Wayne Medical Society
About
Alan C. Peterson, M.D., FACS, joined Lutheran Health Physicians in January 2011.
Dr. Peterson earned an undergraduate degree with Phi Beta Kappa honors from the University of Michigan, and he was elected a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society at medical school.
In 1986, Dr. Peterson was one of 15 investigators worldwide in the experimental Jarvik-7 artificial heart program, and he was on the team that implanted northern Indiana's first artificial heart in 1987.
Dr. Peterson is a member of the Lutheran Hospital advisory board. He is a past member of the Lutheran Hospital medical executive committee and the Lutheran Foundation and the Fort Wayne Medical Society boards of directors.
Alan C. Peterson, M.D., FACS, joined Lutheran Health Physicians in January 2011. Dr. Peterson earned an undergraduate degree with Phi Beta Kappa honors from the University of Michigan, and he was elected a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society at medical school. In 1986, Dr. Peterson was one of 15 investigators worldwide in the experimental Jarvik-7 artificial heart program, and he was on the team that implanted northern Indiana's first artificial heart in 1987. Dr. Peterson is a member of the Lutheran Hospital advisory board. He is a past member of the Lutheran Hospital medical executive committee and the Lutheran Foundation and the Fort Wayne Medical Society boards of directors.