Dr. John A. Parker Jr., a family physician from Huntington, was installed April 19th as president of the West Virginia Academy of Family Physicians during the 61st Annual Scientific Assembly held at the Embassy Suites in Charleston. Parker is an associate professor of Family Medicine at the Marshall University’s Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine.
Parker serves as the medical director for the Marshall University Department of Family and Community Medicine’s Rural Residency program at the Lincoln Primary Care Center in Hamlin. Prior to his employment at the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, he was employed as a community physician at Tug River Health Center in McDowell County.
He has a certificate in Tropical Medicine and served more than 12 years with the U.S. Army as a physician and 12 years as a missionary serving patients in South American countries.
A board-certified family physician, Parker earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Va., and his medical degree from University of Virginia Medical School. He completed a family medicine residency at the Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Fort Gordon, Ga.