Justin Fox MD, FACS, MHS, CPE

Education

2001 Associate in Applied Science, Air and Space Operations Technology, Community College of the Air Force, AL
2003 Bachelor of Science, Natural Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2007 Doctor of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
2008 Internship in General Surgery, Wright State University, Wright Patterson AFB, OH
2011 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, AL, by correspondence
2012 Masters of Health Sciences, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
2014 Residency in General Surgery, Wright State University, Wright Patterson AFB, OH
2017 Fellowship in Plastic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
2020 Certified Physician Executive, Certifying Commission in Medical Management, Tampa, FL
2022 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, AL, by correspondence

Biography

Lt Col Fox is from Pennsylvania and enlisted in the Air Force in 1999. Following completion of basic training and follow-on technical schools, he served as an airborne surveillance technician in the 961st Airborne Air Control Squadron at Kadena AB, Okinawa. In 2001, he was selected by the Pacific Air Forces for an enlisted commissioning scholarship through the Scholarship for Outstanding Airman to ROTC (SOAR) program. Afterwards, he returned to Pennsylvania to complete ROTC at the University of Pittsburgh.

In 2003, Lt Col Fox commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Air Force through the Reserve Officer Training Corps program and was accepted to the Uniformed Services University for medical school. On completion of medical school, Lt Col Fox completed a residency in general surgery at Wright State University. During this time, he was selected to be a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar at the Yale School of Medicine. During this 2-year program, he gained experience in healthcare policy in both the public and private sectors, as well as health services research. On completion of this program and general surgery residency, Lt Col Fox completed a fellowship in plastic surgery at the University of Pennsylvania.

In 2017, Lt Col Fox was assigned to the 88th Surgical Operations Squadron at Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio where he served as a staff plastic surgeon; an Associate Professor of Surgery at Wright State University; and accepted increasing leadership responsibility at the 88th Medical Group. He maintained a broad plastic surgery practice with an added focus on the reconstructive needs of patients impacted by cancer diagnoses. To facilitate this practice, he pioneered a novel military-civilian partnership at a regional cancer center thereby bringing Air Force capability into the community. As an Associate Professor of Surgery, he maintained a robust research program with over 80 peer reviewed publications which have been cited more than 1,800 times. Finally, Lt Col Fox assumed increasing leadership responsibility serving as the 88th Medical Group’s American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program’s (ACS NSQIP) surgeon champion; Plastic Surgery Element Leader; General Surgery Flight Commander; Deputy Surgical Operations Squadron Commander; and the Medical Group’s Director, Office of Military Civilian Partnerships.

Career Highlights: Positions, Projects, Deployements, Awards and Additional Publications

October 1999-July 2001, Airborne Surveillance Tech, 961st Airborne Air Control Squadron, Kadena AB, Okinawa with 362 hours aboard E-3B/C Airframe

July 2010-June 2012, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT

August 2017-June 2019, Plastic Surgery Element Leader, 88th Surgical Operations Squadron, Wright Patterson AFB, OH

July 2019-August 2022, General Surgery Flight Commander, 88th Surgical Operations Squadron, Wright Patterson AFB, OH

August 2022-June 2024, Director, Office of Military Civilian Partnerships, 88th Medical Group, Wright Patterson AFB, OH

Representative Bibliography

Fox JP, Earnest RE, Sams V. The Military-Civilian Partnership Quality Improvement Program Concept: A Process to Improve Data Collection and Outcomes Assessment. Mil Med. 2024 Mar 30.

Fox JP, Latham KP. The Air Force Visiting Surgeon Program: Development, Outcomes, and Future Application. Mil Med. 2021 Dec 22:usab507.

Fox JP, Markov NP, Latham KP. Combating the "Peacetime Effect" in Military Plastic Surgery: Implications for Mission Readiness. Mil Med. 2021 Jul 1;186(7-8):183-186.

Neubauer, D. C., Warner, R. T., Fox, J. P., Souza, J. M., & O’Reilly, E. B. (2021). Expeditionary Plastic Surgery: Reconstruction Pearls for the Non-plastic Surgeon Managing Injured Host Nationals. Current Trauma Reports, 7(2), 37-43.

Fox JP, Markov NP, Markov AM, O'Reilly E, Latham KP. Plastic Surgery at War: A Scoping Review of Current Conflicts. Mil Med. 2021 Jan 30;186(3-4):e327-e335.

Lee, A., Chang, B. L., Yan, C., Fox, J. P., Magee, L., Scott, M., ... & Jackson, O. A. (2020). The reducing opioid use in children with clefts protocol: a multidisciplinary quality improvement effort to reduce perioperative opioid use in patients undergoing cleft surgery. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 145(2), 507-516.

Fox, J. P., Jeffery, D. D., Williams, T. V., & Gross, C. P. (2013). Quality of cancer survivorship care in the military health system (TRICARE). The Cancer Journal, 19(1), 1-9.

Fox JP, Vashi AA, Ross JS, Gross CP. Hospital-based, acute care after ambulatory surgery center discharge. Surgery. 2014 May;155(5):743-53.

Vashi, A. A., Fox, J. P., Carr, B. G., D’Onofrio, G., Pines, J. M., Ross, J. S., & Gross, C. P. (2013). Use of hospital-based acute care among patients recently discharged from the hospital. Jama, 309(4), 364-371.

Seyfer AE, Welling D, Fox JP. The value of surgeons teaching anatomy to first-year medical students. Bull Am Coll Surg. 2007 Oct;92(10):8-14.