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ACGME Accreditation Field Representative
John J. Coyle, MD

Dr. John Coyle is board certified in Surgery, and completed his undergraduate education at the University of Notre Dame. He attended medical school at Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine in Chicago, and completed his surgical internship and residency at University of Minnesota Hospitals.

His professional experiences have included serving as a Research Medical Officer in the US Navy, and as Attending Surgeon at the Veterans Medical Center and UCSD Medical Center in San Diego.Most recently he was a Senior Attending Surgeon at Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Medical Group.


He continues to work part-time as an Attending Surgeon at the VA in Chicago, and as Associate Program Director at McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University’s Surgery Program.


Dr. Coyle is active with a number of professional organizations including the Association for Academic Surgery, the American College of Surgeons, the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract and the American Gastroenterological Association and the Association of Program Directors in Surgery. He has won numerous awards for excellence in teaching.


Dr. Coyle joined the ACGME Field Staff in January 2007. He and his wife Mary live in Chicago, IL and have four daughters.