Morgantown Surgical Associates, Inc. (MSA) provides comprehensive general, thoracic, and vascular surgical care for North Central West Virginia.
Located in Morgantown, West Virginia, and incorporated in 1977 by Dr. Jerome G. Johnson, MSA now consists of two board certified general surgeons, a gastroenterologist, a doctor of osteopathic medicine and a nurse practitioner. From the beginning, MSA has set high standards as a community-based private practice with a tradition of excellent patient care and satisfaction. That tradition has remained and flourished throughout many changes in medicine and surgical techniques.
MSA performs laparoscopic and open procedures for hernia repairs, appendectomies, gallbladder disease, and diseases of the colon. MSA also performs arterial reconstructive surgery for abdominal aortic aneurysms and vascular insufficiencies of the legs and arms as well as lumpectomies and mastectomies for the removal of breast disease or breast cancer.
Today, Morgantown Surgical Associates doctors continue to be on the leading edge of technology with the recent introduction of stereotactic non-invasive breast biopsies and sentinel lymph node biopsies. MSA uses video-assisted equipment for performing thoracoscopies on certain lung procedures and laparoscopic nissen fundoplication to treat gastroesophageal reflux diseases.
Laparoscopic surgery advances along with better anesthesia and better surgical materials have evolutionized surgery to the benefit of the patient in shorter hospital stays, less pain, smaller incisions, and shorter recovery time.
More About MSA
As the eldest member of Morgantown Surgical Associates, Inc., Dr. Jerome Johnson has established and maintained a strong community-based private practice. Before settling in Morgantown, he was born and raised in International Falls, MN. He completed his medical school at the University of Minnesota and did his residency training at West Virginia University. He is a board certified General Surgeon with fellowship training in Thoracic Surgery. After serving in the United States Air Force as a military surgeon from 1971 to 1973, Dr. Jerome Johnson had made plans to return to Morgantown and join Dr. Maynard Pride in opening a private practice. Just before Dr. Johnson was able to return, Dr. Pride passed away and Dr. Johnson opened practice himself in the fall of 1973. Dr. Johnson has served the Morgantown area since then with a well-earned reputation for outstanding patient care. He is a widow and father of four grown children and eight grandchildren.
In June of 1999, Dr Mark Johnson, son of Dr Jerome Johnson joined him in practice. From a very early age, Dr. Mark Johnson aspired to follow in his father’s footsteps. Both father and son share a passion to provide excellent patient care and a dedication to their profession. Dr. Johnson also completed his medical school at the University of Minnesota and did his residency training at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He is a Board Certified General Surgeon. Dr. Johnson and his wife, Lynn, live in Morgantown and have a son, Evan and daughter, Berit.
Dr. Phillip Van Swearingen, joined MSA in August of 1993 as a Gastroenterologist. Dr. Swearingen completed his medical school and residency training in Internal Medicine at Louisiana State University in New Orleans, LA, and completed a fellowship at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Gastroenterology. As does Drs. Jerome and Mark Johnson, Dr. Swearingen also shares in a passion for providing excellent patient care. He and his wife have been in Morgantown for over 20 years.
Katrina Johnson Fleming, has worked with the practice since 1997 and is now the business manager and surgical assistant for Morgantown Surgical Associates, Inc. She is a Certified Surgical Technologist responsible for taking care of the day to day operations of the practice and assisting the surgeons in the operating room. She resides in Morgantown with her husband, Jason, and their two daughters, Annaliea and Annika.
In August of 2004, Lindsay A. Fowkes, RN, C-FNP, joined MSA. She graduated from West Virginia Wesleyan College with a Bachelors of Science degree in Nursing in 1999. In 2004, she received a Masters Degree in Nursing at West Virginia University. Lindsay is a certified family nurse practitioner responsible for performing history and physical exams, rounding on hospitalized patients, post surgical office visits, and Nursing Supervisor of our clinical team. She resides in Morgantown with her husband, John, and their son, Carter.
Theresa S. Rutledge, D.O. arrived at Morgantown Surgical Associates, Inc. in October 2007. Dr. Rutledge completed her medical school at Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine in Kirksville, MO and her residency training at Ingham Regional Medical Center in Lansing, Michigan. Her hometown is in Cumberland, MD. Dr. Rutledge lives with her husband, Mark, and three children; Jackson, Zachary, and Brooklyn in the Morgantown area.
