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Because Better Living Matters
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About
 

Carroll L. Zahorsky, M.D.

Phone: (913) 888-2225
Fax: (913) 663-1514
e-mail: backcenters@yahoo.com

Education

Associate of Arts Degree,
Central College, McPherson, Kansas

1957-1959
  Bachelor of Science Degree,
Northwest Oklahoma State University, Alva, Oklahoma

1959-1961
  Medical Degree,
University of Oklahoma School of Medicine, Oklahoma City

1961-1965
  Rotating Internship,
Kansas City General Hospital and Medical Center

1965-1966
  General Surgery Residency,
Kansas City General Hospital and Medical Center

1966-1969
  Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Residency,
Kansas City General Hospital and Medical Center, Kansas City

1969-1971

Experience

Founder, Back-Pain Care Centers, P.A.
Improving the quality of life by relieving back and leg pain with IDD Therapy in theGreater Kansas City Territory.

2002-present

Occupational Medicine,
Kansas City, Kansas
Assisting those injured in the workplace

2001-present

Plastic Surgeon,
Kansas City, Missouri / Overland Park, Kansas
Improving the quality of life by improving one's self-image through plastic surgery

1971-present
Holistic Medicine,
Kansas City, Missouri / Overland Park, Kansas
Improving the quality of life with nutrition and whole person living

1969-present
 

President & CEO
Wood Recycling Corporation,
Kansas City, Missouri
developed to separate in a non-destructive way nailed waste wood and recycle it to be re-entered into the construction arena as effective re-usable lumber. The goal being to help conserve the natural resources of trees and help preserve the global environment.

1995-present
  President & Founder
SPARE International (Shared Parenting and Responsibility Equality),
Overland Park, Kansas
developed for networking and support to advance human rights, help preserve the environment, promote responsible and shared parenting, and assist cultural and economic development through the sharing of informational, emotional, and financial support emanating from Shared Parenting Newsletters, telecommunications, and international forums.

1991-present
  President & Founder
Women's Resources Foundation,
Overland Park, Kansas
developed for networking of resources available to women.

1989
  Founder
Center of Plastic Surgery Excellence,
Overland Park, Kansas

1986
  Creator & Organizer
Women's World Expo '84,
Kansas City, Missouri
An exposition and forum focusing on and supporting woman's choices and lifestyles.

1984
  Founder
Zahorsky Institute of Self Improvement,
Kansas City, Missouri
One of the first wellness centers in the United States

1979
  Inventor
Zahorsky Surgical Drain,
Drain device for improving surgical wound drainage

1978
  Founder
Zahorsky Surgical Center,
Kansas City, Missouri
One of the first fifteen free-standing ambulatory surgery centers in the United States, the first in the Midwest

1972
Flight Surgeon,
United States Air Force, Aerospace Medicine

1967-1972
  Creator
Bi-pedicle Pharyngeal Flap
One of the first surgical techniques designed to successfully alleviate secondary cleft palate speech defects developed and created while completing Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Residency at Kansas City General Hospital

1969-1972
Special
Activities
Special Coordinator, United Nations Global International
Year of the Family Conference
Salt Lake City, Utah

1995
  Guest of the United Nations -- Advisor / Consultant,
Social Reconstruction Project in former Yugoslavia

1993-1994
  NGO (Non-governmental Organization) Activities:

 
  * Psycho-social reconstruction Bosnian refugees
Zagreb, Croatia

Aug.'93,Dec.'93
  * Chairman, National Congress for Fathers and Children Convention
Kansas City, KS

1993
  * United Nations World Conference on Human Rights,
Vienna, Austria

1992
  * Executive Board of Directors & Vice President,
National Congress for Fathers and Children
Washington, D.C.

1990-1993
Books I Become What I Believe I Am
Lexington House

2002
  Awaken to a New Sunrise, Your Path to Success
Lexington House

1993
  SPARE: Shared Parenting and Responsible Equality
Lexington house

1993
  POGA: Living Unlimited
Gunn & Goss

1978
  Self-Image and Cosmetic Surgery
Gunn & Goss

1977