Member Spotlight: John Bach, MD, FACS

John Bach, MD, FACS

COTS Trauma Steering Committee President
OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospital

April 2025

• Where were you born and/raised? I was born in Chillicothe, OH. I was raised in Waverly, OH.

• What was your first job?  I worked for my parents in their veterinarian clinic cleaning cages, walking dogs and assisting in the OR.

• You have two weeks off and a plane ticket to go anywhere, Where would you go? I would travel to Waverly, OH and visit family.

• What would you like your fellow COTS partners to know about you? I have an interest in rural trauma education and preparedness.

• What made you decide to be a physician/nurse/EMT/emergency manager (whatever your chosen career path)? I loved medicine but did not like getting bit by dogs & cats.

• What hobbies do you participate in your free time? Gardening, fishing and water sports.

• If you could be any superhero, who would you be? Superman and live like Clark Kent.

• What is your favorite thing to do in the Winter season? Skiing.

• If you won the Powerball, what’s the first thing you would do? Buy a bigger boat.

• What was the first concert you attended? Jimmy Buffett