Professional Staff

Ivan D. Gowan, MD 1970 - 1974 B.A., Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Colgate University 1974 - 1978 M.D., Cornell University Medical College 1978 - 1979 Internship in General Surgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center 1979 – 1983 Residency in Orthopaedic Surgery, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York. In July 1984 he was the recipient of the Lewis-Clark-Wagner Award for Outstanding Resident’s Paper of the Year. 1983 – 1984 Fellowship in Orthopaedic Sports Medicine, Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic, Los Angeles. Recipient of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine O’Donahue Award for the best research paper, “A comparative EMG Analysis of the shoulder during pitching — professional vs amateur pitchers.” The paper was published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine, November 1987. 1988 Board Certified Orthopaedic Surgery 1990 Fellow in the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 1997 Member of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine

While in Los Angeles, Dr. Gowan — an active sports enthusiast who still plays ice hockey — worked with the team physicians for most of the professional teams in the area: the Dodgers, Rams, Lakers, Kings, Lasers, L.A.Express and the Angels. In the summer of 1984, Dr. Gowan returned to Hamilton to open this practice in Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine and was officially designated the orthopaedic consultant for Colgate University athletic teams. He has served as the Chief of Surgery, President and Vice President of the Community Memorial Hospital Medical Staff, and as a member of the hospital board. He has coached all levels of youth hockey and covers the Hamilton High School ice hockey and many of the soccer and football games.

Dr. Gowan, the son of a farmer, was raised in Straits Corners, NY and graduated valedictorian from Tioga Central High School. In 1969, he was a Rotary exchange student in Perth, Western Australia. He is married to Carolyn (nee Pope) from nearby Spencer, NY and they have three sons, Parker, Ian and Teddy.