Dr. McGovern grew up in the town of Escanaba in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and obtained a biology degree from Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Michigan. He graduated from Mayo Medical School in Rochester, Minnesota and entered the United States Army for eight years. While in the Army, he worked in defensive biological warfare research at Fort Detrick, Maryland, completed a dermatology residency at Fitzsimons Army Medical Center in Aurora, Colorado and ran the dermatology clinic at Fort Riley, Kansas for two years. After his honorable discharge, he traveled to New Haven, Connecticut where he performed a one-year fellowship in Mohs and Advanced Dermatologic Surgery at the Yale University School of Medicine.

Mohs surgery provides the highest cure rate while removing the least amount of normal skin for the most common skin cancers (basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma). As of January 2008, he has performed Mohs surgery on over 6500 skin cancers located primarily on the face. He repairs a significant majority of the defects in the office, while the remainder of wounds heal on their own or are repaired by colleagues in plastic surgery.

Dr. McGovern has written numerous book chapters, articles, and editorials and has given oral presentations on various aspects of skin disease. His special interests are the diagnosis and treatment of skin cancer and botanical dermatology. Dr. McGovern is a fellow of the American College of Mohs Surgery and has practiced dermatology and Mohs surgery at Fort Wayne Dermatology PC since 2000 and became a co-owner of Fort Wayne Dermatology Consultants, Inc. in 2003. He lives in Fort Wayne with his wife Sally and their seven children. His hobbies include piano playing, Tae Kwan Do, and reading.

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