Media Advisory: JPS Presents Scholarly Activity at Research Day

 5/31/2007

What: Physicians, residents and nurses will present completed and ongoing research in a competition designed to encourage scholarly activity. The theme is Medicine and Public Health: The Unlimited Power of Research Collaboration and Partnership.  

When: Friday, June 1, 2007

7:30 - 8:00 a.m.           
Check-in & Continental Breakfast

8:00 - 8:15 a.m.           
Welcome and Introductions - John H. "Jay" Haynes, M.D., Sr. Vice  President, Chief Medical Officer                   

8:15 - 9:15 a.m.           
Keynote Presentation - Infant Mortality: A Global Perspective and Community Approach
Josephine Fowler, M.D., M.S., F.A.A.F.P., Vice President, Academic Affairs & Chief Academic Officer

9:15 - 9:30 a.m.           
Break

Invited Research Presentations
9:30 - 9:50 a.m.           
Can I Go Home Yet? Delays in Discharge of Post Partum Patients, John Shum, M.D.

9:50 - 10:10 a.m.         
Inappropriate Acid Suppression Therapy Compared By Inpatient Physician Service,Travis G. Brown, M.D.

10:10-10:30 a.m.         
The Relationship Between Smoking and Depression in a Geriatric Population, Luis E. Nieves, M.D.

10:30 -10:45 a.m.        
Break

10:45 - 11:05 a.m.       
Risk Factors in Total Joint Arthroplasty: A Comparison of the Infections Rate Between Patients with Different Socioeconomic Factors, Brian G. Webb, M.D.

11:05 - 11:25 a.m.       
Anatomic Factors Related to the Cause of Tennis Elbow,Brian K. Blair, M.D.

11:25 - 11:45 a.m.       
Evaulation of Hyponatremia of Marathon Runners at the "Marathon of the Americas," Rodolfo A. Herrera, M.D.

11:45 a.m. - Noon        
Break

Noon - 1:00 p.m.          
Poster Session in the Executive Conference Room

Researchers present noon to 1:00 p.m.

Posters remain up until 2:00 p.m.

1:00 p.m.                     
Presentation of Awards

Where:            
John Peter Smith Hospital
3rd Floor, Outpatient Building Auditoriums
1500 S. Main Street
Fort Worth, Texas 76104