Theodore Jones, M.D., F.A.C.O.G., associate professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology for the Wayne State University School of Medicine, has been named program director of Obstetric and Gynecology Education at Oakwood Hospital & Medical Center.
His selection was completed by a search committee composed of medical staff, system leaders, peers and residents, led by Mark Hannis, M.D., director of Medical Education for Oakwood Healthcare System.
Dr. Jones, also has been appointed academic chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology for the Oakwood Physician Practices. He remains on the WSU School of Medicine faculty, where he is now vice chair for Oakwood WSU Programs in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
"I am excited to join the Oakwood Healthcare System in this leadership role," Dr. Jones said. "There is genuine interest in collaborating with Wayne State University School of Medicine to enhance the quality of our educational efforts for medical students and residents while increasing the opportunities for Wayne State University Physicians Group to make its outstanding care providers available to patients in the Oakwood system. In addition, we will look for new opportunities to create research initiatives in women's health between the two institutions."
Dr. Jones will direct Oakwood's Obstetrics and Gynecology residency training program for the teaching of graduate physicians. He also will oversee the administration of Oakwood's Obstetric and Gynecology employed physician clinical practices, and will participate in planning and implementing medical student and Continuing Medical Education programs. He will work closely with the Oakwood Hospital & Medical Center's Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Oakwood Health System's Women's Services leadership and provide leadership in research.
"Dr. Jones is eminently qualified to direct the education and residency programs for obstetrics and gynecology," said Valerie M. Parisi, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A., dean of the WSU School of Medicine. "There is no better physician and faculty member to take on this charge, and to further strengthen our ongoing relationship with one of our key health care partners."
Wayne State University School of Medicine faculty also oversee residency programs in Dermatology, Urology, Orthopaedics, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Otolaryngology at Oakwood Healthcare Systems hospitals.
Dr. Jones, a graduate of Morehouse College, received his medical degree from Temple University School of Medicine. He completed his Obstetrics and Gynecology residency at Baylor University Medical Center. He was a National Health Service Corp scholar and served three years in rural Arkansas to satisfy his commitment. He completed his fellowship in Maternal Fetal Medicine at Wayne State University/Hutzel Hospital. He is a fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and is a Diplomate of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, for which he is also a subspecialty board examiner. He has served as a member of the full-time faculty at the School of Medicine since 1991. He has served as program director, associate chair for Education and, most recently, interim chair of the WSU Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He has been division chief for Maternal-Fetal Medicine and chief of Obstetrics for Hutzel Women's Hospital.
The founding medical director of the Perinatal Infectious Disease Clinic at the University Health Clinic, Dr. Jones has served as the primary obstetric investigator for perinatal trials sponsored by the International Maternal Pediatric Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials Group sponsored by the Eunice Shriver National Institute for Childhood Diseases and Human Development for the past two decades. In addition to serving as a subspecialty board examiner for ABOG, he is a member of the Board of Directors for the Michigan State Medical Society and an active member of the Wayne County Medical Society. He also is on the board of directors for Gospel Against AIDS, a faith-based organization working to educate about and eliminate HIV infection from southeast Michigan.