Christian Jones

Surgical resident in competitive general surgical residency, with 10-year plan to become faculty member at major academic teaching hospital. Strong background in trauma and acute care surgery and surgical critical care, as well as didactic and problem-based medical education. Continuing research and always seeking new opportunities in trauma management, prehospital care and EMS, disaster management, and teaching medical students and residents.

Christian Jones’s Specialties:

Trauma surgery, surgical critical care, acute care surgery, emergency surgery, emergency non-trauma surgery, medical education, disaster management, disaster preparedness, prehospital care, technology in medicine

Christian Jones’s Experience

General Surgery Resident

the University of Kansas Medical Center

(Educational Institution; Research industry)

July 2007 — Present (2 years 1 month)

Thriving in rigorous academic general surgery residency program, with particular concentrations in trauma surgery, emergency non-trauma surgery, and surgical critical care.

Continuing clinical research projects including studies regarding management of SICU patients, reviews of interesting surgical cases, and advances in prehospital care and emergency medical services.
Research Assistant

the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

May 2004 — August 2004 (4 months)

Examined pharmaceutical industry interactions with attending and resident physicians within a large public and private university-based health system, as well as the attitudes of physicians about those interactions.

Contributed as part of a team led by Allan V. Abbott to the development and implementation of the study, and interacted directly with medical departments involved.
Instructor

The Princeton Review, Gainesville, Florida

(Public Company; TPR; Education Management industry)

March 2003 — August 2003 (6 months)

Organized courses preparing students for the GMAT business school admissions exam, including topics in mathematics, logic, and English language skills.

Lectured and tutored students in small group settings and individually.

Performed course management as sole instructor of multiple GMAT sessions.
Teaching Assistant

the University of Florida Department of Mathematics

(Educational Institution; Research industry)

August 2000 — May 2001 (10 months)

Lectured, evaluated, and advised undergraduate students with a variety of backgrounds and interests in precalculus mathematics.

Contributed as part of a large team of teaching assistants and faculty to course administrative tasks such as exam proctoring and grading.

Provided additional one-on-one and small group tutoring to help students excel in their studies and future careers.
Research Assistant

the Harvey Mudd College Department of Mathematics

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

May 1999 — August 1999 (4 months)

Developed and implemented an interactive web site for cataloging and displaying mathematical "fun facts".

Acted as sole designer and developer under Francis Su, as part of a grant from the Mellon Foundation.

Site still available (though updated) at http://www.math.hmc.edu/funfacts/
Webmaster

the Harvey Mudd College Department of Mathematics

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

May 1996 — May 1999 (3 years 1 month)

Developed and implemented changes to an academic web site at a prestigious undergraduate institution.

Produced new content and updated existing content to meet standard specifications.

Added interactive database capabilities and end-user submission of academic journal article reviews to a static site.
Tutor

Harvey Mudd College

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

August 1998 — May 1999 (10 months)

Tutored bright students in advanced mathematics at a prestigious undergraduate science and engineering college.

Organized topics and instructed students in small groups as well as one-on-one.

Scheduled maximum availability for busy students with full course loads and catered to individual student needs.
Research Assistant and Technician

the University of Florida Citrus Research and Education Center, Lake Alfred, Florida

(Educational Institution; Research industry)

June 1997 — August 1998 (1 year 3 months)

Assisted in the planning and implementation of experiments evaluating quality and impact of pesticides on the Florida citrus crop.

Gathered citrus samples and performed biochemical analysis on them as part of a team lead by William S. Castle.

Developed and implemented statistical analyses of data using SAS and produced electronic models to improve efficiency of data gathering.
Research Assistant

the Harvey Mudd College Department of Physics

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

May 1996 — August 1996 (4 months)

Assisted in the planning and development of a cross-platform statistical mechanics simulator as part of a team lead by Peter N. Saeta.

Implemented simulator for Microsoft Windows in C++ and Windows Foundation Classes with a wxWindows framework over a very short period.
Assistant Webmaster

Harvey Mudd College

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

July 1996 — August 1996 (2 months)

Examined and cataloged inconsistencies in existing academic institution website, and planned changes to correct those problems found.

Updated major academic institution web site to be standards-compliant HTML.

Developed and implemented search algorithm for easily cataloging existing problems with institutional Internet presence.

Christian Jones’s Education

Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California

MD , 2003 — 2007

Strong education in all fields of medicine, with special concentration on general and specialty surgery, including trauma, emergency non-trauma, vascular, and thoracic foregut surgery.

Exceptional hands-on training at Los Angeles County+USC General Hospital, a massive public hospital with a unique spectrum of patients, illnesses, and injuries.

Worked directly with several surgeons at the tops of their fields, including Demetrios Demetriades and Tom DeMeester.

Activities and Societies:

Chorda Tympani, Surgical Student Interest Group, Emergency Medicine Student Interest Group, American Medical Association, Physicians for a National Health Program, Students for Training in Substance Use and Health Care, Admissions Interviewer, Admissions Committee, Scholarship Committee, Student Affairs Liaison
University of Florida

MS , Mathematics , 1999 — 2003

Robust education in pure mathematics, with focus on discrete and combinatorial math and on teaching mathematics and mathematical principles to students entering other fields, as well as extensive additional coursework in biomathematics, financial derivatives, analysis, algebra, and logic.

Examined properties of matroids under Neil White.

Researched properties of parking functions under Miklós Bóna.

Activities and Societies:

University Choir, Summer Choral Union (Summer Choir), Pi Mu Epsilon
Harvey Mudd College

BS , Mathematics , 1995 — 1999

Graduated with strong background in mathematics and computer science, with extensive additional coursework in physics, chemistry, biology, and engineering, and a social sciences specialty concentration in European languages.

Composed senior thesis entitled "Matroids, Spanning Trees, and the Peripatetic Salesman Problem" under advisor Ran Libeskind-Hadas. Later published as "Matroids: The Theory and Practice of Greed" in The UMAP Journal.

Activities and Societies:

West Dorm, Chamber Choir, Concert Choir, Claremont Colleges Emergency Medicine Education Program (CCEMEP), Associated Students of Harvey Mudd College (ASHMC)

Additional Information

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Christian Jones’s Interests:

trauma surgery, surgical critical care, acute care surgery, emergency preparedness and management, prehospital care, medical education, health policy, computing, free speech, free media, free software, free information, open source, privacy, movies, music, television, books