Check your liability coverage. Liability concerns keep some doctors confined to their offices. But according to Dr. Moore, some states (including Georgia) will cover physicians’ medical liability insurance if the physicians are providing free medical care. Some universities and clinics will do so as well.
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Keloid Research: Otolaryngologist Finds Unmet Need in His Community
Lamont R. Jones, MD, MBA, vice chair for the department of otolaryngology–head and neck surgery at Henry Ford Health System in Detroit and member of ENTtoday’s editorial advisory board, has received a five-year, $895,814 grant from the National Institutes of Health to fund research on the characterization of keloid specific exosomes and determination of exosomal critical signaling pathways in the keloid microenvironment.
To date, much of the research into keloid development has focused primarily on genetic mechanisms. This approach has yielded few tangible results, with large gaps in the understanding of keloid pathogenesis.
We sat down with Dr. Jones earlier this year to talk to him about his background, and how he came to the area of keloid research.
ENTtoday: Where did you grow up and where did you complete your training?
Dr. Jones: I’m a native Detroiter. I grew up in Detroit and did my undergrad at Xavier University in Louisiana. I did my medical school and residency training at University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. I did a facial plastic, craniofacial reconstructive fellowship in SUNY update in Syracuse and am currently in my 10th year on staff at Henry Ford Health System at the hospital in the department of otolaryngology.
I had plans to come back to Detroit after finishing [training] because I still have a lot of family and friends in the area. I saw Detroit as an opportunity. At the time, Detroit was making its slow ascent back to some of its former glory days.
Henry Ford has a good mix of community-based clinical operation and probably under-appreciated research infrastructure, so I thought it would give me what I was looking for as I started my career journey.
ENTtoday: How did you get started in keloid research?
Dr. Jones: One of the biggest things that I try to do is to look for a need and opportunity and, a lot of times, your work will be better if you find an unmet need that not everyone is focusing on. If there are a lot of people doing it, it can be difficult to blaze your own trail.