Neonatology
Jack Owens, MD, MPH, CPE, FAAP
Professor | NICU Medical Director
EDUCATION
Graduate Education: MPH - Perinatal Epidemiology University of Alabama - Birmingham
Medical Education: Emory University
Residency: University of Alabama - Birmingham, Pediatrics
Fellowship: University of Alabama - Birmingham, Neonatology
LICENSURE and CERTIFICATIONS
American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatrics
American Board of Pediatrics, Neonatology
State of Tennessee Medical License
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
FAAP, member of the Perinatal Subsection
National Perinatal Association
Mississippi Society of Newborn Medicine
Mississippi Perinatal Association
American Association of Physician Leaders
Georgia Perinatal Quality Collaborative (GAPQC)
QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
Restructuring of NICU Leadership Model around Quality: Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital (GA Regional Perinatal Center 2013 - 2020)
Initiation of Physician Burnout Initiative, Phoebe Physician Group, Phoebe Putney Health System: 2018-2021.
Initiation of Mortality Reduction Initiative by Structuring System Quality Improvement
Teams to Create Clinical Care Pathways for CHF, COPD, and Surgical Complications (PSI4):
2018-2021.
Physician Champion for Phoebe Putney Health System CLABSI Reduction Team.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Kenerly, M. J., Shah, P., Patel, H., Racine, R., Jani, Y., Owens, C., George, V., Linder, D., Owens, J., & Hess, D. C. (2022). Altered mental status is an independent predictor of mortality in hospitalized COVID-19 patients. Irish Journal of Medical Science (1971-), 191(1), 21-26.
Shah, P., Smith, H., Olarewaju, A., Jani, Y., Cobb, A., Owens, J., ... & Hess, D. (2021). Is cardiopulmonary resuscitation futile in coronavirus disease 2019 patients experiencing in-hospital cardiac arrest?. Critical care medicine, 49(2), 201-208.
Jackson, B. R., Gold, J. A., Natarajan, P., Rossow, J., Neblett Fanfair, R., da Silva, J., ...Owens, J., ... & Bruce, B. B. (2021). Predictors at admission of mechanical ventilation and death in an observational cohort of adults hospitalized with coronavirus disease 2019. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 73(11), e4141-e4151.
Da Silva, J. F., Hernandez-Romieu, A. C., Browning, S. D., Bruce, B. B., Natarajan, P., Morris, S. B., ...Owens, J., ...& Wong, K. K. (2021, January). COVID-19 clinical phenotypes: presentation and temporal progression of disease in a cohort of hospitalized adults in Georgia, United States. In Open forum infectious diseases (Vol. 8, No. 1, p. ofaa596). US: Oxford University Press.
Shah, P., Owens, J., Franklin, J., Jani, Y., Kumar, A., & Doshi, R. (2020). Baseline use of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor/AT1 blocker and outcomes in hospitalized coronavirus disease 2019 African-American patients. Journal of Hypertension, 38(12), 2537-2541.
Da Silva, J. F., Hernandez-Romieu, A. C., Browning, S. D., Bruce, B. B., Natarajan, P., Morris, S. B., ...Owens, J., ... & Wong, K. K. (2021, January). COVID-19 clinical phenotypes: presentation and temporal progression of disease in a cohort of hospitalized adults in Georgia, United States. In Open forum infectious diseases (Vol. 8, No. 1, p. ofaa596). US: Oxford University Press.
Jackson, B. R., Gold, J. A., Natarajan, P., Rossow, J., Neblett Fanfair, R., da Silva, J., ...Owens, J., ... & Bruce, B. B. (2021). Predictors at admission of mechanical ventilation and death in an observational cohort of adults hospitalized with coronavirus disease 2019. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 73(11), e4141-e4151.
Shah, P., Owens, J., Franklin, J., Mehta, A., Heymann, W., Sewell, W., ... & Doshi, R. (2020). Demographics, comorbidities and outcomes in hospitalized Covid-19 patients in rural southwest Georgia. Annals of medicine, 52(7), 354-360.
Gold, J. A., Wong, K. K., Szablewski, C. M., Patel, P. R., Rossow, J., Da Silva, J., ...Owens, J., ... & Jackson, B. R. (2020). Characteristics and clinical outcomes of adult patients hospitalized with COVID-19—Georgia, March 2020. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 69(18), 545.
Owens, J. D., Soltau, T., McCaughn, D., Miller, J., O'Mara, P., Robbins, K., Temple, D. M., & Wender, D. F. (2015). Multi-hospital Community NICU Quality Improvement Improves Survival of ELBW Infants. Journal of the Mississippi State Medical Association, 56(8), 237–242.
Owens, J. D., Megehee, C., Temple, D. M., McCaughan, D., & White, C. B. (2008). Assessing need and distribution of neonatal intensive care beds in Mississippi. Journal of the Mississippi State Medical Association, 49(6), 163–168.
Owens, J. D., Temple, D. M., Darling, B. K., Robbins, K. K., & White, C. B. (2005). Mississippi's tiniest babies do well. Journal of the Mississippi State Medical Association, 46(9), 269–275.