Humility, Curiosity and Bold Moves Forward in Science & Medicine
Almost 20 billion times each year, a person walks into a doctor’s office. The person becomes a patient. Everyone becomes this patient at some point. How will you talk to your physicians? What will you tell them? What will they tell you in return? They can’t tell you what they don’t know. They can tell you when they don’t know. Will they? Dr. Jones will discuss how patients and physicians interact in the realm of uncertainty, considering the role of science in medical knowledge and know-how, as well as its impact on each patient’s personal experience.
After studying English literature at Harvard University and medicine at Johns Hopkins University, Dr. Jones trained in orthopedic surgery at the University of Iowa and specialized in musculoskeletal oncology at the University of Toronto, before settling in Salt Lake City with his wife and four children. He performs cancer genetics research supported by the NIH and other cancer research foundations, having authored more than 80 scientific peer-reviewed publications. He provides surgical care for cancer patients from all over the mountain west at the Huntsman Cancer Institute, Primary Children’s Hospital, and the University of Utah.
