Education:
- Recently completed a Masters of Jurisprudence degree program in Healthcare Law, Policy and Administration through Texas A & M University School of Law – 2 year on-line program - graduation is this summer.
Medical School: Medical College of Ohio at Toledo, Toledo, Ohio. Dates attended: August 1989 – June 1993. Degree: M.D. Awards/Honors: Alpha Omega Alpha.
Undergraduate Schools: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. Dates attended: August 1987 – May 1989. Degree: Bachelor of Arts (Biology), Minor – Chemistry, Awards/Honors: Magna Cum Laude, Dean’s List (4 times), Mortar Board Society (treasurer), Who’s Who Among American College Students, Outstanding College Students of America, Mather Alumni Award for Excellence in Biology.
- Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio. Dates attended: August 1985 – May 1987. Major: Biology Honors/Awards: Dean’s List (2 times), Alpha. Epsilon Delta.
- Clemson University: Clemson, South Carolina, Dates attended: June-August 1988 (summer school).
- Paragonimiasis: An Unexpected Finding in an Asymptomatic Lung Mass CPT James Obney, MD and LTC Philip Lisagor, MD - presented at the 48th annual meeting of the Southwest Surgical Congress on April 28 – May 1, 1996. also presented at the 8th annual symposium on Current Issues in Cardiothoracic Surgery for the American College of Chest Physicians at Rio Mar, Puerto Rico on December 3-7, 1996.
- Evaluation of Diagnostic Peritoneal Lavage in Stable Patients with Gunshot Wounds to the Abdomen. MAJ John J. Kelemen III, LTC R. Russell Martin, CPT James Obney, CPT Don Jenkins, and LTC David P. Kissinger. Archives of Surgery Vol. 132. August 1997, 909-913.
- Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum: A Case Report and Review. Presented at the annual meeting of the South Texas Chapter of the American College of Surgeons in San Antonio, Texas on 14 February 1997.
- Current Therapy of Catamenial Pneumothorax. LTC Henry Tripp, MD, CPT Linda Thomas, MD and CPT James Obney, MD. Internet Presentation on Heart Surgery Forum, Vol. 1, 1998: 21980, October 8, 1998.
- Consideration of Anatomic Defects in the Etiology of Catmenial Pneumothorax. LTC Henry Tripp, MD and MAJ James Obney, MD. J Thoracic and Cardiovasc Surgery. Mar.; 117(3): 632-3, 1999.
- Purposeful Delayed Surgical Management of Blunt Thoracic Aortic Injury with Co-existing Injuries. MAJ James Obney, MD, COL Philip Lisagor, MD and COL David Cohen, MD. Presented at the 5th Annual Military Trauma Symposium. 24-25 August 1999.
- Differences in Length of Stay between Coronary Bypass and Valve Procedures. LTC Henry Tripp, MD, MAJ James Obney, MD, and LTC Dennis Febinger, MD. Journal of Heart Disease. 1: 221, 1999.
- Blood Gas Measurements in a Swine Model of Hemorrhagic Shock. Ward JA, Dubick MA, Lisagor PL, Lawlor DF, Cancelada D, Obney JA, Alexander SL, Ham CY, Goodwin CW, and Cohen DJ. FASEBJ 14: A690, 2000.
- Ministernotomy for Repair of Congenital Heart Disease in Children. Nores M, Sable C, Obney J, Martin G, Midgley F, and Sell J. J American College of Cardiology. Feb 2000 (suppl A).
- A Method for Draining the Mediastinum after Cardiac Surgical Procedures using Small Silastic Drains. MAJ James Obney, MD, CPT Mary Barnes, MD, COL Philip Lisagor, MD and COL David Cohen, MD. Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Fall 2000.
- Is a Bigger Tube Better for Draining the Mediastinum and Thorax? MAJ James Obney, MD. CPT Mary Barnes, MD, COL Philip Lisagor, MD and COL David Cohen, MD. Chest. Oct 2000: Suppl. Presented at the 6th Annual Cardiothoracic Techniques & Technologies Meeting In Bal Harbour, Florida on 27-29 Janurary 2000.
- Empyema Complicating Muscle-Sparing Thoracotomy: The Role of Wound Management. MAJ David Sees, MD, MAJ James Obney, MD, and LTC Henry Tripp, MD American Surgeon. Vol , No. 4, 2002, p 390-391.
- Computed Tomography of the Sternum and Mediastinum following Sternotomy: A Comparison of 3 Different Sternal Closure Techniques. - principal investigator, ongoing clinical research protocol at BAMC.
- Operation Iraqi Freedom: One Surgeon’s Experience. Presented at the 39th Annual Meeting of the Florida Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons in Palm Beach Gardens on 25 February 2006. Keynote address at the President’s Dinner.
