James F. Holmes, Jr., M.D.

Clinical/Research Interests

James F. Holmes Jr. has presented grand rounds in trauma and pregnancy, pediatric abdominal trauma and spinal trauma. He has studied various approaches to improving both cost effectiveness and quality of care in the emergency department, including clarifying the indications for computer tomography of head injuries, and prospectively evaluating the role of laboratory tests in detecting unsuspected intra-abdominal injury in pediatric blunt-trauma patients.

Title:

Professor

Specialty:

Emergency Medicine

Center/Program Affiliation:

UC Davis Children's Hospital

Education:

University of Alabama School of Medicine
Birmingham, Alabama
M.D. 1994

Auburn University
Auburn, Alabama
B.S. 1990

Residency:

University of California Davis, Medical Center
Sacramento, California
1994-97

Board Certifications:

American Board of Emergency Medicine, 1998

Professional Memberships:

American College of Emergency Physicians
Society of Academic Emergency Medicine

Select Recent Publications:

Holmes JF, Kuppermann N, Holubkov R. Guardian Availability in Children Evaluated in the Emergency Department for Blunt Head Trauma. Academic Emergency Medicine 2009; 16:15-20.

Kuppermann N, Holmes JF, Dayan PS, Hoyle JD, Atabaki SM, Holubkov R, et al. Identification of Children at very low risk of Clinically Important Brain Injuries after Head Trauma: a Prospective Cohort Study. The Lancet 2009; 374:1160-70.

Holmes JF, Wisner DH, McGahan, JP, Mower WR, Kuppermann N. Clinical Prediction Rules for Identifying Adults at Very Low and High Risk for Intra-abdominal Injuries after Blunt Trauma. Annals of Emergency Medicine 2009; 54:575-584.

Holmes JF, Mao A, Awasthi S, McGahan JP, Wisner DH, Kuppermann N. Validation of a Prediction Rule for the Identification of Children with Intra-abdominal Injuries after Blunt Torso Trauma Annals of Emergency Medicine 2009; 54:528-533.