J. O. Ballard,
M.D.
Professor of Medicine, Pathology, and Humanities and the Jane W. & Lawrence F. Kienle Chair for Humane Medicine
West Virginia University, 1965; M.D., University of Maryland, 1969;
Internal Medicine Residencies: Georgetown University Hospital, Medical
Center Hospitals of Vermont; Hematology Fellowships: Georgetown University
Hospital, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Email: jballard@psu.edu
Research Interests
Humanities
- Medical Student Education/Curricular Development
- Palliative Care
- Chronic Disease and the Self
Hematology/Oncology
- Hemophilia
- Thrombotic Disorders
Teaching
2008-2009 Fourth Year Course Selective
Education for Physicians on
End-of-Life Care (EPEC)
Selected Publications
- Vgontzas AN, Kales JD, Ballard JO, Vela-Bueno A and Tan
TL. Porphyria and panic disorder with agoraphobia. Psychosomatics 34:
440-443, 1993.
- Hamory BH, Zwillich C, Bollard T, Ballard JO, Connor M,
Lurie P, Moll M, Rankin J, Smith C, Jenkins S, Barrett E, Miller GB,
Frampton W, Lanser S, Nichols CR, King DT and Kingsbury A. Hantavirus
pulmonary syndrome - Virginia, 1993. MMWR 43: 876-877, 1994.
- Probert C, Ehmann WC, Al-Mondhiry H, Ballard J and Helm
KF. Sweet’s syndrome without granulocytosis. Int J Dermatol 34:
108-112, 1998.
- Ballard JO. Prefatory Comments: Cultural Diversity in
Medical Education. Southern Folklore 54: 59-60, 1997.
- Ballard JO. Anticoagulant-induced thrombosis. JAMA
282: 310-312, 1999.
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