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Summer 2010 Newsletter
Location: 221E, School of Medicine
The Johnson Center for Surgical Innovation (JCSI) was created from collaborative efforts between the department of surgery at the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio (UTHSCSA), members of the J. Bradley Aust surgical society and the Johnson family in honor of Dr. Stewart M. 'Skeet' Johnson and Mr. Hugh M. Johnson.
As a result, the Stewart M. and Hugh M. Johnson
Endowment was established in April 2006 after a successful $350,000 fund raising campaign.
Renovation of 1300 square feet of space within the department of
surgery began in August of 2006 and the JCSI officially opened on June 21, 2007 with a formal opening
reception hosted by the Health Science Center. The reception honored the both the memory of Dr.
Stewart 'Skeet' Johnson and his son Hugh, both of whom died in a plane crash in San Antonio in
November 2004, and the donors to the Johnson endowment. Local news and media coverage
highlighted the event, with over 200 donors, family members and UTHSCSA faculty in attendance.
Skills lab courses are primarily directed towards junior residents. All interns complete a one month dedicated skills lab rotation which consists of the following curricula:
- Basic Suturing and Knot-Tying
- Central Line Insertion
- Intraosseous Line Insertion
- Code Management
- Airway Management
- Introduction to Operating Room Instruments
- Introduction to Laparoscopic Instruments
- Intermediate Suturing and Knot-Tying
- Fundamentals of laparoscopic Surgery
- Bowel Anastomosis
- Vascular Anastomosis
