Johnson Center for Surgical Innovation (JCSI)
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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
Foundation was established in April 2006 after a successful endowment fund raising campaign where a
total of $350,000 was raised. 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 level residents (i.e. PGY-1 and PGY-2). Skills based curricula include open knot tying and suturing, fundamentals of laparoscopic surgery (FLS), intro to operating room instruments, basic laparoscopic skills training, laparoscopic energy sources, ultrasound for trauma (FAST), central line insertion, interosseuous IV line insertion, vascular anastamoses, hemodialysis grafts and fistulas, airway and ventilator management. Team training curricula include communication and patient safety for laparoscopic cholesystectomy and tubal ligation. Continuing medical education courses include laparoscopic colectomy, laparoscopic ventral hernia repair and natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES).
The JCSI measures 1321 sq. ft.; the animal lab facility measures 3350 sq. ft. Additional storage and classroom space renovation is currently underway, and another 1200 sq. ft. of space for skills training will be completed in the future.
