Stress, Sleepless Nights, and Surgery: What Does It Mean for the Surgeon

Presented by Jamie Jones Coleman, MD, FACS

This webinar gives background information on the current state of burnout and depression in practicing trauma and acute care surgeons. The physiology of stress and sleep deprivation will be discussed as to how it pertains to surgeons in light of current research.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this webinar, viewers should be able to

• Describe physical and mental effects of sleep deprivation and chronic stress
• Define heart rate variability

More about Jamie Jones Coleman

Jamie Jones Coleman, MD, FACS, is an acute care surgeon specializing in trauma, emergency general surgery, and surgical critical care at Denver Health Medical Center, CO, and an associate professor of surgery at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. She joined Denver Health from Indianapolis University in June 2018 as the director of communications and outreach for the department of surgery. Prior to serving as an assistant professor of surgery at Indianapolis University, IN, she completed her general surgery residency in Chicago, IL, at Cook County Hospital and Rush University and her trauma and surgical critical care fellowship in Atlanta, GA, at Grady Memorial Hospital with Emory University.

Her current clinical research is focused on the physiologic impact of sleep deprivation, stress, and burnout amongst surgeons. Her work in this area has resulted in publications in both the Journal of the American College of Surgeons and the American Journal of Surgery. She is the principal investigator for a nationwide, multicenter trial currently running which is the largest study of surgeons with continuous physiologic monitoring.