EDUCATION:

Doctor of Medicine: 1986, University of Texas at Houston Medical School, Houston, Texas

Residency: 1986-1990, The Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Memorial Hermann Hospital (MHH), Houston, Texas

Master's Degree - Healthcare Informatics: 2001, The University of Texas at Houston, School of Health Information Sciences

 

PUBLICATIONS (selected):

Refereed Original Articles in Journals

Riggs JW and Blanco J.  "Is There a Relationship Between Student Lecture Attendance and Clinical Science Subject Examination Score?"  Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vol. 84, No. 2, Pg. 311-313, 1994.

Toy E, Scerpella EG and Riggs JW.  "Tuboovarian Abscess Associated with Candida Glabrata in a Patient with an Intrauterine Device."  Journal of Reproductive Medicine, 40(3):223-225, 1995.

Riggs JW, Johnson C, O’Neill P, Berens P. “Are resident work schedules related to their in-training examination scores?” Obstetrics and Gynecology, 88 (5): 891-894, 1996.

Banks T, Storment J, Curtis M, Riggs JW. “The Development of Continuity Ambulatory Care Services in a County Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency Program.” Primary Care Update for Ob/Gyns, 3 (6); 216 -220, 1996.  

Riggs JW. “Period health examination, 1996 update: 1. Prenatal screening for and diagnosis of Down’s syndrome” Comment in: Evidence Based Medicine, July/August, 1996.

Curtis MG, Riggs JW, Blanco JD. “Declines in patient volume: an obstetrics and gynecology teaching program’s response.” Am J Perinatol. Mar; 15(3):173-6; 1998.

Riggs JW and Blanco J.  "Intraamniotic Infection" in: The International Standard Book for Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics, Gynecology, Dermatology, Urology and Clinical Immunology, Ed., E.R. Weissenbacher, Verlag, Berlin, 1994.

Riggs JW and Blanco J.  "The Puerperium" in: Management of Labor and Delivery, Editor, Creasy, Blackwell Science.1996.

Riggs JW, Blanco JD.  “Chorioamnionitis” in: Current Therapy In: Obstetrics and Gynecology (Eds) E. J. Quilligan and F. P. Zusban, WB Saunders Company. 1997.

Riggs JW, Blanco JD. “Septic Pelvic Thrombophlebitis” in: Infectious Diseases of the Female Genital Tract. Editor, Sebastion Faro, 2001.

Riggs JW, Blanco JD. “Puerperal Infections” in: The Encyclopedia of Reproduction. (Eds) E. Knobil, J. D. Neill. Academic Press 1998.

Riggs JW, Blanco JD. “Intraamniotic infection”, Seminars in Perinatology, Vol 22, No. 4, 1998.

Riggs JW, Chen T, Koperwhats M. “Usability Analysis of Input Devices for a Computerized Intrapartum Record.” Proceedings of the American Medical Informatics Association, 1999.

 

Abstracts

Riggs JW and Blanco J.  "Is There a Relationship Between Student Lecture Attendance and Clinical Science Subject Examination Score?"  Abstract presented at the 1993 APGO/CREOG meeting, Phoenix, Arizona.

Weltge A, Butler P, and Riggs JW. “An operational plan for the implementation of clinical technical skills education into the four year medical school curriculum” Abstract presented at the 1995 Group on Educational Affairs at the AAMC meeting, Washington, DC.

Riggs JW “The use of critically appraised topics to introduce evidence based medicine into an obstetrics and gynecology residency” Oral presentation at the 1997 APGO/CREOG meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Riggs JW, Chen T, Koperwhats M. Usability Analysis of Input Devices for a Computerized Intrapartum Record. Abstract accepted to American Medical Informatics Association in Washington, D.C., November 1999.

Mastrobattista JM, Northrup H, Riggs J, Day MC, Bishop K, Gilstrap LC. Prepregnancy screening of folic acid awareness in a lower socioeconomic population.  Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, 20th Annual Meeting, February 2000.

Riggs J,  New M, Mairer B.  “Computerized Intraoperative Surgical Atlas: An Exploratory Analysis Of An Educational Tool”  Oral poster presentation at the 2002 Society of Gynecologic Surgeons in Dallas, Texas.

Richesson R, Turley J, Riggs J, Singh J. “The A-Z for Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) Applications in Health Care; presented as a Panel Discussion at the November 2002 American Medical Informatics Association Meeting in San Antonio, Texas

Doyle N, Riggs J, Ramin S, Sosa A, Gilstrap L.  “Outcomes of vaginal breech delivery” American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists 2004 Meeting in Philadelphia, Pa