Physician Who Treated JFK in Dallas to Speak at UAB

One of the first physicians on the scene at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas following the shooting of Pres. John F. Kennedy in 1963 will speak about his experiences at the Eighth Annual Champ Lyons Lecture at UAB. Ronald C. Jones, M.D., now chief of surgery at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, will present “The President Has Been Shot and They Are Bringing Him to the Emergency Room,” at 5 p.m. on Sept. 25 at Margaret Cameron Spain Auditorium.

August 21, 2008

• JFK emergency physician to speak

• Also operated on Oswald

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - One of the first physicians on the scene at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas following the shooting of Pres. John F. Kennedy in 1963 will speak about his experiences at the Eighth Annual Champ Lyons Lecture at UAB. Ronald C. Jones, M.D., now chief of surgery at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, will present "The President Has Been Shot and They Are Bringing Him to the Emergency Room," at 5 p.m. on Sept. 25 at Margaret Cameron Spain Auditorium.

Jones was chief resident at Parkland and on duty in the emergency room when Kennedy's motorcade arrived. As one of the first physicians to attend to the President, Jones will describe his initial impressions of the wounds and will discuss his role in the attempt to resuscitate President Kennedy.

Jones also was present two days later when Lee Harvey Oswald was shot and was one of four surgeons who operated on Oswald at Parkland. Jones' presentation, including photos and videos, will highlight the atmosphere in the hospital as word spread of the president's assassination and Oswald's subsequent murder.

The lecture is sponsored jointly by the UAB Department of Surgery and the UAB Historical Collections unit of Lister Hill Library. It is free and open to the public. Margaret Cameron Spain is located at the corner of 19th Street and 7th Ave. S.