Bronwyn Jones, MD

Dysphagia and Systemic Diseases

April 23, 2008 12:30 pm

Radiology Conference Room N2E14C

Bronwyn Jones, MD, is director of the Johns Hopkins Swallowing Center and a professor of radiology and section head for gastrointestinal radiology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She received her medical degree from the University of New South Wales (Sydney, Australia) and completed residencies in internal medicine at the Prince Henry–Prince of Wales Hospitals in Sydney and radiology at Kings College Hospital (London, UK). After a fellowship in radiology at St. Thomas Hospital (London), she accepted an appointment to the radiology faculty at the Harvard Medical School. She has been on the faculty at Hopkins since 1981.

Dr. Jones’s research interests include swallowing disorders, gastrointestinal disorders after bone marrow transplantation, gastrointestinal infections in the immune-compromised patient, inflammatory bowel disease, and celiac disease. She is a past president of the Dysphagia Research Society and of the Society of Gastrointestinal Radiologists, from which she received the Walter B. Cannon medal in 2007. She is editor-in-chief of the journal Dysphagia and editor of Normal and Abnormal Swallowing: Imaging in Diagnosis and Therapy (Springer-Verlag, 2002). Among her many publications are:

1. Kaufman HS, Buller JL, Thompson JR, Pannu HK, DeMeester SL, Genadry RR, Bluemke DA, Jones B, Rychcik JL, Cundiff GW. Dynamic pelvic MR imaging and cystocolpoproctography alter surgical management of pelvic floor disorders. Dis Colon Rectum. 2001;44:1575–1583.

2. Heitmiller RF, Tsong E, Jones B. Prevalence of aspiration and laryngeal penetration in patients with unilateral vocal fold motion impairment. Dysphagia. 2000;15:184–187.

3. Jones B. Radiologic evaluation of the dysphagic patient. Nutr Clin Pract. 1999;14:S10–S12.

4. Hofmann LV, Beall DP, Jones B, Fishman EK, Heitmiller R. Hepatic-portal venous gas and pneumatosis intestinalis: Two cases with open jejunostomy tubes. Appl Radiol. 1997;26:56–60.

5. Buckley JA, Siegelman SS, Jones B, Fishman EK. The accuracy of CT staging of small bowel adenocarcinoma: CT/pathologic correlation. J Comput Assist Tomogr. 1997;21:986–991.

6. Stevens RL, Jones B, Fishman EK. The CT halo sign: A new finding in intestinal lymphangiectasia. J Comput Assist Tomogr. 1997;21:1005–1007.

7. Heitmiller RF, Gillinov AM, Jones B. Transhiatal herniation of colon after esophagectomy and gastric pull-up. Ann Thorac Surg. 1997;63:554–556.

8. Buckley JA, Jones B, Fishman EK. Small bowel neoplasms: Imaging features and staging. Radiol Clin North Am. 1997;35:381–402.

9. Pietras L, Fishman EK, Jones B, Heitmiller RF. Carcinoma of the esophagus arising in Barretts esophagus: Value of CT. Appl Radiol. 1996;25:26–29.

10. Schmidt CM, Horton KM, Sitzmann JV, Jones B, Bayless T. Simple radiographic evaluation of ileoanal pouch volume. Dis Colon Rectum. 1996;39:66–73.

11. Tamm EP, Jones B, Yeo CJ, Maher MM, Cameron JL. Pancreaticogastrostomy and the Whipple procedure: radiographic appearance and complications. Radiology. 1995;196:251–255.

12. Pasricha PJ, Ravich WJ, Hendrix T, Sostre S, Jones B, Kalloo AN. Intrasphincteric botulinum toxin for the treatment of achalasia. N Engl J Med. 1995;332:774–778.

13. Jones B. The tailored examination of the dysphagic patient. Appl Radiol. 1995;24:27–32.

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About Diagnostic Radiology Grand Rounds and CME Credit

Targeted audience: health care providers

Learning objectives: At the end of this presentation, attendees will:

(1) Have an understanding of the broad spectrum of diseases that can be associated with dysphagia;

(2) Be able to recognize radiographic findings caused by many diseases; and

(3) Have an understanding of medications that can result in dysphagia.

Sponsored by the University of Maryland School of Medicine

Accreditation & Credit Designation Statements: The University of Maryland School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Maryland School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.