Contact

Location: VA 512C

Department

Lung Transplantation

Lara Jones, DO

Pulm/CCM PGY7

Personal Statement:

I was born in Texas and raised near the border. Fluent in (but not proud of) Spanish expletives. I enjoy reading, cooking, exercising and playing with my pup!


Education

University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas
Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, D.O., May 2016

University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas
Bachelor of Science degree in Biology, cum laude, May 2011

Training

University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas
Chief Resident, Internal Medicine, July 2019- June 2020
Internal Medicine Residency, July 2016- June 2019

Awards & Accomplishments

1st Place, ACP Doctors Dilemma Jeopardy Competition, Temple, TX, April 2019 Runner up, ACP Doctors Dilemma Jeopardy Competition, Temple, TX, May 2018 Participant, ACP Doctors Dilemma Jeopardy Competition, Austin, TX, Nov 2018 Outstanding Resident Award, 2016-2017 Outstanding Resident Award, 2017-2018 Outstanding Resident Award, 2018-2019 Sigma Sigma Phi Honor and Service Fraternity, inducted Spring 2014 Translating Osteopathic Understanding into Community Health (T.O.U.C.H) Award for Community service, April 2014

Publications

Poster, American Thoracic Society, “Pleura fluid eosinophilia: more than meets the eye.”, Dallas, Texas, March 2019 Poster, American College of Physicians, Texas Branch. “IgG4-related disease: A rare, eye opening case.”, Austin, Texas, November 2018 Poster, American College of Gastroenterology Annual Scientific Meeting, “That’s not just a headache: a rare presentation of metastatic colon cancer.”, Honolulu, Hawaii, Oct. 2015