Joseph Hlavin

Program Director

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EDUCATION

• PhD from Texas A&M University 2017.
• MS from Texas A&M University 2012.
• BS Education from Bowling Green State University 2008.
• AAS - Physician Assistant from Cuyahoga Community College 1991.

ACADEMIC PROGRAM(S)

Physician Assistant Studies

COURSES TAUGHT

• ME621 Interprofessional Health Professions (1 credit) GT3
• ME717 Clinical Surgery (2 credits) GT2

RESEARCH INTERESTS AND AREAS

• Surgery, Neurosurgery
• Education Program Development
• Healthcare Leadership

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Conferences

• Hlavin, JA. Bridging the rift between two hospital cultures that erodes performance: A narrative review of literature concerning the emerging role of chief medical officers in U.S. Healthcare, accepted for presentation as original research, Academy of Human Resource Development North American Conference, San Antonio, TX, March 2017
• Hlavin JA. Exploring the Role of HRD in Healthcare Workforce Development: A
  Scoping Review of Literature, Presented, Academy of Human Resource Development North American Conference, Houston, TX, February 2014
• Hlavin JA, Callahan, JL. Specialization training programs for physician assistants:
  Symbolic violence in the medical field? Presented, Academy of Human Resource Development International Meeting, Chicago, IL, February 2011
• Utilization of Midlevel Practitioners in a Spine Surgery Practice, South Carolina Spine Society, Charleston, SC  9/17/2011 (Administrative)
• Lumbar Drains, Lumbar Punctures, American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual Conference, Denver, CO.  4/10/2011 (Medical)
• Desai S, Friedman JA, Hlavin JA, Kash F. Actively bleeding aneurysm demonstrated by
  CT angiography.  Accepted for Presentation (poster), American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, April 2007
• Spinal Cord Injury, Annual CME Event, American Academy of Surgical Physician Assistants, New Orleans, LA 10/6/2007 (Medical)
• Current and Future Treatment of Cervical Disc Degeneration, 1st Annual CME Event, Association of Neurosurgical Physician Assistants, San Diego, CA, 09/15/2007 (Medical)
• The Role of Physician Assistants in Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery Executives’ Resource Value & Education Society (NERVES) Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 04/13/2007
  (Administrative)
• Current Treatment of Lumbar Stenosis, A Conservative Role, American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual Conference, Washington, DC, 04/16/2007 (Medical)
• Spinal Cord Injury, Critical Nurses Seminar, St. Joseph Regional Health Center, Bryan, TX, 12/11/2006 (Medical)
• Coding & Credentialing for the Mid-Level Practitioner, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, San Francisco, CA, 04/23/2006 (Medical)

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

Hlavin JA (2019). CMO Experiences: A rudimentary case report. Physician Leadership Journal, 6(5), 43-49

Hlavin JA, Callahan, J (2012). Specialization training programs for physician assistants: Symbolic violence in the medical field?  Health Sociology Review 22(2), 200-209

Hlavin JA (2010). Common PE privileges, AANS Neurosurgeon, 19(3), 18-19
Desai S, Friedman JA, Hlavin JA, Briner RP, Toussaint LG, White JB, Van Amerogen A. (2010). Disseminated enterogenous cells at the cervicomedullary junction causing communicating hydrocephalus.  Journal of Neurosurgery 113(6), 1284-1286.
Hlavin JA (2009), Is your PE optimally trained for the job? Postgraduate neurosurgery training for physician extenders.  AANS Neurosurgeon, 18(1), 42-43.

Desai S, Friedman JA, Hlavin JA, Kash F. (2008). Actively bleeding aneurysm demonstrated by CT angiography.  Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery 111(1), 94-96.