Dr. James O. Ballard, A.B., M.D., F.A.C.P.

Faculty Titles & Positions

• Emeritus Professor of Humanities, Medicine & Pathology Penn State University College of Medicine -
• Attending Physician, Hematology/Oncology Division Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center 1978 - 2019
• 1978-1996 Co-Director, Special Hematology Laboratory The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center 1978 - 1996
• 1980-1981 Interim Medical Coordinator, Therapeutic Apheresis The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center 1980 - 1981
• Associate Director, Hemophilia Center of Central PA Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center 1980 - 2019
• Hematology Consultant Veterans Administration Hospital, Lebanon, PA 1982 - 1999
• Instructor in Medicine Penn State College of Medicine/The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center 1976 - 1978
• Assistant Professor of Medicine Penn State College of Medicine (PSUCOM)/ Milton S. Hershey Medical Center 1978 - 1985
• Penn State College of Medicine (PSUCOM)/ Milton S. Hershey Medical Center PSUCOM 1983 - 2002
• 1985-1991 Associate Professor of Medicine (tenured) PSUCOM, The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center 1985 - 1991
• Jane W. and Lawrence F. Kienle Chair for Humane Medicine Penn State College of Medicine/ Milton S. Hershey Medical Center 1990 - 2019
• 1991-1999 Professor of Medicine PSUCOM/The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center 1991 - 1999
• 1994-1997 Facilitator Problem Based Learning Track, PSUCOM 1994 - 1997
• Facilitator Problem Based Learning, Integrated Curriculum, PSUCOM 1997 - 2013
• 1998-2002 Course Co-Director Hematology Component, Integrated Curriculum (2nd year medical Students), PSUCOM 1998 - 2002
• 1999-2002 Professor of Medicine and Pathology PSUCOM/ Penn State Hershey Medical Center 1999 - 2002
• Instructor in Humanities PSUCOM 1999 - 2002
• Visiting Professor West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine 1999 - 2009
• OSCE Examiner for 3rd year medical students PSUCOM 2001 - 2005
• Humanities small group instructor Ethics and Professionalism (second year students), PSUCOM 2002 - 2019
• Humanities Selective course director and instructor Education in End of Life and Palliative Care (EPEC) and co-director for The Medical Detective (fourth year students), PSUCOM 2002 - 2020
• Professor of Medicine Pathology and Humanities (tenured), PSUCOM/ Penn State Hershey Medical Center 2002 - Present
• Co-Director PSUCOM 2008 - 2014
• Course Director and Instructor, Humanities & Medicine Medicine (PPS I Curriculum) (1st year medical students), PSUCOM 2006 - 2007
• Course Co-Director Clinical Learning and Competency (Problem Based Learning Curriculum), PSUCOM 2007 - 2013
• Course Co-Director and Instructor Medical Humanities, (1st year medical students), PSUCOM 2007 - 2012
• Humanities small group facilitator Mind-Body Medicine and Communication (both 1st year courses), PSUCOM 2014 - 2019
• Course Co-Director and Instructor Medical Humanities, (1st year medical students, PSUCOM 2016 - 2019
• 1985-1988 Director Third Year Medicine Clerkship, PSUCOM, The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center 1985 - 1988
• Co-Director Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Training Program, The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center 1989 - 1996
• Student Ombudsperson PSUCOM 1991 - 2004
• Chair Committee for Undergraduate Medical Education, First and Second Years (CUMED), PSUCOM 1996 - 1999
• Interim Chair Department of Humanities, PSUCOM 1999 - 2002
• Director of Collaboration Medical Humanities Education in Ghana, PSUCOM and MountCrest University, Accra, Ghan 2015 - 2017

Awards

• Alpha Epsilon Delta Premedical Honor Society 1964  
• Alpha Omega Alpha 1968  
• Who’s Who in America Year (2000-present) 
• Best Doctors in America Year (2002- 2019) 
• 1976-1978 Postdoctoral Fellowship Award–Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health (F32-HL05349-01) Year  
• Clinical Faculty Member of the Year, Presented by the Class of 1981, PSUCOM Year  
• 1983 Outstanding Physician Award, Presented by Internal Medicine Residents, The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Year  
• 1990 Distinguished Physician Award for Excellence in House staff Teaching, Presented by Internal Medicine Residents, the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Year  
• 1999 Faculty Teaching Award, Presented by the Class of 2001, PSUCOM Year  
• One-Hit Wonder Award, Presented by the Class of 2002, PSUCOM Year  
• 2000 Outstanding Lecturer in Second-Year Hematology, Presented by the Class of 2002, PSUCOM Year  
• 2001 Clinical Teaching Award in Humanities, Presented by the Class of 2001, PSUCOM Year  
• Teacher of the Year Award, Presented by the Class of 2003, PSUCOM Year  
• Best Course Director, Presented by the Class of 2003, PSUCOM Year  
• 2002 Best of Hematology, Presented by the Class of 2004, PSUCOM Year  
• 2003 Course Co-Director Award, Presented by the Class of 2004, PSUCOM Year  
• Distinguished Educator Award, Penn State College of Medicine Year  
• 2004 Humanism in Medicine Award Nominee, Association of American Medical Colleges and Pfizer Medical Humanities Initiative Year  
• 2010 The Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award, Arnold P. Gold Foundation Year  
• 2018 2018 Outstanding Humanities Facilitator Award, Penn State College of Medicine Year  
• Exceptional Moments in Teaching, Penn State College of Medicine, Office of Respectful Learning Year  

Professional Memberships

• American Society of Hematology  
• American College of Physicians  
• Board of Directors, Harrisburg Area Chapter, American Red Cross  
• Central Pennsylvania Blood Bank  
• PA Society of Hematology/Oncology  
• International Society of Thrombosis and Hemostasis  
• American Osler Society  
• American Society of Bioethics and Humanities  

Fellowships

• Georgetown University Medical Center Clinical Fellow in Hematology  1973
• The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Clinical Fellow, Division of Hematology  1976
• The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Research Fellow, Division of Hematology  1978

Charities and Philanthropic Endeavors

• Member, Board of Directors, American Red Cross, Central PA Region, 1981-1994
• Member, Board of Directors, Central Pennsylvania Blood Bank, 1981-1983
• Faculty preceptor for Medical Residents and First Year Medical Students, Bethesda Mission and LionCare Clinics, Harrisburg, PA 1990-2012
• Science Fair Judge, Susquenita High School, 1985-2010
• Elder, Presbyterian Church U.S.A., Derry Presbyterian Church, Hershey, PA
• Panelist, “Medical Ethics,” Central Pennsylvania Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership
• Seminar, Shippensburg University, May, 2017, May, 2018 and May, 2019
• Invited talk, “The Medical Detective: art seen through the lens of medicine.” Faculty Women’s Club, Penn State University, State College, PA., Nov. 2019.
• Char, Program Committee, Emeritus Faculty Organization, Penn State College or Medicine, 2020-2023.

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