Education & Training
- MD, University of Texas San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
- Residency: Baylor Scott and White, Temple, TX
- Fellowship: Rady Children's Hospital - San Diego, San Diego, CA
Representative Publications
Hughes, JL, Kruk, P, Bastrom, TP, Edmonds, EW. “Magnetic resonance imaging predictors of shoulder instability in adolescents.”. Pediatr Radiol. 2019 Mar;49(3):365-371. doi: 10.1007/s00247-018-4318-2.
Rickert, KD, Sarrel, KL, Sanders, JS, Farnsworth, CL, Jeffords, ME, Hughes, JL, Upasani, VV, Edmonds, EW, and Pennock, AT. “Medial Epicondyle Fractures: Biomechanical Evaluation and Clinical Comparison of Three Fixation Methods”. JPO. 2020. Oct; 40(9): 474-480.
Hughes, JL, Newton PO, Bastrom, T, Fabricant, PD, and Pennock, AT. The clavicle continues to grow during adolescence and early adulthood. HSS J. 2020 Dec 16 (Suppl 2): 372 – 377. doi: 10.1007/s11420-020-09754-8. Epub 2020 Apr 26.PMID: 33380970
Research Interests
Dr. Hughes' current research and clinical interests are pediatric trauma, developmental hip dysplasia, neuromuscular hip dysplasia, cerebral palsy, limb deformity and sports injuries.
Past research publications were related to trauma, scoliosis, shoulder instability in adolescents, developmental dysplasia of the hip, clavicular growth, among others. She has presented at numerous conferences in the country on a wide range of topics from scoliosis, musculoskeletal infection, clavicular growth and hip dysplasia.