Dr. Preeti Jois, MD FACEP

Surviving the Holidays

We dig a little deeper in the depression aspect of holiday stress. Illness, death in a family, divorce, job loss etc. can cause heartache for many. For many, the holidays are a sad time of year and serious depression. Our expert will talk about this in more detail as well as suicide during the holidays. What can people do to get through this period safely?

Preeti Jois, MD FACEP, is Medical Director of the Chest Pain Evaluation Center and assistant professor of emergency medicine at Shands Hospital at the University of Florida. Dr. Jois completed her undergraduate work at the University of Florida and is a graduate of the University of Miami School of Medicine. After a residency in emergency medicine at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Dr. Jois completed a fellowship focusing specifically on cardiovascular emergencies at the Cleveland Clinic emergency medicine department.

A diplomate of the American Board of Emergency Medicine, Dr. Jois joined the UF College of Medicine faculty in 2008. She has led the UF Code Blue Committee since 2009 and has authored several papers and studies related to cardiovascular emergencies. In 2010, she received the College of Medicine’s Exemplary Teacher Award.

Dr. Leigh Vinocur

12 / 2 / 2011