Dr. Jason James is a board certified obstetrician-gynecologist who has been in private practice in the Miami area since 2003. He is the immediate past Chief of Obstetrics and Gynecology and is currently the Vice President of the Medical Staff at Baptist Hospital. Dr. James completed his undergraduate education at the University of Pennsylvania and attended medical school at the University of Miami. He completed his residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Long Island Jewish Medical Center, where he was recognized for his outstanding teaching skills.

Since entering private practice in Miami, he has been active at the administrative level, serving on the Board of Directors for the Dade County Medical Association and the Baptist Health Surgery Center at Kendall, and was nominated among a select number of physicians to participate in a Building Collaborative Leadership course for future leaders of Baptist Hospital. Dr. James has received numerous awards, including the Patients’ Choice Recognition, Compassionate Doctor Recognition, and America’s On-Time Physicians every year since 2008.

Dr. James is skilled in laparoscopic and robotic gynecologic surgery, minimally invasive surgery, infertility, and high-risk obstetrics, and enjoys remaining at the cutting edge of medical technology. He has a special interest in postpartum depression and was named the 2010 ACOG Issue of the Year Research Award Recipient for postpartum depression research.

Apart from his practice of medicine, Dr. James is a national speaker and well regarded expert and key opinion leader on various topics, including the prevention of elective early term deliveries, umbilical cord blood banking, postpartum depression, and contraceptive technology. He is the symposium director of the annual Sanford Cole Memorial Ob/Gyn Symposium in Miami, Florida. Dr. James is fluent in English and Spanish and is welcoming new patients. He enjoys spending his free time traveling around the world with his wife, Lisa, and three children. You can follow Dr. James on Twitter at @drjasonjames or learn more at https://about.me/drjjames