Wayne Paris, Ph.D., LCSW

Associate Professor of Social Work Master's Program Director  Degrees B.A., Northeastern Oklahoma State University M.S.W., University of Oklahoma Ph.D., University of Huddersfield   Telephone 325.674.4886 Email wdp10a@acu.edu

Achievements:

Wayne Paris, Ph.D., LCSW is an Associate Professor of Social Work and M.S.W. Program Director. He has worked within Clinical Transplant Social Work for 25 years and has a very extensive clinical outcome research background, published widely, and presented frequently at national and international medical and social work conferences.

Recent publications:

• Paris, W. Nour, B.  Organ Transplantation in Egypt.  Progress in Transplantation, 2010; 20(3): 274-278.   
• Paris, W., Calhoun, M.B. Pierson, M. Academic and Clinical Research Collaboration: Article 2: Review of Existing Academic-Clinical Collaboration Literature (Feature article).  Nephrology News and Issues  http://www.nephrology-digital.com/201005/?token=#&pageSet=27&page=0.
• Paris, W., Calhoun, M.B. Pierson, M. Academic and Clinical Research Collaboration: Article 1: An Overview (Feature article).  Nephrology News and Issues  http://nephronline.com/article.asp?IndexID=317.  
• Calhoun, M.B., Paris, W.  Kidney Patient Employment and its Relationship to Physical Impairment.  Journal of Nephrology  Social Work, 2009; 30(1): 9-15

Recent presentations:

2010

• Legal Approaches to Increasing Organ Donation Rates: a Multinational Review.  Presented at International Transplant Nursing Society Annual Meeting.  Minneapolis, MN.
• Social Worker and Surgeon Collaborative Practice: An Outcomes Based Model (oral presentation); and, Post Transplant Employment and its Relationship to Physical Status (poster).  Presented at Changing Health 2010.  Dublin, Ireland.

2009

• Post-Transplant Employment and its Relationship to Physical Status.  Presented at International Society for Transplant Nurses annual meeting.  Montreal, Canada.
• Organ Transplantation in Egypt: The Religious, Legal, Legislative, and Ethical Issues.  Presented at Society for Transplant Social Worker Annual Conference.  Cleveland, OH
• Post-Transplant Employment and its Relationship to Physical Status.  Presented at National Kidney Foundation 2008 Spring Clinical Meetings.  Nashville, TN.
• INVITED: Ethics and Financial Disincentives for Recipients: An International Perspective.  Presented at American Transplant Congress Pre-Meeting Symposium.  Boston, MA.
• INVITED: Social Barriers to Patient Selection.  Presented at Common Threads of Transplantation meeting.  Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, PA.