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Gun Violence

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LEADERSHIP

Stanton B. Miller, MD, MPH, FACS
  • Executive Director, JCIRP
  • Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery, Emergency Medicine, & Population Health

1015 Walnut Street
Suite 703
Philadelphia, PA 19107

Partnering with Communities to Prevent Gun Violence & Support Recovery

Compared to someone without access, someone with access to guns in their home is three times more likely to commit suicide and nearly twice as likely to be the victim of a homicide.
(Kurtzman, 2014)

Gun-related Injuries & Deaths in Philadelphia
14,000

In the City of Philadelphia alone, gun violence has killed or injured more than 14,000 people since 2015. (Office of the Controller, 2023)

Programs & Events

Biennial Gun Violence Symposium
SHIELD-UP Gun Lock Program
Stop the Bleed Program

Research Studies

The following topics are being studied in partnership with the Socially Responsible Surgery chapter at Thomas Jefferson University:

  • Barriers to Recovery After Firearm Injury
    What factors influence successful follow-up and predict missed follow-up in Jefferson gun violence patients?
  • Factors Influencing Hospital Readmission After Firearm Injury
    What clinical and social factors are associated with 30-day readmission?
  • Re-injury Risk After Firearm Injury
    What proportion of firearm injury survivors experience re-injury within 1 year, and which interventions reduce recurrence?
  • Barriers to Discharge
    Which discharge barriers are most often encountered by gun violence survivors, and how do they relate to readmission and complications?
  • Healing Hurt People (HHP) Program Outcomes
    How did employing HHP for Jefferson gun violence patients influence outcomes, and how can we implement this to help future patients?
  • Cost of Gun Violence on Jefferson Health
    How significant are the monetary losses per gun violence trauma patient on Jefferson, and can we use a financial perspective to implement new interventions targeted to stop future firearm violence from occurring?
  • Influence of Stop the Bleed Program
    Which Philadelphia neighborhoods have the highest firearm injury burden, and where should Stop the Bleed resources be targeted?