Harrison, Katherine | Faculty Directory

Professional Background

Education

2004 - Doctor of Medicine - Emergency Medicine - University of Massachusetts Medical School
1993 - B.A. - Philosophy - Yale University

Appointments

2019-Present - Assistant Professor / Clinical - UT Health San Antonio, Department of Emergency Medicine
2018-2019 - • Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine • Emergency Department Medical Director - National Medical Professionals, Nix Hospital Emergency Department
2010-2018 - • Contract staff Emergency Medicine physician • Level I trauma center, SAUSHEC EM Residency - San Antonio Military Medical Center
2008-2010 - • Assistant Professor Emergency Medicine; Division of Research • Level I trauma center, UMass Emergency Medicine Residency - UMass memorial Medical Group

Research & Grants

“Improving Care Delivery in the Emergency Department Using Discrete Event Simulation and Wireless Identification Technology." November 2009

Assessment of the ability of two industrial engineering techniques, computerized discrete event simulation and wireless identification technology, to improve the timely application of evidence based care in an urban ED.

Funded by the UMass Life Sciences Moment Fund
Eric Dickson, Hari Balasubramanian, Katherine Harrison, Edwin Boudreaux

Clinical

Board Certifications

2005 - American Board of Emergency Medicine Certification

- Current ACLS, BLS, ATLS Instructor, PALS

- Fellow American College of Emergency Physicians

- Fellow American Academy of Emergency Medicine

Publications

Broach JP, McNamara M, Harrison KA, Ambulatory Care by Disaster Responders in the Tent Camps of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, January 2010. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 2010 4:116-121

Murphy P, Bachur R, Manno M, O’Neill M, Brent A, Harrison, KA “Pediatric Infectious Diseases” Essentials of Emergency Medicine Ed. Richard V. Aghababian, Jones & Bartlett 2005. Pp 550-569.

Harrison, KA. Pelvic Inflammatory Disease, Toxic Shock Syndrome. In: Salyer SW ed. Essential Emergency Medicine. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders 2007:536-540.

Harrison, KA. Shoulder Injuries. In: Salyer SW ed. Essential Emergency Medicine. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders 2007:647-651.

Katherine Harrison, M.D.

Education

Appointments