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Departments & Divisions

  • Department of Emergency Medicine

Katherine Harrison, M.D.

  • 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
  • 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.

  • 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
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