Paul B. Harrison, M.D., F.A.C.S.
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE:
General Surgery Trauma and Critical Care
1978 - Present
Kansas Surgical Consultants, LLP
3243 East Murdock, Suite 404, Wichita, Kansas 67208
(316) 685-6222
HOSPITAL STAFF PRIVILEGES:
Active:
Wesley Medical Center
Via Christi Regional Medical Center
Surgicare of Wichita
Cypress Surgery Center
Select Specialty Hospital
CERTIFICATION & LICENSURE:
1993 - Present
American Board of Surgery, Critical Care Medicine, Recertified October, 2002
1979 - Present
American Board of Surgery, Recertified October 1988 and October 16, 1998
1978 - Present
Kansas Licensure
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
American College of Hyperbaric Medicine
American Medical Association
Kansas Medical Society
Medical Society of Sedgwick County
Fellow, American College of Surgeons, 1982
Fellow, International College of Surgeons, 1988-1994
The Society of Critical Care Medicine
Southwestern Surgical Congress
American Society of Abdominal Surgeons, 1986 - 1994
Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society
Wichita Surgical Society
Western Trauma Association
American Association for the Surgery of Trauma
Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
Wesley Medical Center

1991 - Present
1990
1989
1989
1989
1989
1988
1987 - 1989
1987
1986 - 1989
1986
1986 - Present
1986 - Present

Surgical Executive Committee
Medical Staff Past President
to Present Administrative Affairs Committee
Medical Staff President
Board of Directors
Joint Conference Committee
Medical Staff President Elect
Medical Quality Assessment Committee
Medical Staff Vice President
Metabolic Support Committee
Medical Staff Secretary/Treasurer
Director, Department of Shock/Trauma
Chair, Trauma/Critical Care Committee
Medical Society of Sedgwick County
1988 - 1991
Board of Directors
1986 - Present
EMS Physicians Advisory Committee
1986 - Present East Heights United Methodist Church - Health/Welfare Committee
1986 - Present Clinical Associate Professor, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Wichita, Kansas, Department of Surgery, Wichita Center for Graduate Medical Education Residency Program
1995
NHTSA Assessment, State of Kansas Trauma Needs
1994
District Coroner's Study Committee
1995 - 1998
State Trauma Planning Committee
1999 - Present
Chair, State Trauma Committee
1988 - Present
Course Director, ATLS Course
1993 - Present
Course Director, ATLS Instructor Course
EDUCATION:
Undergraduate
1967 - 1971

The Wichita State University
Graduated B.A. Degree

Medical
1971 - 1974

University of Kansas, Kansas City, Kansas School of Medicine
Graduated M.D. Degree

Residency General Surgery
1974 - 1978

Wesley Medical Center Wichita, Kansas

HONORS AND AWARDS:
1983, 1984, 1990
University of Kansas School of Medicine, Wichita, Kansas
Surgery Residency Program
"Teacher of the Year"
PRESENTATIONS:
September 2000
“Does Ketoconazole Prevent ARDS in the MultiSystem Trauma Patient, a Prospective randomized double blind study.”
AAST Poster Session, San Antonio, Texas
September 1995
"Spontaneous Pneumothorax as a Primary Presentation of Carcinoma
of the Lung"
September 1995 "Duodenal Perforation from Gastrojujenal Feeding Tube"
American College of Surgeons, Kansas Chapter, Wichita, Kansas
1995

"Carcinoid Syndrome"
Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas
Surgical Grand Rounds

April 1995

"Penetrating Cardiac Injuries Treated by Stapled Cardiorrhaphy"
Southwest Surgical Congress, San Antonio, Tx

September 1996

American College of Surgeons, Kansas Chapter, Wichita, Kansas

August 1996

“Pelvic Fractures and Hemorrhage”
Via Christi Regional Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas
Surgery Grand Rounds

February 1995

"MAST: Does It Help in the Management of Traumatic Shock?
Western Trauma Association, Big Sky, Montana

1993 - Present

"Advanced Trauma Life Support Instructor Course"
Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas

1994

"Laparoscopic Hernia Repair"
Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas
Surgical Grand Rounds

1994

"Big Cat Attacks: A Case Report"
Southwestern Surgical Congress Meeting, Tucson, Arizona

September 1994

“The Questionable Utility of Mandatory Screening for Human Immunodeficiency Virus”
Kansas Chapter, American College of Surgeons
Kansas City, Missouri

April 1993

"HIV/Hepatitis, A Retrospective Review"
Southwestern Surgical Congress, Monterrey, California

April 1993

"Rural Trauma, In Need of a System?
Kansas Medical Society, Manhattan, Kansas

February 1992

"Pathophysiology and Management of Gastric Ulcer"
University of Kansas School of Medicine, Wichita, Kansas

1991

"Stabilization and Transportation of the Acute Trauma Patient"
State EMS Meeting, Hays, Kansas

1991

"Feeding Jejunostomy Complications"
Southwest Surgical Congress Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada

April 1991

"Hyperbaric Medicine"
EMS Association Meeting, Wichita, Kansas

April 1991

"Pulmonary Barotrauma in a Mechanically-Ventilated patient with Solitary Head Injury and No Other Predisposing Factors"
Southwestern Surgical Congress, Las Vegas, Nevada

1990

"Violent Trauma"
Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas

June 1990

"Blunt Chest Injury"
Great Bend, Kansas

February 1990

"Carcinoma of the Gallbladder"
University of Kansas School of Medicine, Wichita, Kansas

1989 to 1990

"Farm Injury/Rescue"
Oberlin, Kansas 1989
Liberal, Kansas 1989
Greensburg, Kansas 1989
Sabetha, Kansas 1990

1989

"Hepatic Malignancies and Intra-abdominal Abscesses"
Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas
Surgical Grand Rounds

1989
"Medical Trauma '89 & '90"
Wichita, Kansas
1983 - Present
"Advanced Trauma Life Support"
Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas
Provider Course
PUBLICATIONS:
November 2002
“Complications of the Heimlich Maneuver: Case Report and Literature Review”
Fearing N. M., Harrison P.B.
Journal of Trauma
March 2002

“Senior Surgical Residents Can Accurately Interpret Trauma Radiographs”
Robert W. Vorhies, M.D., Paul B. Harrison, M.D., R. Stephen Smith, M.D., Stephen D. Helmer, Ph.D.
American Surgeon

December 2000

“Outcome after major renovascular injuries: a Western Trauma Association multicenter report
Knudson,M.M., Harrison P.B., Hoyt D.B., Shatz D.V., Zietlow S.P.,
Bergstein J.M., Mario L.A., McAninch J.W.
Journal of Trauma

August 1999

“The Feasibility and Accuracy of the Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for
Breast Carcinoma”
Harrison P.B.
American Surgeon

April 1998

“A Comparison of Sonographic Examinations for Trauma Performed by
Surgeons and Radiologists”
Buzzas G. R., Kern S. J., Smith R. S., Harrison P.B., Helmore S. D., Reed J.A.
Journal of Trauma; Injury Infection and Critical Care, Volume 44, #44

September 1997

“Outcome after Blunt Traumatic Thoracic Aortic Laceration: Identification of a High-risk Cohort”
Camp P.C., Shackford S.R., and the Western Trauma Association Multicenter Study Group
Journal of Trauma

May 1996

“Big Cat Attack: a case study” Wiens M.B., Harrison P.B.
Journal of Trauma

January 1996

“Status of Nonoperative Management of Blunt Hepatic Injuries in 1995: a Multicenter Experience with 404 Patients”
Pachter H.L., Knudson M.M.,Esrig B., Ross S., Hoyt D., CogbillT.,Sherman H., Scalea T., Harrison P.B., Shackford S., Ochsner M.G., Mucha P., Lippoldt D RN

September 1995

“PASG: Does it help in the management of traumatic shock?”
Chang F.C., Harrison P.B., Beech R.R., Helmer S.D.
Journal of Trauma

March 1994

"Pulmonary Barotrauma in a Mechanically-Ventilated Patient with
Solitary Head Injury and No Other Predisposing Factors"
Lee F., Basinger B., Harrison P.B.
Kansas Medicine, Journal of the Kansas Medical Society 95 (3):70-72

December 1993

"The Questionable Utility of Mandatory Screening for the Human Immunodeficiency Virus" Mullins J.R., Harrison P.B.
The American Journal of Surgery, 166 :676-679

1992

"Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy During Pregnancy in Symptomatic Patients" Morrel D.G., Mullins J.R., Harrison P.B.
Surgery, 112 :856-859

July 1991

"Military Anti-Shock Trousers Trauma Study, Do Problems Outweigh Benefits?"
A City Wide Study, Wichita Eagle Newspaper article

May 1981

"Abdominal Ultrasonography with Intestinal Obstruction: Diagnosis in Difficult Cases"
Bosiljevac J., Harrison P., Kouri S., Reeves B., Kansas Medical Journal, 82 5):207-209, 215

PUBLICATIONS SUBMITTED FOR REVIEW:
December 1991

"Pulmonary Barotrauma in a Mechanically-Ventilated Patient with Solitary Head Injury and No Other Predisposing Factors"
Lee F., Basinger B., Harrison P.B.
Submitted to Chest

November 1991

"Shotgun Injuries to the Face"
Harrison P., Shaw J.M., Ferris B.
Abstract submitted to Western Trauma

 

August 1990

"Blunt Trauma During the Third Trimester of Pregnancy: A Case Report"
Wilson W., Harrison P.B.
Submitted to The Journal of Trauma

August 1990 "Retrospective Review of the April 26, 1991 Tornado Injuries in the Haysville, Kansas Area"
Harrison P.B., Lippoldt D., RN
Submitted to The Kansas Medical Journal
August 1990 "Efficacy of Percutaneous Drainage of Traumatic Pancreatic Pseudocysts in Children"
Harrison P.B., Brake D.
Submitted to Western Trauma Association
RESEARCH STUDIES:
A Retrospective Epidemiologic Study of Trauma Injuries Sustained During the April 26, 1991 Wichita and Andover, Kansas Tornado at All Area Hospitals
Harrison P.B., McClellan E., Lee F., Lippoldt M.D., RN

Double Masked Comparison Study of Hypertonic Saline Solution and Lactated Ringers Solution in the Initial Fluid Resuscitation of the Trauma Patient
Harrison P.B.

Retrospective Review of the April 26, 1991 Tornado Injuries in the Haysville, Kansas Area
Harrison P.B., Lippoldt D., RN

Brown Spider Bite in the Guinea Pig, A Comparison of Treatment Alternatives
Harrison P.B., Teslow T., Beilman G.
Treatment of Intra-Abdominal Infections with Intravenous Trospectomycin Sulfate Plus Intravenous Atreonam or With Intravenous Clindamycin Phosphate Plus Intravenous Atreonam, Protocol #M1350-0006, Investigational New Drug Number 28,238
Harrison P.B., Kiser J., Waswick W., Upjohn Laboratories

Randomized Double Blind Multi-center Trial Assessing the Safety and Efficacy of a Single Intravenous Dose of CP-116,517 Compared with Cefotetan for the Prophylaxis of Infection Following Elective Colorectal Surgery
Harrison P.B.
Study #154-128, Pfizer Study

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