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Personal Data
Address
Education
Academic Appointments
Hospital Appointments
Grant Support
Certification and Licensure
Military Service
Honors and Awards
Membership and offices in Professional Societies
Teaching and Mentoring Activities
Extramural Invited Presentations
Hospital Committee Assignments
Peer Reviewed Publications
Non-Peer Reviewed Publications
Abstracts
PERSONAL DATA
James Vail Harmon, Jr., MD
United States Citizen
ADDRESS
Department of Surgery
University of Minnesota
420 Delaware St SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Phone: 612-***-****
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EDUCATION
1978 University Laval
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
1978-1981 Bachelor of Science, Biology
University of Minnesota
St. Paul, Minnesota
1981-1985 Doctor of Medicine
Mayo Medical School
Rochester, Minnesota
1985-1986Clinical Internship
Mary Imogene Basset Hospital
Cooperstown, New York
1986-1990 Pathology Residency
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
1993-2000Surgery Resident
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
1997 Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Postgraduate Training
University of Minnesota
Department of Surgery
1998 Surgical Infectious Disease Postgraduate Training
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
1997-1998 and Postgraduate Research Fellow
2000-2001 Ph.D. Program in Surgery
Department of Surgery
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
2002-2003 Solid Organ Transplant Fellow
Department of Surgery
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
July Aug 2004 Navy Trauma Training Center
Naval School of Health Sciences
USC- LAC
Los Angeles, California
2006-2007 Surgical Critical Care Fellow
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS1990-1993Instructor in Pathology
Harvard Medical School
Cambridge, Massachusetts
1993-1998Clinical Fellow, Surgery
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
1998-2002Research Fellow, Surgery
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
2002-2003Instructor in Surgery
Solid Organ Transplant Fellowship
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
2004-2006Surgery Resident Training StaffDepartment of General SurgeryNaval Medical Center San Diego
San Diego, California
2007 - 2008Instructor in Surgery
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
2008-presentAssistant Professor of Surgery
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS
1989-1990Chief Resident, PathologyMassachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
1990Co-Director, Blood Transfusion Service
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
1991-1993Assistant Director, Blood Transfusion Service
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
1993-1999General Surgery ResidentFairview University Hospital
Minneapolis, Minnesota
1999-2000Chief Resident, General SurgeryFairview University Hospital
Minneapolis, Minnesota
2002-2003Clinical Transplant FellowFairview University Hospital
Minneapolis, Minnesota
2004-2006 Staff Surgeon
Naval Medical Center San Diego
San Diego, California
2006-2007Surgical Intensive Care FellowUniversity of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview
Minneapolis, Minnesota
2006-presentStaff Surgeon (Coverage)
Regions Hospital
St. Paul, Minnesota
2006-presentStaff Surgeon (Coverage)
HCMC
Minneapolis, Minnesota
2007-present Staff Surgeon
University of Minnesota Medical Center - Fairview
Minneapolis, Minnesota
2009presentDirector, General Vascular Surgery Service
University of Minnesota Medical Center - Fairview
Minneapolis, Minnesota
GRANT SUPPORT19911992 A double-blind, placebo-controlled study to determine the safety of
recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEPO) and whether rHuEPO can reduce postoperative
transfusion requirements in subjects undergoing major orthopedic surgery.
Funding Source: R.W. Johnson Pharmaceutical Research Institute
. (Completed)
PI: James Vail Harmon, Jr., M.D. (MGH Center)
2007-present Advancing Islet Transplants for Type 1 Diabetes Care
CIT-07 Islet Transplantation in Type 1 Diabetes
Funding source: NIH
5% Effort: Surgical Organ Procurement and Islet Transplantation
PI: Bernhard Hering, MD
2008 present Cirg - Raptiva Protocol for Islet Transplantation
Funding source: NIH
5% Effort: Surgical Organ Procurement and Islet Transplantation
PI: Bernhard Hering, MD
CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE
1986 National Board of Medical Examiners
1988-1996Massachusetts Medical Licensure,
#
5910
1990American Board of Clinical Pathology
1990 American Board of Anatomic Pathology
1998-presentMinnesota Medical Licensure, #40949
2001-2011American Board of Surgery
2011-2021 American Board of Surgery Re-certification
2006-2009New York State Medical Licensure,
#241632
2008-2011 DEA Practitioner Schedules 2, 2N, 3, 3N, 4, 5
2009-2019
Critical Care Certification, American Board of Surgery
MILITARY SERVICE
2004- 2006Active Duty United States NavyLT Commander, Staff Surgeon
Balboa Navy Medical Center
San Diego, California
2004-2005 Surgical Deployment to Iraq, 13 AUG 04 28 FEB 05
Staff Surgeon, 3rd FRSS I
Korean Village, Iraq
2006- 2011United States Navy ReservesCommander, Staff Surgeon
Minneapolis, Minnesota
HONORS AND AWARDS
1979 Allis Regent Scholarship
University of Minnesota
1979 Sigma Xi
Undergraduate Fellowship
University of Minnesota
1981 Phi Kappa Phi and
Gamma Sigma Delta Honor Societies
University of Minnesota
1999 Henry Buchwald Award
Department of General Surgery
University of Minnesota
2010 Distinguished Teaching Award
Minnesota Medical Foundation
University of Minnesota
2011 Distinguished Teaching Award
Minnesota Medical Foundation
University of Minnesota
MEMBERSHIP AND OFFICES IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
1982-present American Medical Association
1986-present College of American Pathologists
1989-present American Association of Blood Banks
1990-1993 Massachusetts Medical Society
1990-1993 Massachusetts Association of Blood Banks
1996-present American College of Surgeons
Associate Fellow
TEACHING AND MENTORING ACTIVITES
1989-1990 Pathophysiology of Infectious Disease
Course Instructor
Harvard Medical School
Cambridge, Massachusetts
1990-1993 Transfusion Medicine Core Lecture Series
Pathology Residents Instructor
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
1992 Transfusion Medicine and Infectious Disease
Lab. Sections Instructor
Harvard Medical School
Cambridge, Massachusetts
1993-2000 Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Instructor
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
2005-2006 Basic Surgical Science Instructor
Department of General Surgery
Naval Medical Center San Diego
San Diego, California
2006 Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) Instructor
Naval Medical Center San Diego
San Diego, California
2007 present Director for General Surgery
SimPORTAL Surgical Skills Laboratory
Department of Surgery
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
2007 present Lecturer, SURG 7500
Department of Surgery
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
2007 present Faculty Member
Medical School Human Anatomy 6150
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
2010 present Surgical Anatomy, Course Co-Director
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
EXTRAMURAL INVITED PRESENTATIONS
1990 Massachusetts Association of Blood Banks, Annual Seminar
POEMS Syndrome and Therapeutic Plasma Exchange
1990 Massachusetts Association of Blood Banks, Annual Seminar
Adult Hematology Case Studies
1990 Massachusetts Association for Medical Technology, Annual
Meeting, Advances in Therapeutic Plasma Exchange.
HOSPTIAL COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
1990 - 1992 Chairman, Transfusion Committee
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
2002-2003 Co-Chair, Transfusion Committee
Fairview University Hospital
Minneapolis, Minnesota
2004 - 2006 Chairman, Blood Utilization Review Committee
Naval Medical Center San Diego
San Diego, California
2006 2009 Transfusion Committee
Regions Hospital
St. Paul, Minnesota
2006 - present Transfusion Committee
University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview
Minneapolis, Minnesota
2007 - present Critical Care Committee
University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview
Minneapolis, Minnesota
2010 present Blood Utilization Subcommittee
University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview
Minneapolis, Minnesota
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