James Harmon
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Credentials
MD, PhD

Assistant Professor, Critical Care & Acute Care Surgery
Biography

Bio

I serve as the Medical Student and Resident Site Director for General and Vascular Surgery at the University of Minnesota. My goal is to deliver clinical excellence, compassionate patient care, pioneering research, and to educate surgical leaders.

Research Summary

Experimental Stem Cell Transplantation Islet Allograft Transplantation Advances in Hepatobiliary and Minimally Invasive Surgery Patient Blood Transfusion Management Surgical Education 

Clinical Summary

Acute Care Surgery; General surgery; Minimally Invasive Surgery; Transplant Surgery; Trauma Surgery; Surgical Critical Care

Education

PhD, University of Minnesota
PhD, University of Minnesota
MD, Mayo Medical School
BS, University of Minnesota

Fellowships, Residencies, and Visiting Engagements

Visiting Professor, Visiting Professorship
St. John's Medical College
Visiting Professor, Visiting Professorship
St. John's Medical College
Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, Fellowship
University of Minnesota
Navy Trauma Training Center, Other
USC-LAC Naval School of Health Sciences
Solid Organ Transplant Fellowship, Fellowship
University of Minnesota
Surgery Residency, Residency
University of Minnesota
Surgical Infectious Disease Postgraduate Training, Other
University of Minnesota
Postgraduate Research Fellow, Fellowship
University of Minnesota
Pathology Residency, Residency
Massachusetts General Hospital
Clinical Internship, Internship
Mary Imogene Basset Hospital

Licensures and Certifications

General Surgery Re-certification, American Board of Surgery
Surgical Critical Care Certificate, American Board of Surgery
American Board of Surgery,
New York State Medical License,
Licensure/Certification Number: #241632
Massachusetts Medical License,
Licensure/Certification Number: #5910
National Board of Medical Examiners,
American Board of Clinical Pathology,
American Board of Anatomic Pathology,
Minnesota Medical License,
Licensure/Certification Number: #40949
DEA Practitioner Schedules 2, 2N, 3, 3N, 4, 5,

Honors and Recognition

Top Doctors: Minneapolis/St. Paul Magazine
2019
Top Doctors: Minneapolis/St. Paul Magazine
2018
Leonard Tow Faculty Humanism in Medicine Award, University of Minnesota Medical School
2017
Best Abstract of the Annual Meeting, Society for the Advancement of Blood Management Annual Meeting
2017
Top Doctors: Minneapolis/St. Paul Magazine
2016
DSI Distinguished Visitor Award, Dayanada Sagar University & Institutions
2016
Top Doctors: Minneapolis/St. Paul Magazine
2015
Distinguished Teaching Award, Minnesota Medical Foundation
2015
Top Doctors: Minneapolis/St. Paul Magazine
2014
Top Doctors: Minneapolis/St. Paul Magazine
2013
Distinguished Teaching Award, Minnesota Medical Foundation
2011
Distinguished Teaching Award, Minnesota Medical Foundation
2010
Henry Buchwald Award, Department of General Surgery
1999
Phi Kappa Phi and Gamma Sigma Delta Honor Societies
1981
Allis Regent Scholarship
1979
Sigma Xi Undergraduate Fellowship
1979

Professional Memberships

Massachusetts Association of Blood Banks
1990-1993
Massachusetts Medical Society
1990-1993
College of American Pathologists
American Medical Association
Society of Critical Care Medicine
American College of Surgeons
American Association of Blood Banks
Minnesota Surgical Society
Minneapolis Surgical Society, By-Laws and Special Projects Committee, 2021-2024
Society of American Gastrointestinal & Endoscopic Surgeons
Minnesota Academy of Medicine
American Association of Clinical Anatomists
Wangensteen Surgical Society, University of Minnesota
Contact

Contact

Address

Department of Surgery
420 Delaware Street SE, MMC 195
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Administrative Contact

Christine Vincent | 612-625-2684 | vinc0013@umn.edu