Garen J. Wintemute, M.D.

Clinical/Research Interests

Garen J. Wintemute is a renowned expert on the public health crisis of gun violence and a pioneer in the field of injury epidemiology and prevention of firearm violence, which results in approximately 30,000 deaths a year and approximately 75,000 nonfatal injuries seen in hospital emergency departments. His longstanding commitment to understand the nature of firearm violence and its underlying causes has produced a uniquely rich and informative body of research on firearm violence that directly improves the health and safety of Americans and has positioned California - and UC Davis - as national leaders in efforts to break the cycle of gun violence. He has conducted and published findings from numerous studies on gun accessibility, connections between gun ownership and violence, and related topics. He has testified before Congress and served as a consultant for the National Institute of Justice; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. click here for additional information

Title:

Professor, Director of the Violence Prevention Research Program, Attending Physician-Emergency Department, Inaugural Susan P. Baker-Stephen P. Teret Chair in Violence Prevention at UC Davis

Specialty:

Emergency Medicine

Address:

UC Davis Medical Center
2315 Stockton Blvd.
Sacramento, CA 95817

Phone:

(916) 734-5010

Education:

UC Davis School of Medicine
Sacramento, California
M.D. 1977

Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut
B.S. 1973

Board Certifications:

American Board of Family Medicine, 1980

Select Recent Publications:

Wintemute GJ. Characteristics of federally licensed firearms retailers and retail establishments in the United States: Initial findings from the Firearms Licensee Survey. Journal of Urban Health 2012; epub ahead of print.

Wintemute GJ, Claire BE, McHenry V, Wright MA. Epidemiology and clinical aspects of stray bullet shootings in the United States. Journal of Trauma and Critical Care Surgery. 2012; 73: 215-223.

Wintemute GJ. Association between firearm ownership, firearm-related risk and risk-reduction behaviors, and alcohol-related risk behaviors. Injury Prevention 2011; 17: 422-427.

Wright MA, Wintemute GJ. Felonious or violent criminal activity that prohibits gun ownership among prior purchasers of handguns. Journal of Trauma 2010; 87: 352-364.

Wintemute GJ. Firearm retailers’ willingness to participate in an illegal gun purchase. Journal of Urban Health 2010; 87: 865-878.

Wintemute GJ. Inside Gun Shows: What Goes on When Everybody Thinks Nobody’s Watching. Sacramento, CA: Violence Prevention Research Program, 2009.

Wintemute GJ, Cook PJ, Wright MA. Risk factors among handgun retailers for frequent and disproportionate sales of guns used in violent and firearm-related crimes. Injury Prevention, 11:357-363.

Wintemute GJ, Romero MP, Wright MA, Grassel KM. The life cycle of crime guns: A description based on guns recovered from young people in California. Annals of Emergency Medicine, 43:733-742.

Romero MP, Wintemute GJ, Wright MA, Parham CA. Shall issue policy and criminal activity among applicants for permits to carry concealed firearms. Injury Prevention, 9:367-9.

Wintemute GJ, Wright MA, Drake CM, Beaumont JJ. Subsequent criminal activity among violent misdemeanants who seek to purchase handguns: Risk factors and effectiveness of denying handgun purchase. Journal of the American Medical Association, 285:1019-1026.

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