David H. Wisner, M.D.

Clinical/Research Interests

Dr. Wisner is a sought-after national and international speaker on shock and trauma management. He has contributed to numerous publications on trauma, serious injury and critical-care medicine. Dr. Wisner also holds a course director certification in advanced trauma life support. He has clinical interests in medical ethics and a variety of trauma-related topics. His research projects focus on the effects of head injury and shock resuscitation, resuscitation on uncontrolled hemorrhage, and a variety of insults on the blood-brain barrier.

Title:

Professor of Surgery

Specialty:

Surgery - Trauma, Emergency and Critical Care

Center/Program Affiliation:

Trauma Program

Address:

UC Davis Medical Center - Cypress Building
2221 Stockton Blvd., Suite 3112
Sacramento, CA 95817

Phone:

(916) 734-8298

Other Languages:

German

Education:

UC Davis School of Medicine
Sacramento, California
M.D. 1981

UC Davis School of Medicine
Davis, California
B.A. 1977

Internships:

UC Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, California
1981-1982

Residency:

UC Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, California
1982-1987
Resident, Surgery

Fellowships:

Medizinische Hochschule Hannover
Hannover,
1984-1985
Trauma Surgery

Board Certifications:

American Board of Surgery, Surgical Critical Care, 1998
American Board of Surgery, 1997

Professional Memberships:

American Association for the Surgery of Trauma
American College of Surgeons
Association for Academic Surgery
Pacific Coast Surgical Society
Sacramento Surgical Society
Sacramento/El Dorado County Medical Society
Shock Society
UC Davis Surgical Association
Western Surgical Society

Honors and Awards:

C. John Tupper Prize for Excellence in Teaching, UC Davis Medical Center, 1998
Excellence in Teaching Award, UC Davis Medical Center, School of Medicine, 1997
Outstanding Alumnus, UC Davis Medical School, 1996
Outstanding Faculty Member in a Teaching Capacity, UC Davis Medical Center, 1988-1989
Outstanding Resident Teaching Award, UC Davis Medical Center, 1987
Outstanding Senior Surgical Resident, UC Davis Medical Center, 1987
Outstanding Surgical Intern, UC Davis, 1982
Outstanding Senior Surgical Student, UC Davis, 1981
Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society, 1980
Phi Kappa Phi Science Honor Society, 1977
Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, 1977

Select Recent Publications:

2008 Tran NK, Wisner DH., Albertson T, Cohen S, Greenhalgh D, Galante J, Phan H, Kost GJ. Quantitative Point-of-Care Pathogen Detection in Septicemia. Point of Care 2008;7:00

Chi J.H., M. Margaret Knudson, D.H. Wisner, et al. Prehospital Hypoxis Affects Outcome in Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury: A Prospective Multicenter Study. Journal of Trauma, November:61:1134-1141. 2006

J.P. McGahan; S. Horton; E.O. Gerscovich; M. Gillen; J.R., Richards; M.S. Cronan; J.M. Brock; F. Battistella; D. H. Wisner, J.F. Holmes, Appearance of Solid Organ Injury with Contrast-Enhanced Sonography in Blunt Abdominal Trauma: Preliminary Experience. American Journal of Roentgenol, 187(3); 658-666. 2006

Holmes, J.F., H. Nguyen, R.C. Jacoby, J.P. McGahan, H. Bozorgchami, D.H. Wisner. Do all patients with left costal margin injuries require radiographic evaluation for intra-abdominal injury? Annals of Emergency Medicine, 46(3): 232-236. 2005

Holmes JF, Offerman SR, Chang CH, Randel BE, Hahn DD, Frankovsky MJ, Wisner DH. Performance of helical computed tomography without oral contrast for the detection of gastrointestinal injuries. Annals of Emergency Medicine, January:43(1):120-8, 2004.

Zatzick, Douglas MD; Jurkovich, Gregory MD; Russo, Joan Phl); Roy-Byrne, Peter MD; Katon, Wayne MD; Wagner, Amy PhD; Dunn, Chris PhD; Uehara, Edwina PhD; Wisner, David MD; Rivara, Frederck MD, MPH. Posttraumatic Distress, Alcohol Disorders, and Recurrent Trauma Across Level 1 Trauma Centers, Journal of Trauma, 57(2): 360-366. 2004

Gregory P Victorino, Felix D Battistella, David H Wisner. Does Tachycardia Correlate with Hypotension after Trauma? Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 196(5):679-684, 2003.

Holmes J.F., Sakles J.C., Lewis G., Wisner, D.H. Effects of delaying fluid resuscitation on an injury to the systemic arterial vasculature. Acad Emergency Medicine. 2002 April: 9(4):267-74.

Zatzick, D.F., Jurkovich, G.J., Gentilello, L., Wisner, D., Rivara, F.P. Posttraumatic stress, problem drinking, and functional outcomes after injury. Archives of Surgery. 2002 February, 137;200-205.

To see if David H. Wisner is accepting new patients, or for assistance finding a UC Davis doctor, please call (800) 2-UC DAVIS.