SpecialtiesDavid H. Wisner, M.D.
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Clinical/Research InterestsDr. 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 Chair 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, German |
Education: |
UC Davis School of Medicine Davis, California M.D. 1981 |
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UC Davis School of Medicine Davis, California B.A. 1977 |
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Internships: |
UC Davis Medical Center Sacramento, California 1981-1982 Surgery |
Residency: |
UC Davis Medical Center Sacramento, California 1982-1987 Resident, Surgery |
Fellowships: |
Medizinische Hochschule Hannover Hannover West Germany 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 |
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.