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Stephen A. Harrison

San Antonio, Texas

Stephen A. Harrison

Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology

About

Dr. Stephen A. Harrison, FACP, FAASLD is the medical director of Pinnacle Clinical Research. He is board certified in internal medicine and gastroenterology.

Dr. Harrison is a visiting professor of hepatology at the Radcliffe Department of Medicine at the University of Oxford. Previously, he was a professor of medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.

He served in the United States Army for over 20 years, retiring in 2016 with the rank of Colonel. While serving, Harrison served as the director of Graduate Medical Education at Brooke Army Medical Center, associate dean for the San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium, and was a gastroenterology consultant to the Army Surgeon General.

He was an associate editor of Hepatology and now is an associate editor of Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics. He is a peer reviewer for over 20 medical journals and is known internationally for studies in hepatitis C and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

Education and Training

Hepatology Fellowship, St. Louis University, 2003
Gastroenterology Fellowship, Brooke Army Medical Center, 2002
Residency, Brooke Army Medical Center, 1998
Internship, Brooke Army Medical Center, 1996
Medical Degree, University of Mississippi School of Medicine, 1995
Bachelor's Degree, University of Mississippi, 1991

Professional Highlights

Fellow, American College of Physicians
Fellow, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
Best Doctors List, SA Scene Magazine, 2017
Colonel William Crosby Superiority in Research Award: Army Chapter, American College of Physicians, 2008
Order of Military Medical Merit, 2007
Research Excellence in GI and Liver (REGAL) Award, 2006
Gastroenterology Core Curriculum Revision Committee, 2005
Key Clinical Faculty- Brooke Army Medical Center, Department of Medicine, 2005-2022
William Beaumont Clinical Research Award, 2003, 2007-2008
National AF ACP Meeting, Jay P. Sanford Award - Best Fellow Research Presentation, 2002
John L. Carpenter Award, Outstanding Resident Paper, 1998
First Place Podium Presentation, National Army ACP Meeting, 1997
Outstanding Junior Resident Award, 1997
RADM Dennis Wright Military Medical Student of the Year Award, 1995