Medical Degree: University of Mississippi, Jackson, MS
Residency: St. Vincent’s Family Medicine Residency Program, Jacksonville, FL
(Chief Resident)

I am originally from West Virginia. I lived there until the seventh grade. I spent my adolescent years in St. Petersburg Florida where I attended Lakewood High School and the University of South Florida where I received a Bachelor of Science degree in Clinical Chemistry. I left Florida for my medical degree and masters of science degree in Immunology. I returned to Florida for residency and after a two year National Health Corp obligation in a rural area, I started solo medical practice in Palm Harbor, Florida until 1997. At that time I joined the faculty at the family practice residency program at Bayfront Medical Center. In 2000, I was inaugurated as President of the Florida Academy of Family Physicians; an organization I had been a member since my residency.

In 2003, I moved from Florida and came to the Midwest where I became a faculty member in the Department of Community and Family Medicine at the University of Missouri School of Medicine and Truman Medical Center. I enjoy teaching inpatient and outpatient medical care and my daily interactions with the medical students and residents.
My main areas of interest are in sports medicine, adolescent medicine, women’s health care, hypertension, and diabetes mellitus. I also enjoy writing poetry, reading murder/mystery books, and enjoying time with my wife and two boys.

AWARDS / SCHOLARSHIPS

• Kansas City Doctors 2011-2008 “Super Doctors” Award
• AAFP FMIG 2010 Program of Excellence (PoE) Award for a First-Time Applicant
• “Guide to America’s Top Family Doctors” recipient for 2010
  
• Consumers’ Research Council of America “Guide to America’s Top Family Doctors” 2007
  

POSTERS

• Missouri Life Sciences Summit, March 7-9, 2010
• Study of RO5217790 (HPV Targeted Immunotherapy) in Patients With High Grade Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia Associated With High Risk HPV Infection.Harper,  Harris, Shaffer, Gabriel, Santi, and Wall.
• Missouri Life Sciences Summit, March 7-9, 2010.
  3q26 Amplification is Rarely Present in Women Whose LSIL Cytology Does Not Represent CIN2+ Disease.
• Missouri Academy of Family Physicians Annual Meeting, June, 2009.
  Developing a Partnership to Serve a Community in Need.  Mimi Moon and George D. Harris, MD, MS

PUBLICATIONS

• Harris GD. Lippincott’s Primary Care Orthopedics. Book Review. Family Medicine Journal. Volume 42, Issue 2, page 137; Feb. 2010.  
• Harris GD and Albertson B. Chapter-Osteomyelitis. 2010 Conn’s Current Therapy. Edited by Bope, Rakel, and Kellerman. Elsevier Publications.
• Harris GD and Ashbrooks D. Subluxation of the External Carpi Ulnaris while playing the Ninetendo Wii. eMedicine.
• 5  Minute Sports Medicine Consult. 2nd Ed.  Subsection Editor. (publication pending).
• White RD and Harris GD. Office Electrocardiograms (Chapter 89). 3rd ed. Pfenninger and Fowler’s Procedures for Primary Care (pending publication). 
• Harris GD. Auricular Hematoma Evacuation (Chapter 70). 3rd ed. Pfenninger and Fowler’s Procedures for Primary Care (pending publication). 

• Harris GD.  White Coat Tales. Book Review. Family Medicine Journal. Volume 41, Issue 6, pages 445-446; June 2009.
• Harris GD and White RD. “Performance of the Exercise Test (Chapter 2).Exercise Stress Testing for Primary Care and Sports Medicine. (Editors Evans and White. Springer Publications, New York, NY. March 2009.
• Harris GD. "Special Protocols" (Chapter 3). Exercise Stress Testing for Primary Care and Sports Medicine. Editors Evans and White. Springer Publications, New York, NY. March 2009.
• Harris GD. " Promoting Therapeutic Lifestyle Change and the Primary Prevention of Coronary Artery Disease." (Chapter 12). Exercise Stress Testing for Primary Care and Sports Medicine Editors Evans and White. Springer Publications, New York, NY. March 2009.
• Harris GD. Legg-Calve-Perthes disease. eMedicine- Specialties-Orthopedic Surgery-Hip. January 27, 2009.
• White RD and Harris GD. Exercise Treadmill Testing (Chapter 15). The Essential Guide to Primary Care Procedures. E.J. Mayeaux, Jr., Editor. 2nd Edition. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. Philadelphia, PA.   

LECTURES/CONFERENCES

• ACLS Re-Certification Course, June 22, 2010. Kansas City, MO.
  Instructor/Faculty
  Tachycardia-Stable and Unstable/Putting It All Together
  MegaCode Testing
• UMKC Sports Medicine Update, Kansas City, MO. May 25-26, 2010.
            Course Co-Director
• ALSO Instructor Course. Kansas City, MO. March 26-27, 2010.
   “Presenting a lecture using manikins and simulation.”
            “Integrating Intrapartum Fetal Surveillance with Ob Cases”
  “Teaching shoulder dystocia”
  “MegaDelivery Testing”
• Asian pacific American Medical Student Association Region VI Conference. Feb. 6, 2010. Kansas City, MO. Lecture: The Business Side of Medicine
• ACLS Re-Certification Course, January 12, 2010. Kansas City, MO.
  Course Director/Instructor/Faculty
  Pulseless Arrest/VF/VT
  Bradycardia/Asystole/PEA
  Tachycardia-Stable and Unstable/Putting It All Together
  MegaCode Testing

CURRENT COMMITTEES / POSITIONS

• State of Missouri Dept. of Health and Human Services. Chronic Kidney Disease Task Force
• Adaptive Management Strategies, (AMS). Consultant Team Member
• Ask 100 Doctors. Encore Research Group. Web-based Consulting physician site
  Consultant Team Member
• American Diabetes Association- Clinical Diabetes Editorial Board, Member
• State of Missouri Gestational Diabetes Guidelines Workgroup, Member
• State of Missouri Diabetes Prevention Guidelines Workgroup, Member
• Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) MedEdPortal Reviewer
• Group on Educational Affairs 2007 GEA/GSA Reviewer for Small Group and
  Mini-Workshop proposal submissions

UMKC School of Medicine

Ad Hoc Committee-Faculty Teaching Scholars Program, Member
Course Director 5th Year Preceptorship
Fundamental of Medicine Director-1st and 2nd Year Docents 
Search Committee for Sirridge Professorship Chair, Member
Search Committee for Director of Humanities, Member
Medical Humanities Committee, Member
Promotions Steering Committee, Member
Faculty Development Committee, Member. Faculty Council, Member

UMKC Hospital Hill Simulation Coordinating Committee, Member

Code Blue Corporate Committee, Truman Medical Center, Member

The Core Content Review of Family Medicine National Faculty Member

Faculty Advisor-- Medical Explorers-high school medical interest group