Dr. Harrison attended Vanderbilt University on a Founder’s Scholarship as a National Merit Semi-Finalist
and received his Bachelor of Science Degree from Rollins College after completing an accelerated threeyear program. He spent a year in medical research at the University of Kentucky Medical School where he
then attended medical school. While in medical school at the University of Kentucky, he studied law at the
University of Tennessee in Knoxville .
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CITIZENSHIP:
United States (by birth)
EDUCATION:
High School:
Louisville County Day School Graduated in 1961
College:
University of Louisville Summers 1961-1963
Vanderbilt University Sept. - May 1961
Rollins College 1962-1964
(B.S. - Pre Med Major)
Graduate School:
University of Kentucky Medical College 1965-1969
MD Degree
University Tennessee Law School Summer 1966
POST GRADUATE:
Internship Tampa General Hospital 1969-1970
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Medical University of South Florida 1970-1972
Residency Tampa General Hospital
Cardiology University of South Florida 1972-1974
Fellowship School of Medicine
more information about Dr. Harrison
He received his medical degree from the University of Kentucky and completed internship, Internal
Medicine residency and Cardiology Fellowship at the University of South Florida where he was a Special
Fellow of the Florida Heart Association. He was acting Director of the Cath Lab at the VA Hospital for 3
month prior to finishing his training. He is a founding physician of the University of South Florida
Medical School.
Dr. Harrison's experience in cardiology covers a broad spectrum. He was co-director of the Cardiology
Center at Tampa General Hospital for thirteen years and directed noninvasive cardiology for seven years
where he started echocardiography and nuclear cardiology. At Tampa General he performed over 14,000
heart catheterizations, numerous coronary angioplasties, cardiac electrophysiologic studies and
myocardial biopsies and was a transplant cardiologist on the transplant team for three years. His first
transplant patient has survived over 20 years.
He and his colleagues started the first outpatient cardiovascular health center in Tampa at Memorial
Hospital where he is currently the Medical Director and where he has directed the cardiac rehabilitation
program. His non-invasive cardiology interests are 3D echo , multislice CAT scan imaging of the
coronaries, Cardiac PET/CT, Cardiac MRI, and hybrid imaging.
Dr Harrison continues to practice clinical cardiology in an office practice and has enjoyed the emotional
rewards of long term follow-up care.
Dr. Harrison received the Founder's Scholarship to Vanderbilt University, a grant from the Florida Heart
Association as a special cardiac Fellow and a grant from the Florida Regional Medical Program to study
sudden death. He and his associates originated the paramedic services of Tampa Fire Rescue and
Hillsborough County Medical Services and he served as Medical Director for each service for many years.
He was also given the key to the City of Tampa by Tampa Mayor Dick Greco for his work with the Fire
Rescue paramedics and was honored by Hillsborough County EMS for his founding work when he was a
cardiac fellow.
He has served in many administrative positions, voluntary groups and government organizations. Among
his administrative responsibilities, he was the managing partner of an eleven physician cardiology group
and medical service organization for several years.
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Dr. Harrison is currently the National Director of Advanced Cardiac Imaging of Iasi Healthcare Inc
. which owns and operates 15 acute care hospitals in Florida, Texas, Louisiana, Utah, Arizona, and
Nevada. Dr. Harrison was one of first to use the therapeutic hypothermia for Cardiac Arrest patients. He
began to use this treatment clinically shortly after the landmark articles were published in February 2002.
He is currently integrating hypothermic medicine into the IASIS healthcare system. He has served as a
consultant for many national companies associated with cardiac imaging. Dr. Harrison started and directs
the Joint Memorial Hospital / University of South Florida Medical School Advanced Cardiac Imaging
Program for practicing physicians , cardiac fellows, and medical student training. He is a preceptor for
the University of South Florida Medical School and Saba University Medical School of the Netherland
Antilles.
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