Dr. Harrison Steins - Lecturer
DO, MS, MSc
Dr. Harrison Steins
BACKGROUND
Harrison began his career in New York City EMS, providing care and coordinating medical operations for large-scale events before serving as Emergency Manager for the San Mateo County EMS System.
He is an incoming emergency medicine resident physician. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Wilderness Medicine and holds a Master of Science in both Austere Critical Care and Biomedical Science, with academic interests in emergency medicine, ultrasound, and resource-limited care.
ACADEMICS
DO, MS, MSc
ACCREDITATIONS & AWARDS
Explorer Award- University of Colorado Section of Wilderness and Environmental Medicine
MEMBERSHIPS/FELLOWSHIPS
FAWM
RESEARCH FOCUS
Swimming Induced Pulmonary Edema, High Altitude Medicine, Resource Limited Ultrasound Applications.
PUBLICATIONS
Steins H. Swimming-Induced Pulmonary Edema: A Scoping Review and Analysis of Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, Diagnostics, Management, and Implications for Resource-Limited Care of Patients. Wilderness Environmental Medicine. 2026;0(0). doi:10.1177/10806032251414379
Steins, H., Ryan, Z., Kromberg, E. et al. Novel Approach to Physician Assistant Ultrasound Education: the Fast eFAST. J Ultrasound (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40477-025-01024-9
Small, E., Steins, H., Musi, M., Perry, J., Goldberg, E., Ryan, M., Crawford, L., Strickland, B., Linkus, T., Phillips, C., Paterson, R., Zona, N., Smolkin, M., Derstine, M., Lemery, J., Hoffman, J. L., Hick, R., Ginde, A. A., Hackett, P., Keyes, L. E. (2025). Prochlorperazine maleate versus placebo for the prophylaxis of acute mountain sickness: A double-blind randomized controlled trial. Journal of Travel Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1093/jtm/taaf044
Ryan, Z., Steins, H., Miller, M. et al. Care and management of US ski and snowboard team athletes: implementation of the EFAST. Discov Educ 4, 235 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s44217-025-00497-4
Small, E., Thomas, D., Crawford, L., Chatroux, I., Steins, H., Asori, M., Honigman, B. (2025). The impact of living at moderate altitude in the United States: Epidemiology and key research questions. Gerontology, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1159/000546192
Taylor, A., Kerstan, A., Kromberg, E., Steins, H. Emergency Department Resuscitative Thoracotomy: A Comprehensive Literature Review on the Current Methods of Instruction for this Complex, Life-Saving Procedure. American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians Resident Student Organization.(2024, August 26) https://acoep-rso.org/the-fast-track/
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