Martha Morehouse Pavilion, Suite 2400
2050 Kenny Rd
Columbus, OH 43221
Phone: (614) 293-8054
Fax: (614) 293-4890
Email: harrison.weed@osumc.edu
Current OSU Appointments
Physician, University Hospitals
Professor-Clinical, General Internal Medicine
Abstracts
Weed HG, Zeeman BA. 1990. "Optimizing the Function of a Walk-in Clinic- A Measure of Impedance to Patient Progress." Abstract. Clinical Research, 38, (2): A724-A724. [Peer Reviewed]
Sipp Ja, Weed HG, Young DC. 1998. "Predictors of Postoperative Pulmonary Edema." Abstract. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 13 Suppl., 1: 15.
Zafirau WJ, Weed HG, Young DC. 1998. "Indicators of Heavy Alcohol Use as Predictors of Postoperative Delirium." Abstract. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 13 Suppl., 1: 15. [Peer Reviewed]
Ahijevych K, Dhatt R, Kihm K, Weed GH. 1999. "Cotinine Elimination in African American and Caucasion Women Smokers During 6-Days of Smoking Abstinence." Abstract. 159, (3): A736-A736. [Peer Reviewed]
Weed HG, Sayed JS. 1999. "Topical Anesthesia to Reduce the Pain of Influenza Vaccination." Abstract. Journal of Investigative Medicine, 47, (7): 250A-250A. [Peer Reviewed]
Gerlach AT, Schieber AK, Weed HG. 2003. "Improved Outcomes in Patient-Controlled Analgesia through Failure Modes and Effects Analysis." Abstract. Pharmacotherapy, 23, (3). [Peer Reviewed]
Bollinger J, Weed H, Cataland S, Gerlach AT. 2004. "Glycemic Control in Critically Ill Patients via Implementation of an "Insulin Drip" Protocol." Abstract. Pharmacotherapy, 24: 1427-8. [Peer Reviewed]
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Books and Monographs
Cohn SL, Smetana G, Weed HG. 2006. Perioperative Medicine: Just the Facts. 1st edition ed. New York: The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
Certifications
| 1991 - present | Board Certified: Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine |
| 1994 - present | Board Certified: Infectious Disease, American Board of Internal Medicine |
Chapters In Books
Weed HG, Forrest LA. 1998. Neck Infections. In Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. Third edition ed. Edited by Cummings, Fredrickson, Harker, Krause, Richardson and Schuller. Philadelphia, PA: Mosby-Year Books, Inc.
Manzullo EF, Hwang JP, Weed HG. 2002. Perioperative Issues in Patients with Cancer. In Primary Care Medicine (Electronic Medical Textbook). .: Wellesley: UpToDate.
Weed HG. 2002. A 19 Year-Old Woman with Cyanotic Heart Disease Anticipating Wisdom Teeth Extraction. In Medical Consultation Pearls. Edited by Mercado and Smetana. Philadelphia: Hanley & Belfus, Inc.
Weed HG. 2002. A 29 Year-Old Man with Sickle Cell Anemia Anticipating Inguinal Herniorraphy. In Medical Consultation Pearls. Edited by Mercado and Smetana. Philadelphia: Hanley & Belfus, Inc.
Weed HG. 2002. A 32 Year-Old Woman with Renal Transplant Anticipating Hysterectomy. In Medical Consultation Pearls. Edited by Mercado and Smetana. Philadelphia: Hanley & Belfus, Inc.
Weed HG. 2002. A 62 Year-Old Man with Hereditary Angioneurotic Edema Anticipating Mastoidectomy. In Medical Consultation Pearls. Edited by Mercado and Smetana. Philadelphia: Hanley & Belfus, Inc.
Weed HG. 2002. A 66 Year-Old Man with Arm Deep Vein Thrombosis After Head and Neck Cancer Surgery. In Medical Consultation Pearls. Edited by Mercado and Smetana. Philadelphia: Hanley & Belfus, Inc.
Weed HG. 2002. A 68 Year-Old Woman with Fatigue Anticipating Cholecystectomy. In Medical Consultation Pearls. Edited by Mercado and Smetana. Philadelphia: Hanley & Belfus, Inc.
Weed HG. 2002. A 79 Year-Old Woman with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Postoperative Respiratory Failure. In Medical Consultation Pearls. Edited by Mercado and Smetana. Philadelphia: Hanley & Belfus, Inc.
Weed HG, Baddour LM. 2002. Postoperative Fever. In Primary Care Medicine (Electronic Medical Textbook). Edited by Cards in Rose BD. .: Wellesley: UpToDate.
Weed HG, Forrest LA. 2004. Neck Infections. In Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. 4th edition ed. Edited by Cummings, Fredrickson, Harker, Krause, Richardson and Schuller. Philadelphia: Mosby-Year Books, Inc.
Pile JC, Weed HG. 2006. Fever. In Perioperative Medicine - Just the Facts. 1st Edition ed. Edited by Cohn SL, Smetana G, Weed GH. New York: The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Chapter 50.
Weed HG. 2006. Endocarditis Prophylaxis. In Perioperative Medicine - Just the Facts. 1st edition ed. Edited by Cohn SL, Smetana G, Weed GH. New York: The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
Weed HG. 2006. Otolaryngology. In Perioperative Medicine - Just the Facts. 1st edition ed. Edited by Cohn Sl, Smetana G, Weed HG. New York: The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
Weed HG. 2006. Prevention of Surgical Site Infection. In Perioperative Medicine - Just the Facts. Edited by Cohn Sl, Smetana G, Weed GH. New York: The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
Bellamy KY, Weed HG. 2008. Psychosocial Issues: The Importance of Social Support. In Medical Care of Cancer Patients. Edited by Yeung J, Escalante C, Gagel R. Shelton, CT: BC Decker, Inc. 713-714.
Malone S, Weed HG. 2008. Perioperative Nutritional Issues. In Medical Care of Cancer Patients. Edited by Yeung J, Escalante C, Gagel R. Shelton, CT: BC Decker, Inc. 682-683.
Malone S, Weed HG. 2008. Preoperative Considerations in the Cancer Patient Undergoing Surgery. In Medical Care of Cancer Patients. Edited by Yeung J, Escalante C, Gagel R. Shelton, CT: BC Decker, Inc. 681-682.
Newton HB, Weed HG. 2008. Perioperative Neurologic Issues. In Medical Care of Cancer Patients. Edited by Yeung J, Escalante C, Gagel R. Shelton, CT: BC Decker, Inc. 684-685.
Degrees
| 1980 | B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Life Sciences |
| 1982 | M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Biology |
| 1987 | M.D., Boston University, Medicine |
Fellowship, Internship or Residency
| 09/79 - 07/80 | Graduate Study, Molecular Biology, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States. |
| 09/82 - 08/83 | Graduate Study, Epidemiology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States. |
| 06/87 - 06/90 | Internship and Residency, Internal Medicine, Boston City Hospital, Boston, MA, United States. |
| 07/91 - 06/93 | Fellowship, Infectious Diseases, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, United States. |
Honors
| 1976 | Undergraduate Research Award. |
| 1980 | Gold Award for Contribution to M.I.T. Athletics. M.I.T. |
| 1980 | Fellow, National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship. National Science Foundation. |
| 1998 | "Best Doctor" in Central Ohio. Woodward and White survey. |
| 2001 | H. William Harris Visiting Professor of Internal Medicine. National Taiwan University College of Medicine. |
| 2001 - 2010 | "Best Doctor" in the Midwest. Best Doctors, Inc. survey. |
Licensure
| Ohio Medical License: State Medical Board of Ohio |
Memberships
| Chair. The Ohio State University Medical Center. Pharmacy and Therapeutics Executive Committee |
| Chair. The Ohio State University Medical Center. Medication Safety Committee |
| Chair. The Ohio State University Medical Center. Computer Applications Guidance |
| Chair. The Ohio State University Medical Center. Laboratory and Clinical Testing Utilization |
| 1987 - present | Fellow. American College of Physicians |
| 1987 - present | Member. Society of General Internal Medicine |
| 1993 - present | Member. Infectious Diseases Society of America |
| 1993 - present | Member. Ohio Infectious Diseases Society |
Peer Reviewed Journal Articles
Weed, HG; Krochmalnic, G; Penman, S. 1985. Poliovirus Metabolism and the Cytoskeletal Framework: Detergent Extraction and Resinless Section Electron Microscopy. Journal of Virology. Vol. 56, no. 2: 549-57.
Weed, HG; McGandy, RB; Kennedy, AR. 1985. Protection Against Dimethylhydrazine-Induced Adenomatous Tumors of the Mouse Colon by the Dietary Addition of an Extract of Soybeans Containing the Bowman-Birk Protease Inhibitor. Carcinogenesis. Vol. 6, no. 8: 1239-41.
Weed, HG. 1991. A Case of Spontaneous Combustion. Annals of Emergency Medicine. Vol. 20, no. 2: 219.
Carr, P; Friedman, RH; Moskowitz, MA; Kazis, LE; Weed, HG. 1992. Research, Academic Rank, and Compensation of Women and Men Faculty in Academic General Internal Medicine. Journal of General Internal Medicine: Official Journal of the Society for Research and Education in Primary Care Internal Medicine. Vol. 7, no. 4: 418-23.
Pelczar, BT; Weed, HG; Schuller, DE; Young, DC; Reilley, TE. 1993. Identifying High-Risk Patients Before Head and Neck Oncologic Surgery. Archives of Otolaryngology--Head & Neck Surgery. Vol. 119, no. 8: 861-4.
Weed, HG. 1993. Mycobacterium Ulcerans and Osteomyelitis. The New England Journal of Medicine. Vol. 329, no. 8: 582; author reply 583.
Weed, HG. 1993. Non-Venomous Snakebite in Massachusetts: Prophylactic Antibiotics are Unnecessary. Annals of Emergency Medicine. Vol. 22, no. 2: 220-4.
Weed, HG; Lutman, CV; Young, DC; Schuller, DE. 1995. Preoperative Identification of Patients at Risk for Delirium after Major Head and Neck Cancer Surgery. The Laryngoscope. Vol. 105, no. 10: 1066-8.
Murden, RA; Lamb, JF; Weed, HG. 1997. Endowments and Financing Academic Medicine. Academic Medicine: Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges. Vol. 72, no. 3: 162.
Forrest, LA; Weed, H. 1998. Candida Laryngitis Appearing as Leukoplakia and GERD. Journal of Voice: Official Journal of the Voice Foundation. Vol. 12, no. 1: 91-5.
Wasielewski RC, Weed HG, Prezioso C, Nicholson C, Puri RD. 1998. Patient Comorbidity: Relationship to Outcomes of Total Knee Arthroplasty. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. Vol. 356: 85-92.
Weed HG. 1998. Trigeminal Neuralgia - A Success Story (case report). Cortlandt Forum. (December): 104.
Weed, HG. 2000. Identifying High-Risk Surgical Patients by Poor Self-Reported Exercise Tolerance. Archives of Internal Medicine. Vol. 160, no. 10: 1539.
Weed, HG. 2000. Lactulose vs Sorbitol for Treatment of Obstipation in Hospice Programs. Mayo Clinic Proceedings. Vol. 75, no. 5: 541.
Okamoto, Y; Chaves, A; Chen, J; Kelley, R; Jones, K; Weed, H, G; Gardner, K, L; Gangi, L; Yamaguchi, M; Klomkleaw, W; Nakayama, T; Hamlin, R, L; Carnes, C; Altschuld, R; Bauer, J; Hai, T. 2001. Transgenic Mice with Cardiac-Specific Expression of Activating Transcription Factor 3, a Stress-Inducible Gene, have Conduction Abnormalities and Contractile Dysfunction. American Journal of Pathology. Vol. 159, no. 2: 639-50.
Ahijevych, Karen, L; Tyndale, Rachel, F; Dhatt, Ravinder, K; Weed, Harrison, G; Browning, Kristine K. 2002. Factors Influencing Cotinine Half-Life During Smoking Abstinence in African American and Caucasian Women. Nicotine & Tobacco Research: Official Journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco. Vol. 4, no. 4: 423-31.
Medow, Mitchell, A; Weed, Harrison, G; Schuller, David E. 2002. Simple Predictors of Survival in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Archives of Otolaryngology--Head & Neck Surgery. Vol. 128, no. 11: 1282-6.
Weed HG. 2002. Less Familiar Viral GU Infections. Cortlandt Forum. (May): 78.
Manzullo, Ellen, F; Weed, Harrison G. 2003. Perioperative Issues in Patients with Cancer. The Medical clinics of North America. Vol. 87, no. 1: 243-56.
Weed HG. 2003. Antimicrobial Prophylaxis in the Surgical Patient. Medical Clinics of North America. Vol. 87, no. 1: 59-76.
Weed, Harrison, G; Medow, Mitchell A. 2003. Genomic Medicine. The New England Journal of Medicine. Vol. 348, no. 8: 759-60; author reply 759.
Dutton O, Weed HG. 2003. Curing Psoriasis the Hard Way. Cortlandt Forum. (March): 78.
Ahijevych, Karen; Weed, Harrison; Clarke, Jo. 2004. Levels of Cigarette Availability and Exposure in Black and White Women and Efficient Smokers. Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior. Vol. 77, no. 4: 685-93.
Weed, Harrison G. 2004. Risk of Contact Vaccinia from Immunization Sites. JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association. Vol. 291, no. 19: 2313; author reply 2314-5.
Weed, Harrison. 2005. Accuracy of the Mayo Clinic Patient/Family History Questionnaire. Mayo Clinic Proceedings. Mayo Clinic. Vol. 80, no. 10: 1394.
Weed, Harrison G. 2005. Prophylactic Coronary Artery Revascularization Before Elective Vascular Surgery did not Improve Long-Term Survival. ACP Journal Club. Vol. 143, no. 3: A12; author reply A12.
Askarian, Mehrdad; Moravveji, Ali Reza; Mirkhani, Hossein; Namazi, Soha; Weed, Harrison. 2006. Adherence to American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Surgical Antibiotic Prophylaxis Guidelines in Iran. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology: The Official Journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America. Vol. 27, no. 8: 876-8.
Weed HG. 2006. Preoperative Urine Testing (letter). Cortlandt Forum. (March).
Gilani S, Weed GH. 2006. Warm and Toasted: Erythema ab igne (Medical Image of the Month). Cortlandt Forum. (July): 10.
Weed HG. 2006. Penile Tingling and Constipation in Healthy 60-year old. Cortlandt Forum. (December).
Weed HG, Askarian M. 2007. Infection Control Dogma Among Nurses in Iran. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. Vol. 28: 238-240.
Weed, H; Lahsaeizadeh, S; Jafari, H; Askarian, M. 2008. Healthcare-associated Infection in Shiraz, Iran 2004-2005. Journal of Hospital Infection. Vol. 69, no. 3: 283-7. (IF: 2.470)
Chu TS; Weed H; Wu, CC; Hsu, HY; Lin, JT; Hsieh, BS. 2008. A Progran of Accelerated Medical Education in Taiwan. Medical Teacher. (December): 1-5. (IF: 1.229)
Positions
| 1983 - 1985 | Research Associate, Harvard University, School of Public Health, Department of Radiation Biology. Cambridge, MA, United States. |
| 1990 - 1991 | Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine. Columbus, OH, United States. |
| 1993 - 1998 | Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine. Columbus, OH, United States. |
| 1998 - 2005 | Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine. Columbus, OH, United States. |
| 2005 - present | Professor of Clinical Medicine, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine. Columbus, OH, United States. |
Presentations
Other Presentations
Local
Weed HG, Miller EC, Young DC, Schuller DE. 1995. Identifying Malnourished Patients Before Major Head and Neck Cancer Surgery (oral abstract). Presented at American Laryngological, Rhinological and Otological Society Middle Section Meeting. Omaha, NE. (January 22) [Peer Reviewed]
Ahiyevych KL, Dhatt R, Kihm K, Tyndale R, Weed HT. 2000. Intraindividual Variation and CYP2A6 Genotype and Continine Elimination in Women Smokers. Presented at Society for Nicotine and Research Conference. Arlington, VA. (February)
Gorman DM, Mavko LE, Tschampel M, Weed H. 2000. Development of an Herbal and Dietary Policy at a Tertiary Care Institution (oral abstract). Presented at American Society of Hospital Pharmacists. Las Vegas, NV. (December)
Bollinger J, Weed H, Cataland S, Gerlach AT. 2004. Glycemic Control in Critically Ill Patients via Implementation of an "Insulin Drip" Protocol. Presented at American College of Clinical Pharmacists Meeting. (October)
Weed HG, Gaff RL, Ferguson ML, DeLuca KS, Hustead DS, Knox VL, Voss AC. 2005. Impact of a Protein and Energy Dense Nutritional Supplement Containing Eicosapentaenoic Acid on Weight-Losing Patient with Head and Neck Cancer. Presented at American Society of Clinical Oncology Meeting. Jacksonville, FL. (May)
National
Weed HG, Kolestar SL, Fass FJ, Poster Presenter. 1994. Fluconazole Refractory Thrush in AIDS: A Retrospective Patient Cohort. Presented at First National Conference on Human Retroviruses and Related Infections. Washington, D.C. (November 10)
International
Weed HG, Kunz ALB, Young DC, Schuller DR. 1996. Long-Term Cardiac Risk after Head and Neck Squamous Cell Cancer Surgery (oral abstract). Presented at 4th International Conference on Head and Neck Cancer. Toronto, Canada. (July 28)
Reviews
Weed HG. 1991. Review of Pulmonary "Capillary" Wedge Pressure not the Pressure in the Pulmonary Capillaries. Chest. 100: 1138-1140.
Weed HG. 2000. Review of Educating Medical Students in Primary Care. 4, (3): 363-367. Journal of Medical Education.
Weed HG. 2006. Review of Some Thoughts about the Teaching of General Internal Medicine in Taiwan. Journal of Medical Education. 10, (2): 1162-1164.
Weed HG. 2009. Review of (Commentary) on a Review: Enhanced Oral Hygiene Prevents Respiratory Infection in Elderly People in Hospitals and Nursing Homes. Evidence-Based Medicine. 14, (3): 80.
