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William Murchison, MD, FACG
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Education

  • Medical School: University of Texas, Galveston, 1970
  • Internship: Medicine, Brooke Army Medical Center, Ft. Sam Houston, Texas, 1970-1971
  • Residency:
    • Psychiatry, Letterman Army Medical Center, Presidio, San Francisco, 1971-1972
    • Internal Medicine, William Beaumont Army Medical Center, Fort Bliss, TX, 1972-1974
  • Fellowship: Letterman Army Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, 1982-1984
  • Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology

Honors and Awards

  • Army Achievement Medal
  • Meritorious Service Medal
  • Humanitarian Service Medal

Faculty Appointments

  • Chief Medical Resident, William Beaumont Army Medical Center
  • Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, Family Practice, U. of Colorado
  • Assistant Chief, Dept. of Medicine, Landstuhl Army Regional Medical Center, Europe
  • Consultant in Gastroenterology, 7th Medical Command, US Army, Europe
  • Commander, Emergency Medical Treatment and Rapid Response Team, U.S.
  • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, University of Colorado Denver

Committees and Responsibilities

  • Fellow, American College of Gastroenterology
  • American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Representative Publications

  1. “Traumatic Diaphragmatic Hernia, Late Presentation as Bloody Pleural Effusion”, Chest, Vol.16,pp.734-736,1974.
  2. “The Development and Implementation of a Psychosomatic Clinic.” Presentation at Current Trends in AMEEDD Behavioral Science, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C.
  3. The Effects of Propranolol on Learning”, Medical Bulletin (USAE),Vol.42,p.4,April, 1985.
  4. “Mental Testing With Metoprolol”, Arch Intern Med.,Vol.49, Feb.1989,p.472.
  5. Gastroenterology Pathways:” Personal Order Sets for Hospital Patient Computer Management, Presentation, MISPA, Nov 5-7, 1995.