DATE PREPARED: August 2023
NAME: Clinton D. Polhamus, M.D.
SPECIALTY: Gastroenterology
CURRENT POSITION: Gastroenterologist January 2005–Retired 8/2020
EDUCATION AND TRAINING:
Undergraduate Education:
School: University of Texas at Austin
Degree: B.A.
Major: Psychology
Date: 1970 - 1973
Professional Education:
School: University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Degree: M.D.
Date: 1973 - 1977
Postgraduate Education:
Hospital: David Grant USAF Medical Center
Travis AFB CA
Specialty: Internship, Internal Medicine
Date: July 1977 - June 1978
Hospital: Wright-Patterson USAF Medical Center
Wright-Patterson AFB OH
Specialty: Internal Medicine Residency
Date: July 1978 - June 1980
Hospital: Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center
Lackland AFB TX
Specialty: Gastroenterology Fellowship
Date: 5 February 1990 - 4 February 1992
Board Certification(s) and Licensure:
National Boards, Part 1 and Part II 1976
FLEX Examination 1977
American Board of Internal Medicine 1980
State Board of Medicine, Virginia - Active license
State Board of Medicine, Texas - Active license
State Board of Medicine, Ohio – since 1979 (inactive)
American Board of Internal Medicine
Diplomate, Subspecialty of Gastroenterology Nov 1993
Successfully Recertified in Gastroenterology in 2003
Recertified again in 2013
Military Assignments:
Chief, Department of Medicine 1980 - 1983
USAF Hospital
Bergstrom AFB TX
Chief, General Internal Medicine 1983 - 1986
Wiesbaden USAF Medical Center
Wiesbaden, Germany
Staff, General Internal Medicine 1986 - May 1987
Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center
Lackland AFB TX
Chief, General Internal Medicine May 1987 - Feb 1990
Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center
Lackland AFB TX
Fellow, Department of Gastroenterology Feb 1990 - Feb 1992
Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center
Lackland AFB TX
Staff, Department of Gastroenterology Feb 1992 - Apr 1993
Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center
Lackland AFB TX
Assistant Chairman Apr 1993 - June 1994
Department of Gastroenterology
Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center
Lackland AFB TX
Chairman June 1994 - May 1997
Program Director, Fellowship Training
Department of Gastroenterology
Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center
Lackland AFB TX
Consultant to the Air Force Surgeon General in Gastroenterology
Jan 95 - May 97
Military Service - 20 years active duty and in Reserve Status currently. Retired with honorable discharge and at the rank of Colonel in the United States Air Force.
Civilian Employment:
Lewis Gale Clinic in Salem, Virginia: Gastroenterology Consultant
1997 – 2004
San Antonio Digestive Disease Consultants – 9/2004 to 8/2020
Academic Appointments:
Clinical Assistant Professor Apr 1988 - 1 Sept 95
Clinical Associate Professor Sept 1995 - May 1997
Department of Medicine
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Assistant Professor Mar 1987 - May 1997
Uniformed Services University of the
Health Sciences, Bethesda MD
Transitional Year Program Director Sept 1986 - 1990
Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center
Lackland AFB, TX (San Antonio)
Program Director June 1994 - May 1997
Fellowship in Gastroenterology
Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center
Lackland AFB, TX (San Antonio)
Membership in Professional Organizations:
American College of Physicians, Fellow
American College of Gastroenterology, Fellow
Published Articles, Presentations, Abstracts, Lectures & Research Contributions:
Published Articles:
PA Wolfe, CD Polhamus, Kubik C, Robinson AB, Clement DJ: Giant Duodenal Ulcers Associated with the Postoperative Use of Injectable Ketorolac: Report of Three Cases. Am J. of Gastroenterology, 89(7):1110-1, Jul 94.
Makau Lee, CM Kubik, CD Polhamus, CE Brady and SC Kadiakia: Preliminary Experience with Endoscopic Intralesional Steroid Injection Therapy for Refractory Upper Gastrointestinal Strictures. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 1995, Vol. 41, No.6, P. 598 - 601.
Presentations:
PA Wolfe, CD Polhamus, Clement DJ: Giant Duodenal Ulcers Associated with the Use of Injectable Ketorolac: Report of Three Cases. This was presented at the Annual Meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology at New York City in Abstract form in October 1993.
CM Kubik, CD Polhamus: Use of Corticosteroid Injections in the Treatment of Difficult to Manage Esophageal Strictures.
This was presented at the Annual Meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology at San Francisco in Abstract form in October 1994.
Published Abstracts:
PA Wolfe, CD Polhamus, Clement DJ: Giant Duodenal Ulcers Associated with the Use of Injectable Ketorolac: Report of Three Cases. Abstract. American Journal of Gastroenterology, Sept 1993. Vol. 88, No. 9, P. 1565.
CM Kubik, CD Polhamus: Use of Corticosteroid Injections in the Treatment of Difficult to Manage Esophageal Strictures. Abstract.
American Journal of Gastroenterology, Sept 1994. Vol. 89, No. 9, P. 1621.
Narayani RI, Takata JA, Polhamus CD. Ketorolac (Toradol)-Induced Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding: The Wilford Hall Experience. Abstract. American Journal of Gastroenterology, September 1996. Vol. 91, No. 9, P. 1993.
Published Letters to the Editor:
CD Polhamus, TE Werth, DJ Clement, M Keogh, P Lewis: Gastrointestinal Bleeding Complicating Transesophageal Echocardiography. Letter to the Editor. Endoscopy, February 1993.
Abstracts and Presentations:
CD Polhamus, DK Fernandez: Isolated Chronic Hepatic Graft-Versus-Host Disease. (Abstract) 34th Annual Air Force Regional Meeting of the American College of Physicians in Association with the Society of Air Force Physicians. 14-18 March 1992. San Antonio TX
CM Kubik, CD Polhamus: Use of Corticosteroid Injections in the Treatment of Difficult to Manage Esophageal Strictures. (Abstract) 36th Annual Air Force Regional of the American College of Physicians in Association with the Society of Air Force Physicians. 26 Feb - 2 Mar 94. San Antonio, TX.
AB Robinson, CD Polhamus: Development of Monoclonal Russell Bodies in Two Patients with Barrett's Esophagus - A New Consequence of Severe GERD? (Abstract) 36th Annual Air Force Regional of the American College of Physicians in Association with the Society of Air Force Physicians. 26 Feb - 2 Mar 94. San Antonio, TX
PA Wolfe, CD Polhamus, Clement DJ: Giant Duodenal Ulcers Associated with the Use of Injectable Ketorolac: Report of Three Cases. Annual Air Force Regional of the American College of Physicians in Association with the Society of Air Force Physicians. 26 Feb - 2 Mar 94. San Antonio, TX.
AB Robinson, CD Polhamus: Recurrent Cryptogenic Hematemesis Due to Wirsungorhagia - A Case Report. (Abstract) 36th Annual Air Force Regional of the American College of Physicians in Association with the Society of Air Force Physicians. 26 Feb - 2 Mar 94. San Antonio, TX.
AB Robinson, CD Polhamus: Reversal of Neurologic Manifestations, Emergence of Unusual Serologic Profiles and Discovery of Unreported Side Effects of Treatment in Two Patients with Wilson's Disease Treated with Unusual Decoppering Agents. (Abstract) 37th Annual Air Force Regional of the American College of Physicians in Association with the Society of Air Force Physicians. 12 Feb - 15 Feb 95. Colorado Springs,Colorado.
TL Baldwin, DM Gilliam and CD Polhamus: Gastrointestinal Involvement in Cholesterol Embolization Syndrome: A Report of Two Cases and Review of the Literature. (Abstract) 37th Annual Air Force Regional of the American College of Physicians in Association with the Society of Air Force Physicians. 12 Feb - 15 Feb 95. Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Schutz SM, Young GS, Lang KA, Storms PR, Polhamus CD. Therapeutic Biliary and Pancreatic Endoscopy at Wilford Hall Medical Center. Abstract. 38th Annual Air Force Regional Meeting of the American College of Physicians in Association with the Society of Air Force Physicians. 2-6 March 1996.
McClendon DM, Chinea C, Young GS, Polhamus CD. Massive Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage: An Unusual Manifestation of Crohn's Disease. Abstract. 38th Annual Air Force Regional Meeting of the American College of Physicians in Association with the Society of Air Force Physicians. 2-6 March 1996.
Know Medicine Book. CD Polhamus. Copyright August 2022.
Amazon Publishing in Hardback, Paperback and Kindle.
Lectures:
Non-Cardiac Chest Pain. Core lecture to Internal Medicine Residents. 14 February 1991. Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center, Lackland AFB TX.
Gastroesophageal Reflux. Combined Gastroenterology Surgery Conference. 22 June 1991. Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center, Lackland AFB TX.
GI Endocrine Tumors. Combined Gastroenterology Surgery Conference. 15 October 1991. Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center, Lackland AFB TX.
Colon Cancer. Core Lecture to Internal Medicine Residents. 11 December 1991. Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center, Lackland AFB TX.
Nausea and Vomiting. First Annual Gastrointestinal Symposium. 21 February 1992. Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center, Lackland AFB TX.
Gastrointestinal Complications of Bone Marrow Transplantation.
4 June 1992. University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio TX.
Clinical Nutrition. Fellows Conference. 25 January 1993. Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center, Lackland AFB TX.
Preoperative Evaluation of the Patient with Liver Disease and Postoperative Jaundice. Core lecture to Internal Medicine Residents. 4 January 1993. Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center, Lackland AFB TX.
Gastrointestinal Bleeding. Second Annual Gastrointestinal Symposium. 19 February 1993. Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center, Lackland AFB TX.
Portal Vein Thrombosis. University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. 11 March 1993. San Antonio, TX.
Colon Cancer. Fellows Conference. 3 January 1994. Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center
Gastrointestinal Bleeding. Third Annual Gastrointestinal Symposium. 25 February 1994. Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center, Lackland AFB TX.
Wilson's Disease. University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, TX. 14 April 94
Radiation Injury. University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, TX. Jan 95.
Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency. University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, TX. September 96.
Gastrointestinal Bleeding, Noncardiac Chest Pain.
Joint Services Symposium in San Antonio, Texas. March 27, 1997.
Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Gastrointestinal Nurses Week. May 1999.
SGNA (Society of GI Nurses Association) Lecture- Diarrhea 3/09
Other Research Contributions:
Nifedipine GITS Modern Approach to the Treatment of Hypertension Study. September 1986 - 1990. Primary Investigator
Use of Ileoscopy in Routine Colonoscopy. Associate Investigator.
Evaluation of the Clinical and Cost Effectiveness of Therapy with Clarithromycin plus Omeprazole compared to Omeprazole or Ranitidine for the Treatment of patients with Duodenal Ulcer and H. pylori Infection. June 1994 - February 1995. Primary Investigator.
Evaluation of Alosetron in Irritable Bowel Syndrome sponsored by Glaxo. 3003 and 3006 studies. Principal Investigator in Roanoke, VA. 1998 to 1999
Previous Consulting Activity:
Chief Consultant in Gastroenterology to the Air Force Surgeon General
Jan 95 - May 1997
Gastroenterology Inpatient Service Staff Consultant
Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center 1992 - May 1997
Liver Transplantation Service 1992 - May 1997
Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center
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