James A. Harris, MD, FACS

Gastrointestinal and Laparoscopic Surgeon

Coastal Surgery Specialists

Board Certified in General Surgery

Education:

  • Undergraduate Degree: Michigan Technological University
    Houghton, Michigan
  • Medical Degree: University of Michigan
    Ann Arbor, Michigan
  • Internship & Residency William Beaumont Hospital
    Royal Oak, Michigan
  • Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital
    Boston, Massachusetts
  • Military: Major, US Army Medical Corp

Professional Experience:

  • Associate Professor of Surgery, Section of Gastrointestinal Surgery
    Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia
  • Chief, Laparoendoscopic Surgery
    D.D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Augusta, Georgia
  • Clinical Instructor, Surgery
    Harvard Medical School, Cambridge Massachusetts
  • Assistant in Surgery, Trauma Service
    Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

Surgical Interests:

All benign and malignant disorders of the GI tract. Laparoscopic management of Gastrointestinal
conditions such as gallstones, acid reflux and hiatal hernia, colon polyps and cancer, diverticulitis,
abdominal and groin hernias, achalasia, splenic diseases, adrenal masses. Laparoscopic weight loss
surgery for the treatment of morbid obesity.