Education
Emergency Medicine Residency: University of Illinois - Chicago
Medical School: University of Missouri - Columbia
Research
Emergency medicine and disaster medicine education for all healthcare
providers regardless of specialty or level of training.
Selected Bibliography
Articles:
Wightman JM, Schadt JC, Gaddis RR: Decreased vascular resistance
after intra-arterial injection of [met]enkephalin in the hindquarters
of conscious rabbits. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 1987; 241(1):
314-320.
Wightman JM, Gordon S: Acute management of glycogen storage
disease type Ia. J Emerg Med 1993; 11(3):265-269 with
errata 11(6):809.
Wightman JM, Manuel TS, Hamilton GC: Objectives to direct
the training of emergency medicine residents on off-service rotations:
traumatology. J Emerg Med 1995; 13(1): 99-104; 13(2):247-252;
13(3):407-414.
Rakowski RT, Wagner MJ, Wightman JM, Hamilton GC: Objectives
to direct the training of emergency medicine residents on off-service
rotations: surgery. J Emerg Med 1995-96; 13(5):687-695;
13(6):823-829; 14(1):99-104.
Wightman JM, Hurley LD: Emergency department management
of eye injuries. Crit Decis Emerg Med 1998; 12(7):1-11.
Keim SM, Rein JA, Chisholm C, Dyne PL, Hendey GW, Jouriles NJ,
King RW, Schrading W, Salomone J, Swart G, Wightman JM:
A standardized letter of recommendation for residency application. Acad
Emerg Med 1999; 6(11):1141-1146.
Dursteler BB,Wightman JM: Etomidate facilitated hip reduction
in the emergency department. Am J Emerg Med 2000; 18(2):204-208.
Wightman JM, Gladish SL: Explosions and blast injuries. Ann
Emerg Med 2001; 37(6):664-678.
Sharp TW, Wightman JM, Davis MJ, Sherman SS, Burkle FM:
Military assistance in complex humanitarian emergencies: what have
we learned since the Kurdish relief effort? Prehosp Disas Med 2001;
16(4):197-208.
Wightman JM, Ellemberger HR: US medical school expectations
of their graduates' abilities relevant to emergency medicine [abstract]. Acad
Emerg Med 2002; 9(5):478-479.
Mucciarone JJ, Llewellyn CH, Wightman JM: Tactical
combat casualty care in the assault on Punta Paitilla Airfield. Milit
Med 2006; 171(8):687-690.
Letters/Editorials:
Wightman JM: Outcome measures of resident education
[letter]. J Emerg Med 1999; 17(6):1067-1068.
Wightman JM: The impact of concussions [editorial]. J
Spec Ops Med 2004; 4(2):68.
Textbooks/Manuals:
Gilliam PE, Powell AW, Waller SG, Wightman JM: Thermal
stress and injuries. In Rives RM, Dodd LE [eds]: Combat Medicine
Training Handbook [ed 3] (United States Air Force: Wright-Patterson
AFB, OH; 1993), pp 11.1-11.9.
Wightman JM: Nuclear casualty management. In Rives RM,
Dodd LE [eds]: Combat Medicine Training Handbook [ed 3]
(United States Air Force: Wright-Patterson AFB, OH; 1993), pp 13.1-13.8
Wightman JM: Pelvic trauma. In Howell JM, Altieri
M, Jagoda AS, Prescott JE, Scott JL, Stair TO [eds]: Emergency
Medicine (Saunders: Philadelphia, PA; 1998), pp 1051-1061.
Wightman J: Operational issues: care under fire. In Yevich
S, Whitlock W, Broadhurst R, Thompson GD [eds]: Special Operations
Forces Medical Handbook [ed 2] (Center for Total Access:
Ft. Gordon, GA; 2001), pp 1.1-1.2.
Wightman J: Blast injuries. In Yevich S, Whitlock W, Broadhurst
R, Thompson GD [eds]: Special Operations Forces Medical Handbook [ed
2] (Center for Total Access: Ft. Gordon, GA; 2001), pp 7.23-7.26.
Wightman JM: Multiple blunt trauma. In Hamilton GC, Sanders
AB, Strange GR, Trott AT [eds]: Emergency Medicine: An Approach
To Clinical Problem-Solving [ed 2] (Saunders: Philadelphia,
PA; 2002), pp 693-722.
Kulow KW, Wightman JM: Penetrating trauma. In Hamilton
GC, Sanders AB, Strange GR, Trott AT [eds]: Emergency Medicine:
An Approach To Clinical Problem-Solving [ed 2] (Saunders:
Philadelphia, PA; 2002), pp 723-740.
Wightman JM, Wayne BA: Blast and crushing injuries. In
Tintinalli JE, Kelen GD, Stapczinski JS [eds]: Emergency Medicine:
A Comprehensive Study Guide [ed 6] (McGraw-Hill: New York,
NY; 2004), pp 46-50.
Wightman JM, Wayne BA: Explosives. In Roy MJ [ed]: A
Physician's Guide to Terrorist Attack (Humana: Totowa, NJ;
2004), pp 363-377.
King KE, Wightman JM: Abdominal pain. In Marx JA, Hockberger
RS, Walls RM, Adams JG, Barsan WG, Biros MH, Danzl DF, Gaushe-Hill
M, Hamilton GC, Ling LJ, Newton EJ [eds]: Rosen's Emergency
Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice [ed 6] (Mosby-Elsevier:
Philadelphia, PA; 2006), pp 209-220.
Wightman JM, Hamilton GC: Red and painful eye.
In Marx JA, Hockberger RS, Walls RM, Adams JG, Barsan WG, Biros
MH, Danzl DF, Gaushe-Hill M, Hamilton GC, Ling LJ, Newton EJ [eds]: Rosen's
Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice [ed 6]
(Mosby-Elsevier: Philadelphia, PA; 2006), pp 283-298.
Springer BL, Kleiner DM, Wightman JM: Medical support of the tactical athlete. In Schwartz RB, McManus JG, Swienton RE [eds]: Tactical Emergency Medicine (Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins: Philadelphia, PA; 2008), pp 32-43.
Wightman JM, Gibbons ME, Gebhart ME, Brown JB: Critical casualty evacuation from tactical settings. In Schwartz RB, McManus JG, Swienton RE [eds]: Tactical Emergency Medicine (Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins: Philadelphia, PA; 2008), pp 109-122.
Multimedia:
Wightman JM: Care of blast injuries under fire. In Hughey MJ [ed]: Operational
Medicine 2001: Health Care in Military Settings [NAVMEDPUB 5139]
(United States Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery: Washington, DC;
2001).
Wightman JM: Blast injuries: recognition and management.
In Hughey MJ [ed]: Operational Medicine 2001: Health Care in
Military Settings [NAVMEDPUB 5139] (United States Navy Bureau
of Medicine and Surgery: Washington, DC; 2001).
Veterans Benefit Administration. "Blast Injuries: Real Wounds,
Real Injuries, Real Recovery," (Department of Veterans Affairs:
Washington, DC; 2006).
Academic Service
Editorial Boards
Journal of Special Operations Medicine (US Special Operations
Command: MacDill Air Force Base, FL).
Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine (American College
of Emergency Physicians: Dallas, TX).
Peer Reviewer
Academic Emergency Medicine (Blackwell: Boston, MA).
Annals of Emergency Medicine (Elsevier: New York, NY).
Committees
Disaster Medicine and Tactical Medicine Sections (American College
of Emergency Physicians: Dallas, TX).
Disaster Medicine, Evidence-Based Medicine and Trauma Interest Groups (Society for Academic Emergency Medicine: East Lansing, MI).
Presentations
"Selected Problems with Permanent Pacemakers," Emergency Medicine
on the Riverwalk: Municipal Auditorium, San Antonio, TX; 19 March
1998.
"Tactical Emergency Medical Support for the 1999 Papal Visit to
St Louis, Missouri," 3rd International Conference on Tactical Emergency
Medical Support: Pook's Hill Marriott Hotel, Bethesda, MD; 12 June
1999.
"Recognition and Management of Blast Injuries in the Field," Annual
Conference of the Special Operations Medical Association: Hyatt Regency
City Center, Tampa, FL; 8 December 1999.
"Blast Injuries: Putting the Pieces Together," 4th International
Conference on Tactical Emergency Medical Support:
Key Bridge Marriott Hotel, Arlington, VA; 10 June 2000.
"Evaluation and Management of Blast-Injured Casualties," and "Tactical
Combat Casualty Care in the Deployed Setting," Society of Air Force
Clinical Surgeons: Circus Circus Hotel, Las Vegas, NV; 17 April 2002.
"Intentional Bombings and the Management of Blast Injuries," Key
Note Address at the 13th Annual Regional Trauma Symposium: Holiday
Inn North, Lexington, KY; 6 November 2002.
"Blunt and Blast-Wave Thoracic Trauma: Alterations to Standard Resuscitation," International
Symposium on Anaesthesia and Intensive Care: Landcommanderij Alden
Biesen, Bilzen-Rijkhoven, Belgium; 17 May 2003.
Expert panelist on tactical combat casualty care, Annual Conference
of the Special Operations Medical Association: Hyatt Regency City
Center, Tampa, FL; 9 December 2003.
"Wilderness Orthopedics Without X-Rays," Rocky Mountain Winter Conference
on Emergency Medicine: Copper Mountain Conference Center, Copper
Mountain, CO; 9 February 2004.
"Injury Patterns from Explosions: Classical and Practical Categorizations," "Pathophysiology
of Blast Injuries and Initial Management," and "Out-of-Hospital Management
of Crushing Injuries," Pan-American Health Organization Second Regional
Conference Meeting of Experts—Reaching People's Needs by
Building Partnerships in Disability Technology and Integrated Rehabilitation:
Centro Nacional de Rehabilitacion, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico; 13-14
October 2004.
"Evaluation and Management of Primary Blast Injuries in the Field," Department
of Veterans Affairs First Annual Conference on Blast Injuries: Hyatt
Regency City Center, Tampa, FL; 12 December 2004.
"Blast injury: a unique clinical entity," 36th Critical Care Congress: Gaylord Palms Resort, Orlando, FL; 20 February 2007.
Military Service
Dr. Wightman has been a colonel in the USAF Reserves since 2006.
While on active duty 1991-2006, he served in a variety of positions
directing major academic and operational programs, including:
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Program Director [Military
Component], Integrated Residency in Emergency Medicine: 88th
Medical Group, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH, 2002-2006.
Director, Critical Care Air Transport Teams: 88th Medical
Operations Squadron, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH,
2004-2006.
Director, Education Division, Department of Military & Emergency
Medicine: Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD, 2000-2002.
Medical Director, Center for Disaster and Humanitarian Assistance
Medicine: Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD, 2000-2002.
Medical Director, Emergency Services: Wright-Patterson Medical
Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH, 1994-1998. |
Colonel Wightman has deployed overseas supporting numerous military
operations ranging from humanitarian to peacekeeping to counter-terrorism.
Personal Information
Dr. Wightman has over 25 years of emergency medicine experience,
having been an EMT and paramedic for both rural and urban EMS systems
before medical school. He holds a second-degree black belt, and is
a private helicopter pilot working on his commercial and instrument
ratings.
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