William Thomas Harrison, MD
- Assistant Professor, Pathology

William Thomas Harrison, MD
Research Interests
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Neurodegenerative Disorders
- Seizure Disorders
- TDP-43 Encephalopathy
- Child Abuse
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome
- Education
- MD, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, 2014
- Residency
- Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, 2017
- Fellowship
- Neuropathology, Duke University Medical Center, 2019
- Forensic Pathology, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, 2020
- Board Certifications
- American Board of Pathology, Pathology-Anatomic
- American Board of Pathology, Pathology-Forensic
- American Board of Pathology, Neuropathology
- Positions
- Assistant Professor, Pathology
- Assistant Professor, Neurology
- Assistant Professor, Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine
- Departments and Affiliations
- Pathology
- Neurology
- Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine
- Sticht Center for Healthy Aging and Alzheimer’s Prevention
Research
- Three-year-old with severe-combined immunodeficiency and a mildly expansile T2/FLAIR signal abnormality. Smith VL, Harrison WT. Brain Pathol. 2023 Jun; :e13173.
- Suicide Via Multiple Shotgun Wounds: A Case Report and Review of Literature. Giffen MA, Blankenship H, Harrison W. Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 2022 Aug;
- Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy: A Report of Three Commonly Encountered Anatomic Findings in the Forensic Setting With Recommendations for Best Practices. Jordan RD, Coscia M, Lantz P, Harrison W. Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 2022 May;
- Sensitization of Endothelial Cells to Ionizing Radiation Exacerbates Delayed Radiation Myelopathy in Mice. Lee CL, Wright AO, Lee JW, Brownstein J, Hasapis S, Satow S, Da Silva Campos L, Williams N, Ma Y, Luo L, Johnson T, Daniel AR, Harrison WT, Oldham M, Kirsch DG. Radiat Res. 2021 Nov; 197(3):0.
- Limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy neuropathological change (LATE-NC) is independently associated with dementia and strongly associated with arteriolosclerosis in the oldest-old. Harrison WT, Lusk JB, Liu B, Ervin JF, Johnson KG, Green CL, Wang SJ. Acta Neuropathol. 2021 Aug;