William D Schweickert, MD
Professor of Clinical Medicine (Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care)
Director, Clinical Operations for Medical Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania Health System
Chair, Penn Sepsis Alliance, University of Pennsylvania Health System
Co-Chair, Capacity Management and Optimization Committee, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Vice Chair for Operations, Quality and Safety, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Physician Executive for Patient Access and Throughput, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Medicine
Contact information
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care
3400 Convention Center Boulevard
Perelman Center, South Tower, Office 623
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care
3400 Convention Center Boulevard
Perelman Center, South Tower, Office 623
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-776-2978
Publications
Education:
B.S. (Biology)
Wake Forest University, 1995.
M.D. (Medicine)
Wake Forest University School of Medicine, 1999.
Permanent linkB.S. (Biology)
Wake Forest University, 1995.
M.D. (Medicine)
Wake Forest University School of Medicine, 1999.
Selected Publications
Duggal A, Conrad SA, Barrett NA, Saad M, Cheema T, Pannu S, Romero RS, Brochard L, Nava S, Ranieri VM, May A, Brodie D, Hill NS; VENT-AVOID Investigators.: Extracorporeal Carbon Dioxide Removal to Avoid Invasive Ventilation During Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: VENT-AVOID Trial - A Randomized Clinical Trial. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 209: 529-542, Mar 2024.Mart MF, Boehm LM, Kiehl AL, Gong MN, Malhotra A, Owens RL, Khan BA, Pisani MA, Schmidt GA, Hite RD, Exline MC, Carson SS, Hough CL, Rock P, Douglas IS, Feinstein DJ, Hyzy RC, Schweickert WD, Bowton DL, Masica A, Orun OM, Raman R, Pun BT, Strength C, Rolfsen ML, Pandharipande PP, Brummel NE, Hughes CG, Patel MB, Stollings JL, Ely EW, Jackson JC, Girard TD.: Long-term outcomes after treatment of delirium during critical illness with antipsychotics (MIND-USA): a randomised, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial. Lancet Respir Med 2024.
Anderson BJ, Schweickert WD.: Measuring Bundle Implementation Work Requires a Calibrated Scale. Crit Care Med 51: 1824-1826, Dec 2023.
Schweickert WD, Jablonski J, Bayes B, Chowdhury M, Whitman C, Tian J, Blette B, Tran T, Halpern SD.: Structured Mobilization for Critically Ill Patients: A Pragmatic Cluster-randomized Trial. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 208: 49-58, Jul 2023.
Bakhru RN, Propert KJ, Kawut SM, Schweickert WD.: A Survey of Implementation of ABCDE Protocols. J Intensive Care Med 2023.
Liou A, Schweickert WD, Files DC, Bakhru RN.: A Survey to Assess Primary Care Physician Awareness of Complications Following Critical Illness. J Intensive Care Med 2023.
Mitchell OJL, Neefe S, Ginestra JC, Schweickert WD, Falk S, Weissman GE, Covin D, Shults J, Abella BS, Shashaty MGS.: Association of Time to Rapid Response Team Activation With Patient Outcomes Using a Range of Physiologic Deterioration Thresholds. Crit Care Explor 4: e0786, Nov 2022.
Mitchell OJL, Dewan M, Wolfe HA, Roberts KJ, Neefe S, Lighthall G, Sands NA, Weissman G, Ginestra J, Shashaty MGS, Schweickert WD, Abella BS.: Defining Physiological Decompensation: An Expert Consensus and Retrospective Outcome Validation. Crit Care Explor 4: e0677, Apr 2022.
Schweickert WD, Patel BK, Kress JP.: Timing of early mobilization to optimize outcomes in mechanically ventilated ICU patients. Intensive Care Med 2022.
Evans L, Rhodes A, Alhazzani W, Antonelli M, Coopersmith CM, French C, Machado FR, Mcintyre L, Ostermann M, Prescott HC, Schorr C, Simpson S, Wiersinga WJ, Alshamsi F, Angus DC, Arabi Y, Azevedo L, Beale R, Beilman G, Belley-Cote E, Burry L, Cecconi M, Centofanti J, Coz Yataco A, De Waele J, Dellinger RP, Doi K, Du B, Estenssoro E, Ferrer R, Gomersall C, Hodgson C, Hylander Møller M, Iwashyna T, Jacob S, Kleinpell R, Klompas M, Koh Y, Kumar A, Kwizera A, Lobo S, Masur H, McGloughlin S, Mehta S, Mehta Y, Mer M, Nunnally M, Oczkowski S, Osborn T, Papathanassoglou E, Perner A, Puskarich M, Roberts J, Schweickert W, Seckel M, Sevransky J, Sprung CL, Welte T, Zimmerman J, Levy M.: Surviving Sepsis Campaign: International Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock 2021. Crit Care Med 49: e1063-e1143, Nov 2021.