William Schweickert

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William Schweickert
William D. Schweickert, MD Office

(215) 316-5151

3400 Spruce Street Medical/Intermediate Intensive Care, 9 Founders Philadelphia, PA 19104
About

William Schweickert

William Schweickert, MD, is the Vice Chair for Clinical Operations and Quality for the Department of Medicine and an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania. He practices as a pulmonary and critical care physician, serves as a Patient Safety Officer for HUP, the Director of Operations for Medical Critical Care for UPHS and Co-Chair of the Penn Sepsis Alliance for UPHS.  His work focuses on building healthcare delivery systems that focus on quality, safety and hospital efficiency.  His research and quality improvement efforts particularly explore sepsis, patient mobility, informed consent, and, most recently, COVID-19.  He relishes his collaborative work with Hospital and Departmental leaders in the management of clinical operations during expanding inpatient and outpatient services, development of novel patient-clinician interfaces, and coordination of expansive pandemic needs.  He focuses on methods to keep patients and staff safe while improving the outcomes of all patients.
Primary Specialty

Surgeon

Practice William D. Schweickert, MD
Gender Male
Education Wake Forest University
Training University of Chicago Medical Center
Not Accepting New Patients
Insurances Accepted Aetna US Healthcare, Amerihealth Caritas, Amerihealth Caritas Medicare, Centivo Health Plan, Cigna, Cigna HealthSpring, Clover Health Plan, Devon Health Services (Americare), Gateway Health Plan, Geisinger Health Plan, Geisinger Medicaid, Global Medical Management, HealthAmerica / HealthAssurance, a Coventry Plan, HealthPartners, HealthPartners Medicare, HealthSmart, Highmark Blue Shield, Homestead Smart Health Plans/Claim Watcher, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, Humana / Choicecare, Humana / Medicare, Imagine Health 360, Independence Blue Cross (Keystone East), Keystone First, Keystone First Medicare, Multiplan, NJ Medicaid, NJ Qualcare, Oscar Health Plan of PA, Oxford Health Plan, PA Health and Wellness (Centene) Medicare, PA Medicaid, PA Medicare, Provider Partners Health Plan, Rail Road Medicare / Palmetto GBA, Tricare, United Healthcare, UnitedHealthcare Community Plan, US Family Health Plan, Veterans Choice Program
Degrees Medical Doctor
Admitting Hospitals Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Penn Medicine Rittenhouse Long-Term Acute Care Hospital, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Pennsylvania Hospital
Services advanced diagnostic bronchoscopy, arterial line placement, central line insertion, iv sedation, mechanical ventilation, mobility limitations evaluation, paracentesis, therapeutic hypothermia, thoracentesis, tracheostomy management
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