William Schweickert
William D. Schweickert, MD
Office (215) 316-5151
3400 Spruce Street
Medical/Intermediate Intensive Care, 9 Founders
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Primary Specialty
Surgeon
Practice
William D. Schweickert, MD
Gender
Male
Education
Wake Forest University
Training
University of Chicago Medical Center
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.
Services
advanced diagnostic bronchoscopy, arterial line placement, central line insertion, iv sedation, mechanical ventilation, mobility limitations evaluation, paracentesis, therapeutic hypothermia, thoracentesis, tracheostomy management