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University of Pennsylvania Medical Center
Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Division
3400 Spruce Street
821 West Gates Building
Philadelphia, PA 19104
email: william.schweickert@uphs.upenn.ed
- MD: Wake Forest University School of Medicine
- Residency: University of Chicago
- Fellowship: University of Chicago
Dr. Schweickert is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care. Dr. Schweickert’s career is focused on the design and implementation of systems to improve the care of the critically ill patient with an emphasis on sedation practices, ventilator protocols, and early patient mobilization.
In the intensive care unit, Dr. Schweickert’s clinical and research efforts examine the role of sedation in the management of the patient with respiratory failure. He studies the motivation for sedation administration during mechanical ventilation and the interplay of these drugs and critical illness on ventilator synchrony and weaning, ICU-acquired weakness, and patient delirium. His current efforts focus on early mobilization of the patient undergoing mechanical ventilation.
Dr. Schweickert established and developed the Procedure and Resuscitation Service (PARS) at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in 2007. It combines two clinical entities, the Department of Medicine Procedure Service and the Medical Rapid Response Team. As Director of the Medical Rapid Response Team, Dr. Schweickert has worked in the design and implementation of protocols to improve resuscitation and antibiotic administration. His current efforts focus on bedside ultrasonography to aid the performance of both procedures and resuscitation.
Dr. Schweickert is board certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. He completed both his bachelor's degree (Biology, magna cum laude) and medical degree (alpha omega alpha) at Wake Forest University. After serving as a resident and chief resident in Internal Medicine and a fellow in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Chicago, Dr. Schweickert joined the faculty the University of Pennsylvania in 2007.
Dr. Schweickert is the recipient of the 2008 Donna McCurdy Teaching Award (Department of Medicine) and a 2009 HUP Patient Advocacy Award.
Schweickert WD. Rapid Response Teams: How To Do It and Where Are the Benefits? Clinical Pulmonary Medicine, 2009. In press.
Schweickert WD, Pohlman MC, Pohlman AS, Nigos C, Pawlik AJ, Esbrook CL, Spears L, Miller M, Franczyk M, Deprizio D, Schmidt GA, Bowman A, Barr R, McCallister KE, Hall JB, Kress JP. Early physical and occupational therapy in mechanically ventilated, critically ill patients: a randomised controlled trial. Lancet 2009;373(9678):1874-1882.
Schweickert WD, Herlitz J, Pohlman AS, Gehlbach BK, Hall JB, Kress JP. A Randomized, Controlled Trial Evaluating Post-Insertion Neck Ultrasound in Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter Procedures. Crit Care Med 2009; 37(4):1217-21.
Schweickert WD, Kress JP. Strategies to optimize analgesia and sedation. Crit Care 2008; 12 Suppl 3: S6.
Pohlman MC, McCallister KE, Schweickert WD, Pohlman AS, Nigos CP, Krishnan JA, et al. Excessive tidal volume from breath stacking during lung-protective ventilation for acute lung injury. Crit Care Med 2008; 36: 3019-23.
Girard TD, Kress JP, Fuchs BD, Thomason JW, Schweickert WD, Pun BT, et al. Efficacy and safety of a paired sedation and ventilator weaning protocol for mechanically ventilated patients in intensive care (Awakening and Breathing Controlled trial): a randomised controlled trial. Lancet 2008; 371: 126-34.
Schweickert W, Mulholland M. Rapid Response Teams. In: Manaker (ed): Coding for Chest Medicine. Illinois: American College of Chest Physicians, 2008; 167-170.
Schweickert WD, Hall J. ICU-acquired weakness. Chest 2007; 131: 1541-9.
Kress JP, Vinayak AG, Levitt J, Schweickert WD, Gehlbach BK, Zimmerman F, et al. Daily sedative interruption in mechanically ventilated patients at risk for coronary artery disease. Crit Care Med 2007; 35: 365-71.
Schweickert, W. An Approach to Shock, Common Modes of Mechanical Ventilation, Managing the Mechanically Ventilated Patient, Responding to Crises in the Mechanically Ventilated Patient, AIDS in the Intensive Care Unit, Severe Electrolyte Disorders, Care of the Multi-system Trauma Patient, Tetanus. In: Hogarth DK, Hall JB, Schmidt GS (eds): Just the Facts in Critical Care. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2007.
Schweickert W, Bhorade S, and Garrity E. Lung Transplantation. In: Jose Biller (ed): The Interface of Neurology and Internal Medicine. Lippincott, Williams, and Wilkins, 2007; 163-8.
Schweickert W, Hall J. Informed consent in the intensive care unit: ensuring understanding in a complex environment. Curr Opin Crit Care 2005; 11: 624-8.
Schweickert WD, Gehlbach BK, Pohlman AS, Hall JB, Kress JP. Daily interruption of sedative infusions and complications of critical illness in mechanically ventilated patients. Crit Care Med 2004; 32: 1272-6.
revised 9/09
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