Penn Medicine Provider
Pulmonary Medicine
William D. Schweickert, MD
Sees patients age 18 and up
Harron Lung Center - Inpatient Care
Call 800-789-7366

About me

  • Vice Chair for Operations, Safety and Quality, Department of Medicine
  • Director, Medical Critical Care Operations, University of Pennsylvania Health System
  • Physician Executive for Patient Access and Throughput, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  • Professor of Clinical Medicine (Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care)

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.

Education and training

  • Medical School: Wake Forest University
  • Residency: University of Chicago Medical Center
  • Fellowship: University of Chicago Medical Center

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Medicine Rittenhouse Long-Term Acute Care Hospital
Dr. Schweickert is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

My research

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: 2024,529-542

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: 2023,1824-1826

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: 2023,49-58

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

Bakhru RN, Propert KJ, Kawut SM, Schweickert WD. A Survey of Implementation of ABCDE Protocols , 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: 2022,e0786

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: 2022,e0677

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: 2021,e1063-e1143

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