William D. Surkis, MD
Internal Medicine
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Chief Medical Officer, Chester County Hospital
- Clinical Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health
My education and training
- Medical School: Drexel University College of Medicine
- Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Spoken languages
English
English
Insurance accepted
Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.
- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Americhealth Caritas of PA VIP - LGH Only
- Amerihealth Caritas (Transplant patients only)
- Amerihealth Caritas of PA - LGH Only
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
- Clover Health Choice
- Clover Health Choice Value PPO
- Clover Health Classic HMO
- Clover Health Value
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Chester County Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Internal Medicine, 2005
- ACP Hospitalist, National
- ACP Internal Medicine national, National
- American College of Physicians, National
- American Society of Healthcare Executives, National
- Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine (APDIM), National
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Pincavage AT, Gandhi A, Falk E, DiMarino L, Carbajal DR, Ayyala U, Chandrasekar J, Dentino AN, Ferris AH, Forster RM, Hemmer PA, Masucci N, Surkis WD, O V, Choe JH. Evaluation of an Individualized Learning Plan Template for the Transition to Residency. , J Grad Med Educ., 15(5): 2023,597-601
DiMarino LM, Boppana RC, Pincavage AT, Hemmer P, Ferris A, Chandrasekar J, Choe J, Dentino A, Forster R, Masucci N, Carbajal DR, Surkis W, Ward K, O V, Ayyala US. AAIM Recommendations for Undergraduate Medical Education to Graduate Medical Education Transition Curricula in Internal Medicine. , Am J Med, 136(5): 2023,489-495
Eliliwi M., Meyfeldt J., Surkis W., Donohue J. RECURRENT BILATERAL PLEURAL EFFUSIONS: NOT JUST HEART FAILURE. , Chest, 158(4): 2020
Muhammad Abubakar Shakir, Jacob Reiss, Meghan Buckley, William Surkis and Gan-Xin Yan. Mexiletine: A Treatment for All Cause Acquired QT Interval Prolongation. , Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 75(11): 2020,397
Muhammad Abubakar Shakir, Jacob Reiss, Meghan Buckley, William Surkis and Gan-Xin Yan. Combination Therapy with Dofetilide and Mexiletine for Atrial Fibrillation: Increased Efficacy and Decreased QT Interval Prolongation. , Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 75(11): 2020,481
N/A At the End of the Day in Medicine with Dr. William Surkis. , The Medicine Mentors Podcast: 2020
Isaac K, Kennard K, Schuster S, Landsburg D, Hughes M, Svoboda J, Nasta S, Latorre T, Surkis W, Dorsey C, Fanning M, Chatburn E, Daniel C, Timlin C, Gill J, Mato A. Clinical outcomes of DLBCL, follicular lymphoma (FL) and Richter transformation (RT) patients treated with ibrutinib: A real-world experience of off-label ibrutinib use. , J Clin Oncol , 35(15): 2017,e19043-e19043
Fei YD, Li YG, Surkis W, Zhang L. Does Anemia Cause QT Prolongation in Patients with Hematologic Disorders? , Chin Med J (Engl), 128(24): 2015,3385-6
Dine CJ, Bellini LM, Diemer G, Ferris A, Rana A, Simoncini G, Surkis W, Rothschild C, Asch DA, Shea JA, Epstein AJ. Assessing Correlations of Physicians' Practice Intensity and Certainty During Residency Training. , J Grad Med Educ., 7(4): 2015,603-609
Li Zhang, Samir Patel, Peter R. Kowey, William Surkis, Ping Zhang, Ning Jiang, Samuel C. Dudley and Bortolo Martini GW26-e2959 Genetic and Clinical Characteristics of Patients with Brugada Syndrome. , Journal of the American College of Cardiology , 66(16 supplement): 2015,C184