Sankey V. Williams Faculty Profile

Sankey V. Williams
Sol Katz Professor of General Internal Medicine and Health Care Systems

MD, Harvard Medical School, 1970; AB, Princeton University, 1966

Research Areas
Clinical decision analysis; clinical economics; outcomes assessment

Current Projects
Creation of a case-mix classification system for rehabilitation patients. Measurement of the cost of care for critically ill hospitalized adults. Measurement of quality of care for hospitalized patients.

Academic Positions Held
Wharton: 1987-present. University of Pennsylvania: 1971-present (named Sol Katz Professor of General Internal Medicine, 1994; Chief, Division of General Internal Medicine, 1992-present; Director, Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, 1988-96; Associate Director, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, 1978-88). Visiting appointments: University of Pittsburgh; University of Michigan; Harvard University; University of Rochester; University of Virginia

Professional Leadership 2003-2007
Editor, Journal of General Internal Medicine, 1994-present

Representative Publications
(with A. Brainsky; R.H. Fletcher; H.A. Glick, P.N. Lanken and H.L. Kundel)
"Routine Portable Chest Radiographs in the Medical Intensive Care Unit: Effects and Costs." Critical Care Medicine 25.5 (May 1997)

(with P.R. Rosenbaum, R.N. Ross and J.S. Schwartz)
"Evaluation of the Complication Rate as a Measure of Quality of Care in Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery." Journal of the American Medical Association 274.4 (July 1995).

(with J.E. Goin, C.V. Granger, M.G. Stineman and C.J. Tassoni)
"Classifying Rehabilitation Inpatients by Expected Functional Gain." Medical Care 35.9 (September 1997).