William Reed, M.D.

Medical School

UT Southwestern Medical Center (1977)

Internship

UT Southwestern Medical Center (1978), Internal Medicine

Residency

UT Southwestern Medical Center (1980), Internal Medicine

• Medical education
• Patient safety
• Quality improvement methodology

Featured Publications

Viewing Prevention of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection as a System: Using Systems Engineering and Human Factors Engineering in a Quality Improvement Project in an Academic Medical Center.

Rhee C, Phelps ME, Meyer B, Reed WG Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 2016 42 10 447-471

Improving Hand Hygiene Compliance by Changing the Safety Culture in an Academic Medical Center

Phelps, ME and Reed WG Canadian Journal of Infection Control 2016 31 4 241-248

Public reporting of patient safety metrics: ready or not?

Podolsky DK, Nagarkar PA, Reed WG, Rohrich RJ Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 2014 Dec 134 6 981e-5e

Evaluation of the American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status Classification System in Risk Assessment for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Patients

Miller TJ, Jeong HS, Davis K, Matthew A, Lysikowski J, Cho MJ, Reed G, Kenkel JM Aesthetic Surg J 2014 34 3 448-56

An automated model to identify heart failure patients at risk for 30-day readmission or death using electronic medical record data.

Amarasingham R, Moore BJ, Tabak YP, Drazner MH, Clark CA, Zhang S, Reed WG, Swanson TS, Ma Y, Halm EA Med Care 2010 Nov 48 11 981-8

A rapid admission protocol to reduce emergency department boarding times.

Amarasingham R, Swanson TS, Treichler DB, Amarasingham SN, Reed WG Qual Saf Health Care 2010 Jun 19 3 200-4

The effect of a public hospital's transfer policy on patient care.

Reed WG, Cawley KA, Anderson RJ N. Engl. J. Med. 1986 Nov 315 22 1428-32

Effects of rapid blood pressure reduction on cerebral blood flow.

Reed WG, Anderson RJ Am. Heart J. 1986 Jan 111 1 226-8

• Gold Humanism Honor Society
  (2017)
• Kenneth I. Shine, M.D., Academy of Health Science Education
  (2017)
• Headmaster of Academic Colleges at UT Southwestern
  (2014)
• Patricia and William L. Watson, Jr., M.D. Award for Excellence in Clinical Medicine
  (2009)
• Fellow, American College of Physicians
  (1988)

• American College of Physicians (1980)
• Dallas County Medical Society (1980)
• Texas Medical Association (1980)