University of California, San Francisco
CURRICULUM VITAE
Name: / William P SchecterPosition: / Professor of Clinical Surgery
University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine
Address: / Campus Box 0807
Department of Surgery
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA 94143-0807
Voice: / (415) 206-4626
FAX: / (415) 206-5484
email: /
EDUCATION:
1964-68 / Harpur College, State University of New York / A.B. / Political Science1968-72 / Albany Medical College / M.D. / Medicine
1972-73 / San Francisco General Hospital / Inter / Medicine
1973-75 / Massachusetts General Hospital / Resident / Anesthesia
1976-78 / University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine / Resident / Surgery
1978-79 / University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine / Chief Resident / Surgery
1979-80 / San Francisco Hand Fellowship / Fellow / Hand Surgery
LICENSES, CERTIFICATION:
1973 / Medical License / State of Massachusetts1973 / Diplomate / National Board of National Examiners
1975 / Fellow / American College of Anesthesiology
1976 / Medical License / State of California
1980 / Diplomate, 25772, 3/12/80 / American Board of Surgery
1987 / Critical Care Medicine, 153, Issued 4/9/87 / American Board of Surgery
1987 / Fellowship / American College of Surgeons
1990 / Surgery / American Board of Surgery
1996 / Fluoroscopy, X-Ray Supervisor and Operator / State of California, Department of Health Services
1996 / Critical Care Medicine / American Board of Surgery
1998 / Recertification / American Board of Surgery
2004 / General Surgery, 8/9/04, Exp. 7/1/15 / American Board of Surgery
2004 / Added Qualifications, Issued 8/11/04, Exp. 7/1/15 / American Board of Surgery
PRINCIPAL POSITIONS HELD:
1980-1981 / University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine / Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery1981-1983 / University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine / Full Professor of Surgery
1983-1984 / University of Natal, Depart. of Surgery / Instructor of Surgery
1984-1990 / University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine / Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery
1990-1993 / University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine / Associate Clinical Professor
1993-present / University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine / Full Professor of Surgery
2004 / Shaare Zedek Medical Center / Full Professor of Surgery
OTHER POSITIONS HELD CONCURRENTLY:
1980-1981 / San Francisco General Hospital / Associate Director, Emergency Services1980-1981 / San Francisco General Hospital / Associate Director, Hand Surgery Service, San Francisco General Hospital
1980-1983 / San Francisco General Hospital / Attending Surgeon
1981-1983 / LBJ Tropical Medical Center / Chief of Surgery
1983-1984 / King Edward VIII Hospital / Consultant Surgeon
1984 / San Francisco General Hospital / Associate Director, Hand Clinic
1984 / San Francisco General Hospital / Attending Surgeon
1984 / San Francisco General Hospital / Associate Director, Intensive Care Unit
1985 / San Francisco General Hospital / Co-Director of Amputation Clinic
1992-2008 / San Francisco General Hospital / Chief of Surgery
1993-2008 / University of California, San Francisco / Vice-Chair, Department of Surgery
1993-2008 / San Francisco General Hospital / Chief of Surgery
1995 / California College of Podiatric Medicine / Adjunct Professor
1995 / San Francisco Surgical Society / Council Member
HONORS AND AWARDS:
1972 / Alpha Omega Alpha / Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society1989 / Young Investigator Travel Award / American Society for Clinical Oncology
1990 / Merit Honor For Scientific Essay / Southwestern Surgical Congress
1990 / Certificate of Merit Honors for Scientific Essay / 41st Annual Meeting, Southwestern Surgical Congress
1996 / Certificate of Appreciation / Israel Trauma Society, June 26, 1996
1998 / Chai Award for Public Service / Jack Berman Advocacy Center, American Jewish Congress
1999 / Nominee, Giving Something Back Award - Honoring Exemplary Non-Profit Board Members / Management Center and the Charles Schwaab Foundation
2002 / Distinguished Alumnus / The Albany Medical College
2002 / Nova Award, Awarded to Operation Access for Service to the Uninsured / American Hospital Association
2003 / Distinguished Colleague of the Year, 2002 / UCSF Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
2003 / Honoree, San Francisco, CA / Operation Access, September 18, 2003
2006 / Pride in the Profession Award / American Medical Association Foundation, May 12, 2006
2007 / Heroes and Hearts Award / San Francisco General Hospital Foundation
2007 / Order of Merit, for Service during the 2006 Lebanon War / The Society for Medicine and Law in Israel
2007 / Key Note Speaker, UCSF Commencement Ceremony / University of California, San Francisco
2008 / Key Note Speaker, University of Loyola Medical School Commencement Ceremony / University of California, San Francisco
2008 / First Prize. Scientific Poster Competition. Case Management in Multiple Casualty Incidents. / Clinical Congress, American College of Surgeons, San Francisco.
2009 / ACS/Pfizer, Inc., Surgical Volunteerism Award for Domestic Outreach / American College of Surgeons 95th Annual Clinical Congress, 10/13/2009
2010 / Best Doctors in America / Best Doctors in American 2011-2012 Database. www.bestdoctors.com
2011 / Chancellor’s Award for Public Service / University of California, San Francisco
KEYWORDS/AREAS OF INTEREST:
The surgery of poverty, trauma, soft tissue infections related to drug use and alcoholism, advanced malignancy related to poor access to health care, the surgical treatment of HIV infected patients, and medical management of chemical and biological warfare in mass casualty events.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
SUMMARY OF CLINICAL ACTIVITIES
1979-Present
Attending Physician, San Francisco General Hospital: Attend Trauma/General Surgery Clinic on Monday morning from 9:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m.
1979-2011
Attending Physician, San Francisco General Hospital: Attend Trauma/General Surgery Clinic on Monday morning from 9:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m.
9/1/2005-12/31/2011: On Wednesday afternoons: Attended the Vascular Surgery clinic from 1:00-4:00 p.m. from September 1, 2005 through December 31, 2011.
Service attending 6-8 weeks per year until December 31, 2011. Rounded from approximately 6:00 a.m. until 9:00 a.m. daily during the weeks assigned as Service attending
Evening rounds on the entire service during this time also performing emergency General Surgery and Trauma Surgery on assigned on-call days and on other days as necessary. Attended on elective surgery practice in the field of General Surgery.
Attending: Actively involved interacting with the residents on a daily basis whether or not assigned on Service. Service call 6-8 weeks per year and 2-4 nights/month of 24-hour emergency call.
Summary of Clinical Activities: Active General and Trauma Surgeon in a clinical practice.
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Memberships
1975-1980 / American Society of Anesthesiologists1980-Present / Howard C. Naffziger Surgical Society
1982-Present / Society of Critical Care Medicine
1985-Present / San Francisco Surgical Society
1985-1995 / Association for Academic Surgery
1986-2006 / California Academy of Medicine
1987-Present / Northern California Chapter, American College of Surgeons
1987-2005 / American Society for Surgery of the Hand
1987-Present / Fellow, American College of Surgeons
1987-Present / Pacific Coast Surgical Association
1988-1995 / Fellow, American College of Chest Physicians
1989-1995 / Fellow, American Society of Clinical Oncology
1989-Present / Fellow, American Association for the Surgery of Trauma
1989-Present / Fellow, Southwestern Surgical Congress
2000-Present / Gold-Headed Cane Society, UCSF
2002-2006 / Charter Member, Claude H. Organ, Jr., Surgical Society
2003-Present / Western Surgical Association
2004-Present / American Surgical Association
2007-Present / Israel Surgical Association
Service to Professional Organizations
1985-1986 / Associate Examiner, American Board of Surgery1986-1992 / Associate Examiner, American Board of Surgery
1986-1992 / Co-Chairman, Hand Surgery Section, Northern California Chapter, American College of Surgeons
1988 / Associate Examiner, American Board of Surgery
1989 / Committee Member, Consultant in AIDS Task Force, San Francisco Medical Society
1992-1993 / Program Director, San Francisco Surgical Society
1992-2002 / Committee Member, Committee on Applicants, American College of Surgeons, Northern California District #1
1993 / Associate Examiner, American Board of Surgery
1993-1994 / President-Elect, Northern California Chapter, American College of Surgeons
1994-1995 / President, Northern California Chapter, American College of Surgeons
1995-present / Council Member, San Francisco Surgical Society
1995-1996 / Associate Examiner, American Board of Surgery
1997-2003 / Governor, American College of Surgeons
1998 / Associate Examiner, American Board of Surgery
1999 / Distinguished Investigator, American College of Critical Care Medicine Award Committee
1999-2001 / Howard C. Naffziger Surgical Society
2000-2001 / President, San Francisco Surgical Society
2000-2002 / Associate Examiner, American Board of Surgery
2000-2003 / Committee Member, American College of Surgeons/American Society of Anesthesiology, American College of Surgeons
2000-2003 / Committee Member, American College of Surgeons/American Society of Anesthesiology
2002-2003 / Vice President, Pacific Coast Surgical Association
2004-2010 / Chair, American Board of Surgery
2004-present / Director, American Board of Surgery
2004 / Founding Member, Co-Director, Operation Access
2005 / Committee Chair, Committee on Perioperative Care, American College of Surgeons
2006-present / Representative, AMA Physician Consortium Performance Improvement's Anesthesiology Work Group, American College of Surgeons
2006 / Liaison, Surgical Practice s in Hospitals and Ambulatory Settings, American College of Surgeons
2006 / Board of Directors, UCSF Gold-Headed Cane Society
2007-present / Representative, Patient Safety and Quality Improvement (PSQI) Committee, American College of Surgeons
2007-2010 / Council Member, Representative to Council on Surgical and Peri-operative Safety, American College of Surgeons
2007-present / Board Member, Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation, American College of Surgeons
2007 / Site Surveyor, Trauma Site Survey, Nebraska Medical Center
2007-2011 / Committee Member, Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee, Centers for Disease Control
2008-2010 / Committee Chair, Recertification Committee, American Board of Surgery
2010-present / Senior Examiner, American Board of Surgery
2012 / President-Elect, Pacific Coast Surgical Association 2015
SERVICE TO PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS:
1996-present / Ad-Hoc Reviewer, Archives of Surgery1997-present / Ad-Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Trauma
1999 / Ad-Hoc Reviewer, Grant Applications to the Israel Science Foundation
1999-present / Ad-Hoc Reviewer, Journal of the American College of Surgeons
2005-present / Ad-Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Disaster Medicine
2011-present / Ad-Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Gastroenterology
2011-present / Ad-Hoc Reviewer, New England Journal of Medicine
INVITED PRESENTATIONS
INTERNATIONAL
3/1984 / Invited Lecture. The management of head injuries by general surgeons: A report from American Samoa. Association of Surgeons of South Africa, Bophutatswana, So. Africa5/1984 / Invited Lecture. The role of operative stabilization in the management of flail chest. Critical Care Congress, Durban, Republic of South Africa
12/1-2/1987 / Invited Lecture. AIDS and the surgeon. Royal Lancaster Hospital, London, England
5/18-20/1988 / Invited Lecture. AIDS and the Surgeon. Third Swedish Surgical Congress, Orebro, Sweden
8/28-30/1989 / Invited Lecture. The role of gloves in the prevention of blood-borne infections: A surgeon's view, International Conference on Blood-Borne Infections in the Workplace, Stockholm, Sweden
8/28-30/1989 / Invited Lecture. Safe and unsafe practices in the operating room and emergency room. International Conference on Blood-Borne Infections in the Workplace, Stockholm, Sweden
4/15-24/1990 / Grand Rounds. Abdominal trauma. Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Hadassah, Israel
4/15-24/1990 / Grand Rounds. AIDS and the surgeon. Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Hadassah, Israel
4/15-24/1990 / Seminar. Attended daily rounds, surgical clinics, operations and seminar to medical students. Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Hadassah, Israel
10/1990 / Invited Lecture. El riesgo al cirujano de infeccion SIDA. 61st Congreso Argentino de Cirugia, Buenos Aires, Argentina
10/1990 / Invited Lecture. Neoplasias anorectales: Tendencias actuales. 61st Congreso Argentino de Cirugia, Buenos Aires, Argentina
10/1990 / Invited Lecture. Manejo del trauma hepático. 61st Congreso Argentino de Cirugia, Buenos Aires, Argentina
10/1990 / Invited Lecture. Heridas del colon y recto, 61st Congreso Argentino de Cirugia, Buenos Aires, Argentina
10/1990 / Invited Lecture. Heridas traumaticas de las extremidades: Principios de tratamiento. 61st Congreso Argentino de Cirugia, Buenos Aires, Argentina
10/1990 / Invited Lecture. Insuficiencia respiratoria aguda post-traumatica, 61st Congreso Argentino de Cirugia, Buenos Aires, Argentina
12/10-13/1990 / Invited Lecture. Pediatric trauma and trauma in pregnancy. Medical Corps, Israel Defense Force, Bayt Avarah, Haifa, Israel
12/10-13/1990 / Invited Lecture. Case studies in trauma management. Simulated resuscitation and treatment of battlefield casualties. Medical Corps, Israel Defense Force, Bayt Avarah, Haifa, Israel
5/27-28/1991 / Instructor. Lab instructor and mock casualty instructor, Combat Trauma Life Support, Israel Defense Forces, Israel
5/27-28/1991 / Visiting Professor. Lab instructor and mock casualty instructor, Tel Hashomer Sheba Medical Center, Israel
5/29/1991 / Invited Lecture. Trauma care: A continuum of responsibility (given in English), Trauma 91, 4th Annual Meeting of the Israel Trauma Society, Malon Hasharon, Herzilia Pituah, Israel
5/29/1991 / Panel Discussant. The role of emergency room thoracotomy in resuscitation, Trauma 91, 4th Annual Meeting of the Israel Trauma Society, Malon Hasharon, Herzilia Pituah, Israel
05/29/1991 / Invited Keynote Lecture. Tipul BeTrauma Le Haze-Moreh Lenebuchim (Treatment of chest trauma - A guide to the perplexed) given in Hebrew. Trauma 91. 4th Annual Meeting of the Israel Trauma Society, Malon, Hasharon, Herzilia Pituah, Israel
05/29/1991 / Panel Discussion. Trauma care: A continuum of responsibility (given in English. Trauma 91. 4th Annual meeting of the Israel Trauma Society, Malon Hasharon, Herzilia Pituah, Israel
6/3-6/1991 / Invited Lecture. Lab instructor and mock casualty instructor. Combat Trauma Life Support, Israel Defense Forces, Israel
11/18-21/1991 / Instructor, Lab instructor and mock casualty instructor. Combat Trauma Life Support, Israel Defense Forces, Israel
1/10/1993 / Invited Lecture. Tipul BeTrauma LeHaze-moreh lenebuchim (Treatment of chest trauma: A guide to the perplexed) given in Hebrew. Trauma 91. 4th Annual Meeting of the Israel Trauma Society, Malon Hasharon, Herzilia Pituah, Israel
1/10/1993 / Invited Lecture. Hadassah University School of Medicine, Mt. Scopus Campus, Israel
1/11-12/1993 / Instructor. Lab instructor and mock casualty instructor, Combat Trauma Life Support, Israel Defense Forces, Israel
10/4/1994 / Seminar. Lab instructor and mock casualty instructor. Combat Trauma Life Support Course, Israel Defense Forces, Israel.
11/7-8/1994 / Invited Lecture. AIDS and Surgery. V Congreso de cirugia do triangulo mineiro, Uberaba, Brasil
11/7-8/1994 / Invited Lecture. Evaluation of blunt abdominal trauma, V Congreso de Cirugia do Triangulo Mineiro, Uberaba, Brasil
11/7-8/1994 / Invited Lecture. Emergency room thoracotomy. V Congreso de Cirugia do Triangulo Mineiro, Uberaba, Brasil