Eric A. Williams, MD
Department or Service
Location
- Texas Medical Center
Specialty
Anesthesiology
Phone: 832-826-6230
Contact Information
Chief Quality Officer-Medicine
Texas Children's Hospital
Education
| School | Education | Degree | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duke University Medical Center | fellowship | Pediatric Critical Care | 2004 |
| Baylor College of Medicine | residency | Pediatrics | 1999 |
| Duke University Medical Center | medical school | Doctor of Medicine | 1996 |
| Duke University Medical Center | professional education | Master of Science | 1991 |
About
As Medical Director of Quality, Dr. Williams is interested in applying principles of high reliability to the intensive care unit environments of Texas Children's hospital to prevent harm, discover problems, and work collaboratively toward solutions. In addition he is a proponent of maximizing performance transparency. His current projects include using resilience engineering to minimize unnecessary variation in the delivery of care, specifically for pediatric septic shock and pediatric stroke. He is also working on a project to determine the clinical utility of noninvasive measurements of cardiac performance indices in pediatric patients.
Organization
| Organization Name | Role |
|---|---|
| American Academy of Pediatrics | Fellow |
| American College of Physician Executives | Member |
| Society of Critical Care Medicine | Member |
Selected Publications
Williams EA, Graf JM, Cruz A, Patel B: Implementation of Early Goal-Directed Therapy for Children with Suspected Sepsis: Minimizing Unnecessary Variation and Maximizing Benefit, Critical Care Medicine 2010, 38(12):A62 Oral Presentation, Sepsis Award.