William Schecter, MD
Professor Emeritus
Surgery
School of Medicine

Education & Training

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• Residency Surgery University of California, San Francisco

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Global HealthIntestinal FistulaChemical Warfare AgentsSpecialties, SurgicalEthics, MedicalMoralsBlast InjuriesAbdominal InjuriesHealth Care CoalitionsGeneral SurgeryDebridementInternational Educational ExchangeDisaster PlanningTerrorismCutaneous Fistula

• F. William Blaisdell, MD: A leader for all time.
  The journal of trauma and acute care surgery 2020 Knudson MM, Schecter W, Mackersie R, Lewis F, Eastman B
• Selective Management of Multiple Anterior Abdominal Stab Wounds: Is it Safe?
  The Israel Medical Association journal : IMAJ 2019 Hershkovitz Y, Shohat S, Kessel B, Schecter WP, Beicker A, Jeroukhimov I
• Hemodynamic consequences of extremity injuries following a terrorist bombing attack: retrospective cohort study.
  European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society 2018 Ashkenazi I, Sevi R, Turégano-Fuentes F, Walsh MS, Olsha O, Schecter WP, Alfici R
• Coalition for Global Clinical Surgical Education: The Alliance for Global Clinical Training.
  Journal of surgical education 2017 Graf J, Cook M, Schecter S, Deveney K, Hofmann P, Grey D, Akoko L, Mwanga A, Salum K, Schecter W
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guideline for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection, 2017.
  JAMA surgery 2017 Berríos-Torres SI, Umscheid CA, Bratzler DW, Leas B, Stone EC, Kelz RR, Reinke CE, Morgan S, Solomkin JS, Mazuski JE, Dellinger EP, Itani KMF, Berbari EF, Segreti J, Parvizi J, Blanchard J, Allen G, …

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• Limiting Care for Surgical Patients at the End of Life: Principles of Practice.
  JAMA surgery 2017 Schecter W
• Chapter 122 Injuries to the liver and biliary tract.
  2017 William Palmer Schecter, Asher Hirshberg
• Chapter 123 Pancreatic and duodenal injuries.
  2017 William Palmer Schecter, Asher Hirshberg
• Glasgow Coma Scale Score in Survivors of Explosion With Possible Traumatic Brain Injury in Need of Neurosurgical Intervention.
  JAMA surgery 2016 Ashkenazi I, Schecter WP, Peleg K, Givon A, Olsha O, Turegano-Fuentes F, Alfici R, Israeli Trauma Group, Bahouth H, Becker A, Ben Ely M, Braslavsky A, Jeroukhimov I, Qarawany M, Kessel B, Klein Y, Lin…
• An alliance of educators to support post graduate surgical training in Tanzania.
  Annals of Global Health 2016 D. Grey, M. Cook, P. Hofmann, A. Mwanga, L. Akoko, M. Mchembe, W. Schecter
• A Consortium Approach to Surgical Education in a Developing Country: Educational Needs Assessment.
  JAMA surgery 2015 Cook M, Howard BM, Yu A, Grey D, Hofmann PB, Moren AM, Mchembe M, Essajee A, Mndeme O, Peck J, Schecter WP
• Academic Global Surgery: A Moral Imperative.
  JAMA surgery 2015 Schecter WP
• The modern approach to the open abdomen and abdominal compartment syndrome.
  2014 William Schecter, Asher Hirshberg
• The "found down" patient: a diagnostic dilemma.
  The journal of trauma and acute care surgery 2013 Kornblith LZ, Kutcher ME, Evans AE, Redick BJ, Privette A, Schecter WP, Cohen MJ
• Commentary: Charity begins at home.
  Surgery 2013 Schecter WP
• Pediatric penetrating trauma: the epidemic continues.
  The journal of trauma and acute care surgery 2012 Schecter SC, Betts J, Schecter WP, Victorino GP
• Primary blast injuries--an updated concise review.
  World journal of surgery 2012 Yeh DD, Schecter WP
• Mycotic pseudoaneurysms due to injection drug use: a ten-year experience.
  Annals of vascular surgery 2012 Jayaraman S, Richardson D, Conrad M, Eichler C, Schecter W
• Dispositional resistance to change and hospital physicians' use of electronic medical records: A multidimensional perspective.
  Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology 2012 Oded Nov, William Schecter
• Chapter 102 Injuries to the liver and biliary tract.
  Blumgart\u0027s Surgery of the Liver, Pancreas and Biliary Tract 2012 William P. Schecter, Asher Hirshberg
• Chapter 103 Pancreatic and duodenal injuries.
  Blumgart\u0027s Surgery of the Liver, Pancreas and Biliary Tract 2012 William P. Schecter, Asher Hirshberg
• Synoptic operative reports: comment on "The computerized synoptic operative report".
  Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) 2011 Schecter WP
• Management of enterocutaneous fistulas.
  The Surgical clinics of North America 2011 Schecter WP
• In Brief.
  Current Problems in Surgery 2011 William P. Schecter, Anthony G. Charles, Edward E. Cornwell, Peter Edelman, John E. Scarborough
• The surgery of poverty.
  Current problems in surgery 2011 Schecter WP, Charles AG, Cornwell EE, Edelman P, Scarborough JE
• Meditation on mortality: lessons from a life in surgery.
  The Journal of trauma 2011 Schecter WP
• Beware of the sleeping panther: Comment on "Implementing Liberia's poverty reduction strategy: An assessment of emergency and essential surgical care".
  Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) 2011 Schecter WP
• Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography in patients with pancreatic trauma.
  The Journal of trauma 2010 Rogers SJ, Cello JP, Schecter WP
• The mangled extremity.
  Trauma, Critical Care and Surgical Emergencies 2010 Samuel Schecter, Scott Hansen, William Schecter
• Prospective randomized trial of LC+LCBDE vs ERCP/S+LC for common bile duct stone disease.
  Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) 2010 Rogers SJ, Cello JP, Horn JK, Siperstein AE, Schecter WP, Campbell AR, Mackersie RC, Rodas A, Kreuwel HT, Harris HW
• Operation Access: a proven model for providing volunteer surgical services to the uninsured in the United States.
  Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2009 Matula SR, Beers J, Errante J, Grey D, Hofmann PB, Schecter WP
• Penetrating bilateral renal injuries: principles of management.
  The Journal of trauma 2009 Schecter SC, Schecter WP, McAninch JW
• Enteric fistulas: principles of management.
  Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2009 Schecter WP, Hirshberg A, Chang DS, Harris HW, Napolitano LM, Wexner SD, Dudrick SJ
• Inadequate mass-casualty knowledge base adversely affects treatment decisions by trauma care providers: Survey on hospital response following a terrorist bombing.
  Prehospital and disaster medicine 2009 Ashkenazi I, Olsha O, Schecter WP, Kessel B, Khashan T, Alfici R
• Case managers in mass casualty incidents.
  Annals of surgery 2009 Einav S, Schecter WP, Matot I, Horn JK, Hersch M, Reissman P, Spira RM
• Impact of military conflict on a civilian receiving hospital in a war zone.
  Annals of surgery 2009 Hadary A, Schecter W, Embon OM, Einav S
• Chemical Agents and Terror Medicine.
  Essentials of Terror Medicine 2009 Kristan Staudenmayer, William P. Schecter
• Global health opportunities in surgery: a guide for medical students and faculty.
  Journal of surgical education 2008 Guzman P, Schecter WP
• Surgical training and global health: initial results of a 5-year partnership with a surgical training program in a low-income country.
  Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) 2008 Ozgediz D, Wang J, Jayaraman S, Ayzengart A, Jamshidi R, Lipnick M, Mabweijano J, Kaggwa S, Knudson M, Schecter W, Farmer D
• Subcutaneous unilateral testicle implantation following contralateral orchiectomy and radical debridement for Fournier's gangrene: 24-year follow-up.
  The Journal of trauma 2008 Schecter SC, McAninch JW, Schecter WP
• A passion for medicine: a commencement address to the Class of 2007.
  Journal of surgical education 2008 Schecter W
• Assessment of Acute Abdominal Symptoms.
  Surgery 2008 William P. Schecter
• Peritonitis.
  Emergency Management of Infectious Diseases 2008 Ramin Jamshidi, William Schecter
• Postoperative Infections.
  Emergency Management of Infectious Diseases 2008 Ramin Jamshidi, William Schecter
• Biological dressings for the management of enteric fistulas in the open abdomen: a preliminary report.
  Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) 2007 Jamshidi R, Schecter WP
• Civilian hospital response to mass casualty events: basic principles.
  Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons 2007 Staudenmayer K, Schecter WP
• Civilian hospital response to a mass casualty event: the role of the intensive care unit.
  The Journal of trauma 2007 Avidan V, Hersch M, Spira RM, Einav S, Goldberg S, Schecter W
• Injury in the elderly and end-of-life decisions.
  The Surgical clinics of North America 2007 Chang TT, Schecter WP
• Reply.
  Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2007 William Schecter, Rao Ivatury, Michael Rotondo, Asher Hirshberg
• Disaster management: who's in charge?
  American journal of disaster medicine 2006 Einav S, Schecter WP
• Open abdomen after trauma and abdominal sepsis: a strategy for management.
  Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2006 Schecter WP, Ivatury RR, Rotondo MF, Hirshberg A
• Surgeon and hospital leadership during terrorist-related multiple-casualty events: a coup d'état.
  Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) 2006 Einav S, Spira RM, Hersch M, Reissman P, Schecter W
• Surgery and global health: a mandate for training, research, and service--a faculty perspective from the UCSF.
  Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons 2006 Schecter WP, Farmer D
• The "Sentinel Chain": a new concept for prediction of axillary node status in breast cancer patients.
  Breast cancer research and treatment 2006 Carmon M, Olsha O, Schecter WP, Raveh D, Reinus C, Hershko DD, Beller U, Golomb E
• Blast lung injury: clinical manifestations, treatment, and outcome.
  American journal of surgery 2005 Avidan V, Hersch M, Armon Y, Spira R, Aharoni D, Reissman P, Schecter WP
• Perioperative pain control: a strategy for management.
  The Surgical clinics of North America 2005 Cohen MJ, Schecter WP
• The surgeon and acts of civilian terrorism: radiation exposure and injury.
  Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2005 Fry DE, Schecter WP, Hartshorne MF
• Endovascular repair of an actively hemorrhaging gunshot injury to the abdominal aorta.
  Journal of vascular surgery 2005 Yeh MW, Horn JK, Schecter WP, Chuter TA, Lane JS
• Special considerations in perioperative pain management: audiovisual distraction, geriatrics, pediatrics, and pregnancy.
  Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2005 Schecter WP, Farmer D, Horn JK, Pietrocola DM, Wallace A
• Suicide: the unmet challenge of the trauma system.
  Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) 2005 Schecter WP, Klassen C, O'Connor P, Potts M, Ochitill H
• Surgery in developing countries: essential training in residency.
  Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) 2005 Ozgediz D, Roayaie K, Debas H, Schecter W, Farmer D
• The surgeon and acts of civilian terrorism: biologic agents.
  Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2005 Fry DE, Schecter WP, Parker JS, Quebbeman EJ, Governors' Committee on Blood Borne Infection and Environmental Risk of the American College of Surg
• The surgeon and acts of civilian terrorism: chemical agents.
  Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2005 Schecter WP, Fry DE, Governors' Committee on Blood Borne Infection and Environmental Risk of the American College of Surg
• CIVILIAN HOSPITAL RESPONSE TO A TERRORIST MASS CASUALTY EVENT: THE ROLE OF THE ICU.
  Critical Care Medicine 2004 Moshe Hersch, Vered Avidan, William P Schecter
• An epidemic of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus soft tissue infections among medically underserved patients.
  Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) 2004 Young DM, Harris HW, Charlebois ED, Chambers H, Campbell A, Perdreau-Remington F, Lee C, Mankani M, Mackersie R, Schecter WP
• Cholinergic symptoms due to nerve agent attack: a strategy for management.
  Anesthesiology clinics of North America 2004 Schecter WP
• Panel on surgical practice.
  Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) 2003 Debas HT, Freischlag JA, Schecter WP, Warshaw AL, Pacific Coast Surgical Association
• San Francisco General Hospital.
  Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) 2003 Schecter WP
• Gallbladder ascariasis in a patient with severe pancreatitis.
  Surgery 2003 Miller G, Schecter WP, Harris HW
• Pain control in outpatient surgery.
  Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2002 Schecter WP, Bongard FS, Gainor BJ, Weltz DL, Horn JK
• Perioperative Therapie bei HIV-Infektionen.
  Vielfalt und Einheit der Chirurgie Humanität und Wissenschaft 1998 F. P. Müller, W. P. Schecter, H. Jablonowski, W. U. Schmidt, P. R. Verreet
• [Perioperative therapy of HIV infections].
  Langenbecks Archiv fur Chirurgie. Supplement. Kongressband. Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Chirurgie. Kongress 1998 Müller FP, Schecter WP, Jablonowski H, Schmidt WU, Verreet PR
• TRAUMA CENTERS IN A MANAGER CARE ENVIRONMENT.
  Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery 1994 ell, E. Vittinguff, M. Paine, C. Shagury, P. Praeiz, D. Grey, J. McAninch, W. Schecter
• CARDIAC STAPLING IN THE MANAGEMENT OF PENETRATING INJURIES OF THE HEART.
  Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery 1992 James R. Macho, William P. Schecter
• Surgical care of the HIV-infected patient: a moral imperative.
  Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics : CQ : the international journal of healthcare ethics committees 1992 Schecter WP
• EMERGENCY THORACOTOMY.
  Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery 1991 Peter Lorenz, Barry Steinmetz, Jeremy Lieberman, William P. Schecter, James R. Macho
• Surgery and AIDS. Reducing the risk.
  JAMA 1991 Gerberding JL, Schecter WP
• Surgery and AIDS: Reducing the Risk.
  JAMA 1991 Julie Louise Gerberding, William P. Schecter
• Blunt abdominal trauma.
  Emergency medicine clinics of North America 1989 Smedira N, Schecter WP
• Analytic Reviews : Routine Intensive Care Unit Admission Is Not Indicated for Suspected Myocardial Contusion.
  Journal of Intensive Care Medicine 1988 Wiley Brunel, Jorden Stoll, Kristine May, Robert E. Markison, William P. Schecter
• Intraluminal tube used as a drain in rats.
  Diseases of the colon and rectum 1988 Schecter WP
• Temporary colostomy for trauma. A new method to simplify colostomy closure.
  Diseases of the colon and rectum 1987 Gosain A, Markison RE, Schecter WP
• VARIABLES AFFECTING OUTCOME IN BLUNT CHEST TRAUMA.
  Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery 1986 G. C. Clark, W. P. Schecter, D. D. Trunkey
• Peripartum pseudomalignant myositis ossificans of the finger.
  The Journal of hand surgery 1982 Schecter WP, Wong D, Kilgore ES, Newmeyer WL, Howes EL, Clark G