William T. McGee, MD, FCCM

Department of Internal Medicine
Division of Critical Care Medicine

• Associate Professor of Medicine and Surgery, Tufts University School of Medicine

Baystate Critical Care Medicine
759 Chestnut Street
Springfield, MA 01199
v 413.794.5439
f  413.794.5389

email William.Mcgee@bhs.org

Fellowship

• St. Louis University

• St. John's Mercy Medical Center 

Residency

• Baystate Medical Center

• St. Louis University School of Medicine

• St. John's Mercy Medical Center

Medical School

• New York Medical College

Board Certification

• American Board of Internal Medicine

• Specialty Board of Critical Care Medicine

Professional Service

• American Medical Association
• Society for Critical Care Medicine
• American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
• American College of Chest Physicians
• Shock Society
• Massachusetts Medical Society
• Member, National Association of Inpatient Physicians
• American College of Physician Executives
• Member, Wilderness Medical Society
• Member, Society of Hospital Medicine
• Member, European Society of Intensive Care Medicine
• Member, Society of Simulation in Healthcare

Areas of Interest

• Nutrition

• Burns

• Vascular Access

• Septic Shock

Selected Publications

• Mallory DL, Sapienza R, McGee WT, Wilson GL, Halloran T, Ugo P, Barrett B, Veremakis C:  Vascular cannulation in the ICU:  State of the art.  Res Medica 1988;4(2):5-14.

• McGee WT, Veremakis C, Wilson GL:  Clinical importance of tissue oxygenation and use of the mixed venous blood gas.  Res Medica 1988;4(2):15-24.

• Mallory DL, McGee WT, Shawker TH, et al:  Ultrasound guidance improves the success rate of internal jugular vein cannulation:  A prospective, randomized trial.  Chest 1990;98:157-160.

• Mallory DL, Shawker TH, Evans RG, McGee WT, et al:  Effects of clinical maneuvers on sonographically determined internal jugular vein size during venous cannulation.  Crit Care Med 1990;18:1269-1273.

• McGee WT, Ackerman B, Mallory DL:  Accurate placement of central venous catheters.  Feature Article  Crit Care Med 1993;21(8):1118-1123.[Editorial: Lumb PD:  Complications of central venous catheters.  Crit Care Med 1993;21(8):1105-1106]

• Circeo L, McGee WT, Brown RB:  Management of infections in adult intensive care units. Part II.  Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice 1994;3:254-259.

• McGee WT, Moriarty KP:  Accurate placement of central venous catheters:  A follow-up using 16cm catheters.  J Intensive Care Med 1996;11(1):19-22. [Editorial: Heard SO, Gravenstein N:  Toward Safer Venous Catheterization. J Intensive Care Med 1996;11(1):1]

• McGee WT, Steingrub JS, Callas P, Teres D:  Severe sepsis in a community teaching hospital:  1983-85 and 1989-90.  J  Intensive Care Med. 1997 12(3):116-121. [Editorial: Smyrnios NA, Irwin RS:  Sailing or sinking ship?  The pulmonary artery catheter treads water.  J Intensive Care Med 1997;12(3):113-115.]

• Kim YH, McGee WT, Giuliano KK:  Microbial contamination of enteral feedings with pathogenic bacteria is common.  Accepted for publication.  Nutrition in Clinical Practice.

• Teres D, Higgins T, Steingrub J, Loiacono L, McGee WT, Circeo L, et al:  Defining a high-performance ICU system for the 21st century:  A position paper.  J Int Care Med 1998;13(4):195-205. [Editorial: Linde-Zwirble WT, Angus DC:  Can scoring systems assess ICU performance?  J Int Care Med 1998;13(4):155-157.]

• Rapoport J, Teres D, Steingrub JS, Higgins TL, McGee WT, Lemeshow S:  Patient characteristics and ICU organizational factors that influence frequency of pulmonary artery catheterization.  JAMA with editorial 2000;283:2559-2567. [Editorial: Hall, JB:  Use of the pulmonary artery catheter in critically ill patients.  Was invention the mother of necessity?  JAMA 2000;283(19):2577.]

• McGee, WT, Steingrub JS, Callas PW:  Financial impact of pulmonary artery catheterization in severe sepsis.  Clinical Intensive Care 2000;11(3):137-143. [Editorial Cusack RJ, Rhodes A:  Pulmonary artery catheters – to use or not to use; that is the question?  Clinical Intensive Care 2000;11(3):117-119.]

• Murray MJ, Cowen J, DeBlock H, Erstad B, Gray AW, Tescher AN, McGee WT et al:  Clinical practice guidelines for sustained neuromuscular blockade in the adult critically ill.  Crit Care Med 2002;30:142-156.

• Higgins TL, McGee WT, Steingrub J, Rapoport J, Teres D:  Early indicators of prolonged intensive care unit stay:  Impact of illness severity, physician staffing, and pre-intensive care unit length of stay.  Crit Care Med 2003;31:45-51.

• McGee WT, Tereso G:  Successful treatment of Candida krusei infection with caspofungin acetate:  A new antifungal agent.  Crit Care Med.  2003;31(5):1577-1578.

• Schuster DP, Metzler M, Opal S, Lowry S, Balk R, Abraham E, Levy H, Slotman G, Coyne E, Souza S, Pribble J, the Pafase ARDS Prevention Study Group (William T. McGee, MD):  Recombinant platelet-activating factor acetylhydrolase to prevent acute respiratory distress syndrome and mortality in severe sepsis:  Phase IIb, multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled, clinical trial.  Crit Care Med 2003;31:1612-1619.

• Opal S, Laterre P-F, Abraham E, Francois B, McGee WT et al:  Recombinant human platelet-activating factor acetylhydrolase for treatment of severe sepsis:  Results of a phase III, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, clinical trial.  Crit Care Med 2004;32:332-341.

• McGee WT:  New trends in less invasive cardiac output monitoring.  Solutions applied:  A case study.  Acuity Care Technology 2005, June/July.

• Higgins TL, Steingrub JS, Tidswell MA, Tereso G, McGee WT:  Drotrecogin alfa (activated) in sepsis:  Initial experience with patient selection, cost and clinical outcomes.  J Inten Care Med 2005;20:339-345.

• McGee, WT:  Central venous catheterization:  Better or Worse.  Editorial.  Journal of Intensive Care Medicine 2006;20(1):1-3.

• McGee WT, Mailloux PT, Jodka PG, Thomas JJ:  The pulmonary artery catheter in critical care.  Seminars in Dialysis 2006;19(6):480-491.