William S. Andereck, MD FACP
Private Practice, Internal Medicine
San Francisco, California
Medical Director, Program in Medicine and Human Values
Sutter Health Bay Area
EDUCATION:
1967-1971 B.A. Vanderbilt University,
Nashville, Tennessee
1971-1974 M.D. University of Tennessee School for Health Sciences,
Memphis, Tennessee
1975-1976 Internship, Pacific Medical Center,
San Francisco, California
1976-1978 Residency, Internal Medicine, Pacific Medical Center,
San Francisco, California
TRAINING FELLOWSHIPS:
1975 NIH Clinical Research Fellowship, Diabetic Ketoacidosis,
University of Tennessee School for Health Sciences, Memphis, TN
1979 Fellowship in Medical Ethics, John Lachs, PhD.
National Endowment for The Humanities
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
1980-1982 Seminars in Medical Ethics
Held weekly in the home of Dr. Albert Jonsen, San Francisco, CA
LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION:
Medical License, State of California: G33409
Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners
Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Self-employed in the private practice of Internal Medicine. 1979-2019
Contact information:
2100 Webster Street, Suite 418
San Francisco, California 94115-2379
Phone: (415) 923-3025
Fax: (415) 749-5722
Email: wsandereck@gmail.com
Website: www.andereck.com
Bioethics Positions:
Medical Director, Program in Medicine and Human Values.
Sutter Health Bay Area. 2002-2019
Program Director, Program in Medicine and Human Values. 2012-2019
Senior Scholar, Program in Medicine and Human Values. 2015–2019
Contact information:
Program in Medicine and Human Values
Sutter Health Bay Area
2324 Sacramento Street – Bungalow
San Francisco, CA 94115
Phone: (415) 600-1646
Website: www.cpmc.org/ethics
TEACHING APPOINTMENTS:
Lecturer in Medical Ethics,
California Pacific Medical Center 1980-2019
Lecturer in Medical Ethics and Economics,
Health and Medical Sciences, Joint Medical Program,
University of California, Berkeley 1987-2000
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
Chairman, Institutional Ethics Committee,
California Pacific Medical Center 1984-2019
Member, Medical Staff Executive Committee,
California Pacific Medical Center 1998-2002
Member, Bioethics Committee,
San Francisco Medical Society 1988-1994, 1998-1999
House of Delegates, California Medical Association,
Delegate from San Francisco, 1992-1995, 2010-2013
Alternate Delegate, 1986-1992
Solo and Small Group Practice Forum, California Medical Association
Delegate from San Francisco, 1996-2003, 2015
Founding Chair, 1996-2001
President, 2002-2003
Trustee, 2003-2009
Committee on Evolving Trends in Medicine Affecting Life/Bioethics Committee/Council on Ethical Affairs, California Medical Association
Member 1990-1996. 1998-2003
Consultant 2003-2012, 2014-2015
Chair, Bioethics Committee, Pacific Fertility Center,
San Francisco, CA. 1993-1999
Professional Relations and Ethics Committee,
San Francisco Medical Society.
Member 1988-1994
Vice-Chair 1985-1987
Participant, Bioethics Education Project,
The Hastings Center. 1990-1992
BOARD ACTIVITIES:
California Medical Association, Trustee. 2003-2009
Alliance for Science, Ethics and Technology (ASET)
Board of Directors. 2002-2012
San Francisco Medical Society, Board of Directors. 1990-2002
Pacific Physicians Associates
(250 member physician group involved in PPO contracting)
Board of Directors 1982-1987, 1989-2007
Secretary 1982-1983, 1989-1992
Treasurer 1983-1985, 2003
Secretary/Treasurer 2012-2017
Vice-president 1992-1994, 2004-2011
Editor 1985-1987, 1989-2017
Pacific Heights Medical Group (7 physician capitated IPA)
Board of Directors 1983-1989
President 1988-1989
International Bioethics Institute
Board of Directors 1991-1994
Patient Assistance Foundation of Pacific Presbyterian Medical Center
Board of Directors 1985-1988
San Francisco Zoological Society
Board of Directors 1992-2002
Chair, Exhibit Committee 1992-2000
Emeritus Board 2005-2019
AWARDS:
Fellow of the American College of Physicians. September, 2013
Outstanding Physician Recognition Award, Wishes for Wellness,
California Pacific Medical Center Foundation. 2007
The Best Doctors in America, Internal Medicine. 1998-2019
The Best Doctors in America (Pacific Region) Internal Medicine. 1996-1997
The Order of the Golden Dinosaur, Awarded by the California Medical Association Solo and Small Group Practice Forum. 1998
Roche Award for outstanding performance in Basic Sciences,
University of Tennessee Center for Health Sciences. 1974
PUBLISHING ACTIVITIES:
Editorial Board, Ethical Times,a quarterly newsletter from Sutter Health’s Program in Medicine and Human Values, exploring the ethical dimensions of clinical medicine. 2005-2019
Editorial Board, Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics. 1992-2019
Editor, Hotline, a newsletter for a 250 doctor association involved in managed care contracting. Editorials published quarterly. 1985-2017
Editor, SOLO/CMA. Quarterly newsletter for 10,000 members of the California Medical Association in solo and small group practice. 1996-1998
Editor, San Francisco Medicine. Monthly magazine of the San Francisco
Medical Society. Editorials published monthly. 1994-1996
PUBLICATIONS:
Integrating Ethics within a Health Care System. Guillermo Palchik, PhD and William S Andereck, MD, FACP. San Francisco Medicine, June 2018
Commentary: Aiding or Abetting? Response to a request for Cognitive Enhancement. Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics (2017) 26(4):700-701
End of Life Options in California: A Work in Progress. Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics (2016) 25(1):111-112
Seeking to reduce non-beneficial treatment in the ICU: an exploratory trial of proactive ethics intervention. Critical Care Medicine. 2014 Apr; 42(4):824-30
The Clinical Ethics Consultant: Verifying the Qualifications of a New Type of Practitioner in a Community Hospital. Journal of Health Care Management. May 2012
Missing the Diagnosis. Reflections on Physicians’ Intolerance for Ambiguity.San Francisco Chronicle, November 15, 2009.
The Emerging Discipline of Clinical Ethics.San Francisco Medicine, July/August 2009
Optimizing the documentation practices of an Ethics Consultation Service. Bramstedt KA, Jonsen AR, Andereck WS, McGaughey JW, Neidich AB. J Med Ethics. 2009 Jan;35(1):47-50.
Commodified Care. Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics. Included in a special section on “Commercialism in Medicine” co-edited with Dr. Albert Jonsen. Fall, 2007, 16(4):368-442
From Patient to Consumer in the Medical Marketplace Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics (2007), 16:109-113.
A Modest proposal: health insurance for every person. San Francisco Chronicle, August 6, 2006
Teaching Virtue San Francisco Medicine. September 2005
Letting the condition master the doctor (a physician’s reflection on Terry Schiavo) San Francisco Chronicle. March 25, 2005
Put insurance out of work. San Francisco Chronicle, April 27, 2003
Shocker: Thousands of People Die Every Day – And Doctors Don’t Save Them!!!! with Steve Heilig. San Francisco Chronicle. June 9, 2002
Should physicians accept gifts from their patients? Western Journal of Medicine. Aug. 2001
Can citizens stem the biotech tide? with David Thomasma and Paul Hofmann. San Francisco Chronicle. August 5, 2001
How Can You Survive in Private Practice? San Francisco Medicine. January, 2001
Money, Medicine and Morals. in The Health Care Professional as Friend and Healer, ed. David Thomasma and Judith Kissell (Washington D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2000): 233-243
Non-beneficial or Futile Medical Treatment: Conflict Resolution Guidelines for the San Francisco Bay Area. Western Journal of Medicine. with Bay Area Network of Ethics Committees (BANEC) Non-beneficial Treatment Working Group. 170(5) May 1999, pp 287-290
Where Does the Money Come From? Reflections on Physician Incentives. San Francisco Medicine. March, 1999. Indianapolis Medical Society Bulletin. January 2000
The Ethics of Guaranteeing Patient Outcomes. Fertility and Sterility. October, 1998
What’s Behind For-Profit Healthcare? San Francisco Chronicle. February 2, 1996
Balancing the Budget at the Bedside. Healthcare Forum. September/October, 1994; 32-38
Money, medicine and morals: Bioethics in the 90’s San Francisco Medicine. July 1993
Outpatient Management of a Brain-Dead Child. Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics. 1993;2(3);367-370
Development of a Hospital Ethics Committee: Lessons from Five Years of Case Consultations. Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics. 1992;1(1):41-50
A Matter of Life or Death: Physician Responses to Euthanasia. San Francisco Medicine. May, 1988