WilliamCDunaganMD

Infectious Disease • Saint Louis, MO

Professor, Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine

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Office
1 Barnes Jewish Hospital Plz
Saint Louis, MO 63110
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Education & Training

Washington University/B-JH/SLCH ConsortiumResidency, Internal Medicine, 1988 - 1989
Washington University/B-JH/SLCH ConsortiumFellowship, Infectious Disease, 1986 - 1988
Washington University/B-JH/SLCH ConsortiumResidency, Internal Medicine, 1983 - 1986
Washington University in St. Louis School of MedicineClass of 1983

Certifications & Licensure

MO State Medical License 1985 - 2025
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Infectious Disease

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Medications and Patient Characteristics Associated With Falling in the Hospital.
O'Neil, C. A.,Krauss, M. J.,Bettale, J.,Kessels, A.,Costantinou, E.,Dunagan, W. C.,Fraser, V. J.> ;J Patient Saf. 2015 Mar 19
12 citations
Anonymous group peer review in surgery morbidity and mortality conference
Leila C. Bender, Mary E. Klingensmith, Bradley D. Freeman, William C. Chapman, William Claiborne Dunagan, Jonathan E. Gottlieb, Bruce L. Hall> ;American Journal of Surgery. 2009 Aug 1
52 citations
Lost Opportunities: How Physicians Communicate About Medical Errors
Jane Garbutt, Amy D. Waterman, Julie M. Kapp, William Claiborne Dunagan, Wendy Levinson, Victoria J. Fraser, Thomas H. Gallagher> ;Health Affairs. 2008 Jan 1
243 citations
The emotional impact of medical errors on practicing physicians in the United States and Canada.
Amy D. Waterman, Jane Garbutt, Erik Hazel, William Claiborne Dunagan, Wendy Levinson, Victoria J. Fraser, Thomas H. Gallagher> ;Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety. 2007 Aug 1
41 citations
Patients' concerns about medical errors during hospitalization.
Thomas E. Burroughs, Amy D. Waterman, Thomas H. Gallagher, Brian R. Waterman, Donna B. Jeffe, William Claiborne Dunagan, Jane Garbutt, Max M. Cohen, Jane Cira, Victori...> ;Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety. 2007 Jan 1
116 citations
Patterns and Predictors of Inpatient Falls and Fall-Related Injuries in a Large Academic Hospital
Irene Fischer, Melissa J. Krauss, William Claiborne Dunagan, Stanley J. Birge, Eileen Hitcho, Shirley Johnson, Eileen Costantinou, Victoria J. Fraser> ;Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 2005 Oct 1
111 citations
Randomized trial of a nurse-administered, telephone-based disease management program for patients with heart failure.
William Claiborne Dunagan, Benjamin Littenberg, Gregory A. Ewald, Catherine A Jones, Valerie B. Emery, Brian M. Waterman, Daniel C Silverman, Joseph G. Rogers> ;Journal of Cardiac Failure. 2005 Jun 1
43 citations
Safe medication prescribing: training and experience of medical students and housestaff at a large teaching hospital.
Jane Garbutt, Gabrielle R. Highstein, Donna B. Jeffe, William Claiborne Dunagan, Victoria J. Fraser> ;Academic Medicine. 2005 Jun 1
147 citations
A Case-control Study of Patient, Medication, and Care-related Risk Factors for Inpatient Falls
Melissa J. Krauss, Bradley A. Evanoff, Eileen Hitcho, Kinyungu E. Ngugi, William Claiborne Dunagan, Irene Fischer, Stanley J. Birge, Shirley Johnson, Eileen Costantino...> ;Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2005 Feb 1
53 citations
Patient concerns about medical errors in emergency departments
Thomas E. Burroughs, Amy D. Waterman, Thomas H. Gallagher, Brian R. Waterman, David Adams, Donna B. Jeffe, William Claiborne Dunagan, Jane Garbutt, Max M. Cohen, Jane ...> ;Academic Emergency Medicine. 2005 Jan 1
77 citations
Using focus groups to understand physicians' and nurses' perspectives on error reporting in hospitals.
Donna B. Jeffe, William Claiborne Dunagan, Jane Garbutt, Thomas E. Burroughs, Thomas H. Gallagher, Patricia R. Hill, Carolyn B. Harris, Kerry M. Bommarito, Victoria J....> ;Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Safety. 2004 Sep 1
319 citations
Characteristics and circumstances of falls in a hospital setting: a prospective analysis.
Eileen Hitcho, Melissa J. Krauss, Stanley J. Birge, William Claiborne Dunagan, Irene Fischer, Shirley Johnson, Patricia A. Nast, Eileen Costantinou, Victoria J. Fraser> ;Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2004 Jul 1
156 citations
Early Mobilization of Patients Hospitalized With Community-Acquired Pneumonia
Linda M. Mundy, Terry L. Leet, Kate Darst, Mark A. Schnitzler, William Claiborne Dunagan> ;Chest. 2003 Sep 1
78 citations
Nonrandom selection and the attributable cost of surgical-site infections.
Christopher S. Hollenbeak, Denise M. Murphy, William Claiborne Dunagan, Victoria J. Fraser> ;Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 2002 Apr 1
6 citations
Implementation of an automated guideline monitor for secondary prevention of acute myocardial infarction.
Laura A. Noirot, Amy Blickensderfer, Erin M. Christensen, Robyn Schaiff, Anthony Kessels, Alan Braverman, Anne C. Goldberg, William Claiborne Dunagan, Thomas C. Bailey> ;Proceedings. AMIA Symposium. 2002 Jan 1
46 citations
Patient Satisfaction Measurement Strategies: A Comparison of Phone and Mail Methods
Thomas E. Burroughs, Brian M. Waterman, Jane Cira, Radhika Desikan, William Claiborne Dunagan> ;The Joint Commission Journal on Quality Improvement. 2001 Jul 1
22 citations
Using Root Cause Analysis to Address Patient Satisfaction and Other Improvement Opportunities
Thomas E. Burroughs, Jane Cira, Pat Chartock, Allyson Ross Davies, William Claiborne Dunagan> ;The Joint Commission Journal on Quality Improvement. 2000 Aug 1
58 citations
Understanding patient willingness to recommend and return: a strategy for prioritizing improvement opportunities.
Thomas E. Burroughs, Allyson Ross Davies, Jane Cira, William Claiborne Dunagan> ;The Joint Commission Journal on Quality Improvement. 1999 Jun 1
9 citations
Cytomegalovirus and HLA-A, B, and DR locus interactions: Impact on renal transplant graft survival
Mark A. Schnitzler, Robert S. Woodward, Daniel C. Brennan, Donna Phelan, Edward L. Spitznagel, Stuart B. Boxerman, William L. Phelan, William Claiborne Dunagan, Thomas...> ;American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 1997 Dec 1
28 citations
Impact of cytomegalovirus serology on graft survival in living related kidney transplantation: implications for donor selection.
Mark A. Schnitzler, Robert S. Woodward, Daniel C. Brennan, Edward L. Spitznagel, William Claiborne Dunagan, Thomas C. Bailey> ;Surgery. 1997 May 1
45 citations
The effects of cytomegalovirus serology on graft and recipient survival in cadaveric renal transplantation: implications for organ allocation
Mark A. Schnitzler, Robert S. Woodward, Daniel C. Brennan, Edward L. Spitznagel, William Claiborne Dunagan, Thomas C. Bailey> ;American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 1997 Mar 1
Impact of risk adjustment estimators on ranking physician costs for pneumonia.
Mark A. Schnitzler, Woodward Rs, Mundy Lm, Sutter Rd, Boxerman Sb, William Claiborne Dunagan> ;Best Practices and Benchmarking in Healthcare. 1997 Mar 1
13 citations
Statistical Process Control Methods for Expert System Performance Monitoring
Michael G. Kahn, Thomas C. Bailey, Sherry A. Steib, Victoria J. Fraser, William Claiborne Dunagan> ;Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 1996 Jul 1
17 citations
Monitoring Expert System Performance Using Continuous User Feedback
Michael G. Kahn, Sherry A. Steib, William Claiborne Dunagan, Victoria J. Fraser> ;Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 1996 May 1
6 citations
Supporting ad-hoc queries in an integrated clinical database.
Sherry A. Steib, Richard M. Reichley, McMullin St, K. A. Marrs, Thomas C. Bailey, Wm Claiborne Dunagan, Michael G. Kahn> ;Proceedings. Symposium on Computer Applications in Medical Care. 1995 Jan 1
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