William J. Hueston, M.D.

Office address: 295 Calhoun Street, PO Box 250192, Charleston, SC 29425 Telephone/Fax: (843) 792-2383 / (843) 792-3598 (Fax) Email address: huestowj@musc.edu Departmental and administrative position(s): Department Chair

Education / Training:

College: Case Western Reserve University
MD/PhD: Case Western Reserve University
Residency: Riverside Methodist Hospital (Columbus, OH)

Courses Taught:

Introduction to Clinical Reasoning/Evidence Based Medicine
Health Delivery Systems/Health Policy

Positions in academic / professional groups:

President, SC Academy of Family Physicians
Editorial Board of Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Research / academic / clinical interests:

Obstetric health services
Primary care respiratory infections

Selected or recent publications:

Research Publications in last 3 years:

1. Mainous AG III, Hueston WJ, Everett CJ, Diaz VA. Nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-resistant S Aureus in the United State, 2001-2002. Annals of Family Medicine 2006;4:132-7.
2. Hueston WJ, Mainous AG III, Weiss BD, Macaulay AC, Hickner J, Sherwood RA. Protecting participants in family medicine research. Family Medicine 2006:38:116-20.
3. Liszka HA, Steyer TE, Hueston WJ. How to guide patient for online information: focus on chronic disease. Journal of the SC Medical Assn 2005:101;378-80.
4. Hueston WJ, King DE, Geesey ME. Serum biomarkers for cardiovascular inflammation in subclinical hypothyroidism. Clinical Endocrinology 2005;63:582-7.
5. Taylor ML, Hueston WJ, Chessman AW. Fourth-year curriculum for students entering family medicine: residents’ perspective. Family Medicine 2005:37:387-8.
6. Wells BJ, Hueston WJ. Are thyroid peroxidase antibodies associated with cardiovascular disease risk in patients with subclinical hypothyroidism. Clinical Endocrinology 2005;62:580-584.
7. Carek PJ, Hueston WJ. Ranking departments of family medicine: eye of the beholder. Family Medicine 2004;36:660-663.
8. Hueston WJ, Pearson WS. Subclinical hypothyroidism and the risk of hypercholesterolemia. Annals Family Med 2004;4:351-355.
9. Hueston WJ, Bradford WD, Sheperd TM. Family medicine and hospital specialty match rates: does the economy have anything to do with it? Family Medicine 2004;36:265-9.
10. Pearson WS, Hueston WJ. Treatment of HIV/AIDS in the Nursing Home: Variations in rural and urban long-term care settings. Southern Medical Journal 2004;97;338-341.
11. Hueston WJ, Benich JJ. A cost-benefit analysis of testing for influenza A in high-risk adults. Annals of Family Medicine 2004;2:33-40.
12. Hueston WJ, Koopman RJ, Chessman AW. A suggested fourth-year curriculum for medical students planning on entering family medicine. Family Medicine 2004:36:118-22.

Other publications in last 3 years:

1. Hueston WJ, Carek PJ. Endocrine disorders. In South-Paul JE, Matheny SC, Lewis EL (ed) Current Diagnosis and Treatment in Family Medicine. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2004
2. Hueston WJ. Respiratory problems. In South-Paul JE, Matheny SC, Lewis EL (ed) Current Diagnosis and Treatment in Family Medicine. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2004.
3. Mainous AG, Hueston WJ. Is family medicine ready to move toward having professional researchers (editorial) Family Medicine 2006;38:361-2.
4. Hueston WJ. Rekindling the fire of family medicine. (editorial) Family Practice Management 2006;Feb(2):15-17.
5. Wall E, Roberts R, Deutchman M, Hueston WJ, Atwood LA, Ireland B. Trial of labor after cesarean delivery: the making of a recommendation. (editorial) American Family Physician 2005;72:1980-1.
6. Hueston WJ. Myth-information about family medicine: is fiction better than the truth? (commentary) Family Medicine 2004; 36:359-62.