Position
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Chair, Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee
Medical Director, UIC Physicians Group
Medical Director, Clinical Information Systems 
Chair, Clinical Decision Support Committee

Education & Training
B.S., Physics, with honors, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1984
M.S., Physics, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1986
Ph.D., Physiology & Biophysics, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1993
M.D., University of Illinois at Chicago, 1993
Internal Medicine Residency, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1993-96
NBIM Certified in Internal Medicine 1996
Chief Resident, Internal Medicine Residency, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1996-97
Fellow, Faculty Development, Department of Medical Education, 1999-2000

Medical Center Responsibilities
Director of Clinical Decision Support
UIC Physicians Group Medical Director
Chair, Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee

Educational Responsibilities
Preceptor to Medical Students in the Ambulatory Internal Medicine Clerkship
Preceptor to Housestaff in the Medicine Clinic
Medical Student advisor
 
On-Line Educational Materials
M3 Ambulatory Internal Medicine Student & Preceptor Guide
Primary Care Hyperlipidemia Lecture
Primary Care Chronic Cough Lecture

Committee Membership
Housestaff Evaluation Committee 
Committee on the Electronic Medical Record 
College of Medicine Student Advancement Committee
Managed Care Committee
 Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee
Clinical Decision Support Committee

 Abstracts, presentations and publications

Baumann, J, Didomenico, R and GALANTER, W. Mechanisms, manifestations, and management of digoxin toxicity in the modern era., Am J Cardiovasc Drugs, 2006:6(2):77-86.

GALANTER, W.L., Didomenico, R and Polikaitis, A.Automated decision support alerts for contraindicated medications using computerized physician order entry. Journal of AMIA, Vol 12/3 p 269-274, 2005

GALANTER, W.L., Didomenico, R and Polikaitis, A. Effectiveness of automated clinical decision support alerts for inpatient digoxin use with computerized physician order entry. Journal of AMIA, Vol 11/4 pp 270-277, 2004

GALANTER, W.L. Canonge, L. et al.. Alerts to Reduce Medication Errors in In-patients with Renal Insufficiency. Chicago Patient Safety Showcase 2003. (Poster)

GALANTER, W.L., Mrtek, R and Polikaitis, A.: Analysis of Compliance with Automated Decision Support Alerts for Contraindicated Medications using Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE). J Gen Int Med 18:Supp 1:282,  2003.(poster)

GALANTER, W.L. and Polikaitis, A.: Automated Warnings to Reduce Inpatient Administration of Metformin in Patients with Renal Insufficiency. J Gen Int Med 18:Supp 1:282,  2003.(poster)

GALANTER, W.L. “A case study in rules implementation”  Maryland HIMSS, 2003 (presentation)

GALANTER, W.L, Keeler J and Townsend, J. Transforming Healthcare with Information Technology at the University of Illinois Health System. American Health Imformation Management Assoc. , San Fransisco, 2002 (presentation)

GALANTER WL, Didomenico, RJ and Polikaitis A. Use of expert system to prevent exacerbation of adverse drug event. J Healthc Inf Manag. 2002 Fall;16(4):44-9.

GALANTER, W.L  and Polikaitis, A Designing Effective Automated Clinical Decision Support Solutions in the CPOE Environment Partnership for Patient Safety (p4ps) symposium, Washington DC, 2002

GALANTER, W.L, R. Didomenico, R.J. and Polikaitis, A.: Analysis of medication safety alerts for inpatient Digoxin use with computerized physician order entry.   J Gen Int Med 17:Supp 1:193,  2002. (poster)

GALANTER, W.L., Ruiz, O.S., Labotka, R.J. and Arruda, J.A.L. : Binding of nitrate to renal brush border membranes studied with [14]N nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). Biochim. Biophys. Acta , 1237: 16-22, 1995.

GALANTER, W.L. and Arruda, J.A.L.: Cellular Adaptation to Hyponatremia: New Insights into the Mechanism. Kidney 4: 209-210, 1995.

GALANTER, W.L., Hakimian, M., and Labotka, R.J.: Structural determinants of substrate specificity of the erythrocyte anion transporter. Am. J. Physiol., 265 (Cell Physiol. 34): C918-926, 1993.

Labotka, R.J., GALANTER, W.L., and Misiewicz, V.M.: NMR spectroscopic studies of Band 3 function using substrate analogs: Substrate specificity, transport kinetics, and anion binding. Prog. Cell Res. Vol 2, E. Bamberg and H. Passow (Eds.), 121-128, 1992.

Funded Research

Automated Maintenance of Diagnosis-Medication Matches in the Electronic Medical Record to Reduce Medical Errors and Promote Patient Safety. Funding Source: National Patient Safety Institute PI: Chiang Jao. Co-Investigator: William Galanter, 2006-2007.

Formulary leveraged improved prescribing (FLIP). Funding Source: Attorney General Consumer and Prescriber Education Grant Program PI: Gordon Schiff. Co-Investigator: William Galanter, 2006-2007.