Sarah R. Williams, MD, FACEP, FAAEM

Academic Focus or Interests

Emergency medicine goal-directed ultrasound and its application to the care of critical medical, pediatric, and trauma patients. Resident education and mentorship. Public policy and preservation of the emergency medicine safety net.

Publications

Lewin M, Williams SR, Ahuja Y. Ultrasonographic diagnosis of retinal detachment in the emergency department. Ann Emerg Med. 2005 Jan;45(1):97-8.

Williams SR, Nix D, Patel K. Drug storage and stability (revised), Wilderness Medicine, Management of Wilderness and Environmental Emergencies, 4th edition, Paul S. Auerbach, editor. Submitted 2005. Harcourt Health Sciences.

Williams SR. Focused Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Ultrasound. Submitted to Philips Ultrasound: Focused Emergency Ultrasound, a Practical Guide, January 2005.

Williams SR. Focused Renal Ultrasound. Submitted to Philips Ultrasound: Focused Emergency Ultrasound, a Practical Guide, January 2005.

Wu T, Williams SR. A Guide to Ultrasound Directed Vascular Access. Submitted to Philips Ultrasound: Focused Emergency Ultrasound, a Practical Guide, January 2005.

Wu T, Williams SR. A Guide to the Focused Abdominal Sonogram of Trauma (FAST). Submitted to Philips Ultrasound: Focused Emergency Ultrasound, a Practical Guide, January 2005.

Williams SR. Focused Ocular Ultrasound. Submitted to Philips Ultrasound: Focused Emergency Ultrasound, a Practical Guide, January 2005.

Williams SR. Ultrasound-Guided Procedures. Submitted to Philips Ultrasound: Focused Emergency Ultrasound, a Practical Guide, January 2005.

McLaren C, Williams SR. Focused Pelvic Ultrasound: First Trimester Pregnancy. Submitted to Philips Ultrasound: Focused Emergency Ultrasound, a Practical Guide, January 2005.

McLaren C, Williams SR. Focused ED Gallbladder Ultrasound. Submitted to Philips Ultrasound: Focused Emergency Ultrasound, a Practical Guide, January 2005.

Norris RL, Dery R, Johnson C, Williams S, Rose K, Young L, McDougal IR, Bouley D, Oehlert J, Thompson RC "Regional vs systemic antivenom administration in the treatment of snake venom poisoning in a rabbit model: a pilot study." Wilderness Environ Med 2003 Winter; 14: 4: 231-5

Williams SR. Drug stability appendix (revised), Wilderness Medicine, Management of Wilderness and Environmental Emergencies, 4th edition, Paul S. Auerbach, editor. 2001. Harcourt Health Sciences.

Williams SR. I can’t breathe: the difficult COPD patient, Lifeline, A Newsletter and Forum for the Emergency Physicians in California, January 2002.

Williams SR. Meet the board. Lifeline, A Newsletter and Forum for the Emergency Physicians in California, May 2000.

Williams SR. Helping YOU keep YOUR emergency department open; resident activism at the 2000 Legislative Leadership Conference, Lifeline, A Newsletter and Forum for the Emergency Physicians in California, April 2000.

Williams SR. CAL/EMRA news: new officers and highlights of the CAL/ACEP retreat, Lifeline, A Newsletter and Forum for the Emergency Physicians in California, September, 1999.

Williams SR, Aziz N, Williams CM, Monzni R, Schreiber D. Effect of FDA approval of thrombolytic therapy on symptom onset intervals and assessment times in emergency department patients with stroke. Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, September, 1998 (abstract).

Aziz N, Williams SR, Monzni R, Schreiber D, Emergency department patients with acute stroke: an analysis of time intervals and CT inclusion criteria for thrombolytic therapy, Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, September, 1998 (abstract).

Schreiber D, Aziz N, Monzni R, Williams SR. Young patients with acute stroke in the emergency department: an analysis of gender time from symptom onset and duration of ED Assessment. Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, September, 1998 (abstract).

Aziz N, Williams SR, Williams CM, Monzni R, Schreiber DH: The effect of FDA approval of thrombolytic therapy on the management of acute stroke in the emergency department. Annals of Emergency Medicine, 1998 32 (3):162 (abstract).

Williams SR, Smith-Coggins R (editors), Cervical Spine Trauma, Emergindex, on-line emergency medicine text (on-line book chapter), 1997.

Note: Notations below are under maiden name - Sarah Lynn Roberts

Clark J, Roberts S, Moses J, Bracci P, Albers G, Marks M. White matter disease: correlation with cerebral blood flow and cognitive function (submitted for publication).

Yenari MA, de Crespigny A, Palmer JT, Roberts S, Schrier SL, Albers GW, Moseley ME, Steinberg GK. Improved perfusion with rt-PA and hirulog in a rabbit model of embolic stroke. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 1997 (4): 401-411.

Yenari M, de Crespigny A, D'Arceuil H, Palmer J, Roberts S, Albers G, Schrier S, Moseley M, Steinberg G. Thrombolysis and MRI in an acute model of embolic stroke. Soc Neurosci Abs 1995; 21:223 (abstract).

Katz DA, Marks MP, Napel SA, Bracci PM, Roberts SL. Circle of Willis: evaluation with spiral CT angiography, MR angiography, and conventional angiography. Radiology 1995; 195(2): 445-9.

Yenari M, de Crespigny A, D'Arceuil H, Palmer J, Roberts S, Yoshikawa J, Iwai K, Seri S, Steinberg G, Moseley M. Magnetic resonance perfusion imaging in a rabbit embolic stroke model. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 1995; 15: S364 (abstract).

Yenari M, de Crespigny A, D'Arceuil H, Palmer J, Roberts S, Albers G, Schrier S, Moseley M, Steinberg G. Thrombolysis and diffusion MRI in a rabbit model of embolic stroke. Soc Neurosci Abstr 1994; 20:180 (abstract).

Yenari M, de Crespigny A, D'Arceuil H, Yoshikawa J, Iwai K, Seri S, Palmer J, Roberts S, Steinberg G, Moseley M. Detection and characterization of cerebral ischemic lesions in a rabbit embolic stroke model. Proceedings of the Society of Magnetic Resonance 1994; 3:1373 (abstract).

Forger NG, Roberts SL, Wong V, Breedlove SM. Ciliary neurotrophic factor maintains motoneurons and their target muscles in developing rats. J Neuroscience 1993; 13(11): 4720-4726.

Forger NG, Hodges LL, Roberts SL, Breedlove SM. Regulation of motoneuron death in the spinal nucleus of the bulbocavernosus. J Neurobiology 1992; 23(9): 1192-1203.

Forger NG, Roberts SL, Wong V, Breedlove SM. Ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) prevents motoneuron death in the developing rat SNB. Soc Neurosci Abstr 1992; 18:618 (abstract).

National & International Presentations

National ACEP Scientific Assembly, Pelvic Ultrasound Instructor, New Orleans, Invited for October, 2006

National ACEP Scientific Assembly, Pelvic Ultrasound Instructor, Washington DC, September, 2005

CAL/ACEP Scientific Assembly, 2 Day Ultrasound Course Instructor, La Quinta, CA, May 31-June 1, 2005

National ACEP Scientific Assembly, Echocardiography Instructor, San Francisco, CA, October, 2004

Stanford Symposium on Emergency Medicine and Acute Care, Full-Day Ultrasound Seminar, Course Director and Instructor, Hawaii, March, 2005

Stanford Symposium on Emergency Medicine and Acute Care, Ultrasound-Guided Procedures Skills Workshop, Course Director and Instructor, Hawaii, March, 2005

Stanford Symposium on Emergency Medicine and Acute Care, Full-Day Ultrasound Seminar, Course Director and Instructor, Hawaii, March, 2004

Stanford Symposium on Emergency Medicine and Acute Care, Ultrasound-Guided Procedures Skills Workshop, Course Director and Instructor, Hawaii, March, 2004

National ACEP Scientific Assembly, Trauma Ultrasound Course Instructor, Boston, MA, October, 2003

CAL/ACEP Annual Scientific Assembly, Ultrasound Course Instructor, Newport Beach, June, 2003

Stanford Symposium on Emergency Medicine and Acute Care, Full-Day Ultrasound Seminar, Course Director and Instructor, Hawaii, March, 2003

Stanford Symposium on Emergency Medicine and Acute Care, Basic Ultrasound Skills Workshop, Course Director and Instructor, Hawaii, March, 2003

CAL/ACEP Annual Scientific Assembly, Ultrasound Course Instructor, Long Beach, CA, June, 2002

University of California San Francisco, Invited Faculty for CME Ultrasound Course, San Francisco, CA, Hotel Nikko, May, 2002

National ACEP Connections Ultrasound Course Instructor, Las Vegas, Nevada, April, 2002

Stanford Symposium on Emergency Medicine and Acute Care, Full-Day Ultrasound Seminar, Course Director and Instructor, Big Island, Hawaii, March, 2002

Stanford Symposium on Emergency Medicine and Acute Care, Basic Ultrasound Skills Workshop, Course Director and Instructor, Big Island, Hawaii, March, 2002

Stanford Symposium on Emergency Medicine and Acute Care, “I Can’t Breathe”: The Difficult COPD Patient, Hawaii, March, 2002

CAL/ACEP Annual Scientific Assembly, Santa Clara, CA: Ultrasound Workshop, Instructor, June, 2001

Stanford Symposium on Emergency Medicine and Acute Care, Full-Day Ultrasound Seminar, Instructor, Kauai, Hawaii, April, 2001

Stanford Symposium on Emergency Medicine and Acute Care, Basic Ultrasound Skills Workshop, Instructor, Kauai, Hawaii, April, 2001

National ACEP Connections, Ultrasound Course Instructor, San Diego, March, 2001

Stanford Symposium on Emergency Medicine and Acute Care, “I Can’t Breathe”: The Difficult COPD Patient, Hawaii, April, 2001

CAL/ACEP Annual Scientific Assembly, Dana Point, CA: Ultrasound Workshop Instructor; CAL/EMRA Program lead, June, 2000

Stanford Symposium on Emergency Medicine and Acute Care, Full-Day Ultrasound Seminar, Instructor, Kauai, Hawaii, March, 2000

Stanford Symposium on Emergency Medicine and Acute Care, Basic Ultrasound Skills Workshop, Instructor, Kauai, Hawaii, March, 2000

North American Stroke Meeting, September 1999, Aspen, Colorado: oral platform and poster presentations accepted for presentation at 1998 meeting (cancelled due to Hurricane Mitch); posters presented September 1999

Wilderness and Travel Medicine, August 1999, Big Sky, Montana: Wilderness Wound Management Workshop, Lead Instructor

Stanford Symposium on Emergency Medicine, March 1999, Maui, Hawaii: Instructor for Ultrasound Seminar, Basic Ultrasound Skills Lab, and Wound Management Workshop

ACEP (American College of Emergency Physicians) Annual Research Forum, 1998, San Diego, California: poster presentation

National Conference on Wilderness and Travel Medicine, 1998, San Francisco, California: Instructor, Wilderness Wound Management Workshop

Local Presentations

Course Director, Ultrasound Intern Seminar, a 2-day didactic and practical course on trauma, abdomen, procedural, ob/gyn applications of ED goal-directed ultrasound; presented yearly to incoming emergency medicine residents, 2002-present

Course Director, ED Ultrasound 4 hour Didactic and Workshop, presented annually to Stanford EM Residents and Faculty

Course Director, 2-Day Focused Emergency Medicine Ultrasound Course, presented at Mills/Peninsula Emergency Department, 2004

Course Director,Trauma Ultrasound Workshop for Emergency Physicians and Surgeons: 4 hour didactic workshop presented to both the Department of Surgery Trauma Service and the Emergency Medicine Faculty and Residents, July 2003

Trauma Ultrasound: course presented to Stanford Trauma and Emergency Medicine faculty and residents, 2002

“White Blood Cell Disorders”, Highland Emergency Medicine Residency Grand Rounds, 2001

“White Blood Cell Disorders”, Stanford/Kaiser EM Conference, June 2000

“COPD Updates”, Stanford/Kaiser EM Core Curriculum Conference, May, 1999

“Stroke, Where’s the Lesion”,Stanford/Kaiser Emergency Medicine Core Curriculum Conference, April, 1999

Multiple case presentations and journal club / study group presentations, including topics in infectious disease, trauma, and pediatrics, 1997-present

Stanford Medical Students Research Forum, poster presentation, 1997

Awards

• Bedside Teacher of the Year Award, Stanford Division of Emergency Medicine, 2005
• Bedside Teacher of the Quarter award, Stanford Division of Emergency Medicine, 2004
• Elected, Board of Directors, California Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians, 2000-2002
• Elected, President, California Emergency Medicine Residents Association, 1999-2000
• Award for Outstanding Commitment to Academic Endeavors and Research, 1997-2000, Stanford/Kaiser Emergency Medicine Residency Program
• Chief Resident Appreciation Award, Stanford/Kaiser Emergency Medicine Residency Program, 2001

National & State Leadership Postions

• Board Member, CAL/ACEP Board of Directors, 2000-2002
• President, California Emergency Medicine Residents Association, 1999-2000
• Councilor, American College of Emergency Physicians, 1999, 2001
• National EMRA Representative for Stanford / Kaiser, 1999-2000
• Council of Residency Directors (CORD), 2005-present

Society Memberships

• American College of Emergency Physicians
• ACEP Ultrasound Section
• California Chapter, American College of Emergency Physicians
• Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
• Council of Residency Directors