Duane Williams, MD

Dr. Duane Williams is chief of the Division of Critical Care Medicine at Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU.

A native of the Bronx, he attended undergraduate and medical school at Penn State University and Penn State College of Medicine respectively. He completed his pediatric residency at the Penn State Children’s Hospital. He received advanced fellowship training in pediatric critical care from Duke Children’s. After serving in clinical and leadership roles, he completed a Master’s in Health Administration. Dr. D’s clinical interests of acute respiratory failure, outcomes in pediatric critical care and the care of post-operative intensive care patients are highlighted in his scholarly work. 

Dr. D is a member of the Society of Critical Care Medicine, American Academy of Pediatrics, Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators Network and the American College of Healthcare Executives. 

He is supported in his efforts by his bride of over 20 years and his seven children.

• Roberts CM, Williams D, Ceneviva GD, Walter V, Thomas NJ, Krawiec C. Frequency and Results of Pregnancy Screening in Critically Ill Adolescents in Multiple Health Care Organizations. J Adolesc Health. 2022;71(5):552-558.
• Henning, A., Thomas, N.J. Shore, D.M., Memmi, M.E., Wang, L., Williams, D.C. Effect of a Nationwide Mass Casualty Disaster on Intensive Care Units: Clinical Outcomes and Associated Cost-of-Care in the First Nine Months of Response to SARS-CoV-2. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 2022, June
• Krawiec, C., Williams, D., Walter, V. and Thomas, N.J., Evaluation of reported medical services provided to pediatric viral bronchiolitis diagnoses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Respiratory medicine and research, 2022. 81.
• Krawiec, C., Fang, X., Zhou, S. Williams, D., Thomas, N.J. Frequency of Persistent Obesity 5 years After First Time Diagnosis of Status Asthmaticus. The Clinical Respiratory Journal, 2021 (12): 1368-1374
• Perkowski C, Eldridge B, Zurca AD, Demartini TKM, Ceneviva GD, Williams D, Fang X, Zhou S, Thomas NJ, Krawiec C. Impact of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Preadmission Huddle on Perceptions of Interprofessional Communication About Patient Safety. Crit Care Nurse. 2022 Aug 1;42 (4):55-67.
• Chima, M., Williams, D., Thomas, N.J. Krawiec, C. COVID-19–Associated Pulmonary Embolism in Pediatric Patients. Hospital Pediatrics, 2021. 11(6): e90-e94.
• Amatya S, Corr T, Gandi C, Glass K, Kresch M, Mujsce D, Oji-Mmuo C, Mola S, Murray Y, Palmer T, Singh M, Fricchione A, Arnold J, Prentice D, Bridgeman C, Smith B, Gavigan P, Ericson J, Miller J, Pauli J, Williams, DC, McSherry G, Legro R, Iriana S, Kaiser J. Management of newborns exposed to mothers with confirmed or suspected COVID-19. Journal of Perinatology. 2020 May 21:1-10
• Williams DC, Cheifetz IM. Emerging approaches in pediatric mechanical ventilation. Expert Rev Respir Med. 2019 Apr;13 (4):327-336
• Williams DC, Turi JL, Hornik CP, etal. Circuit oxygenator contributes to extracorporeal membrane oxygenation-induced hemolysis. ASAIO J. 2015 (2): 190-195