William Sexauer, MD

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834 Walnut Street
Ste. 650
Philadelphia, PA 19107

(215) 955-5161
(215) 923-6003 (fax)

Medical School
UMDNJ - New Jersey Medical School - 1984

Residency
Medical College of Pennsylvania (MCP)

Fellowship
Temple University Hospital

Board Certification
Internal Medicine
Pulmonary Disease
Critical Care Medicine

Hospital Appointment
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Methodist Hospital Division of Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

University Appointment
Clinical Professor

Research and Clinical Interests
Dr. Sexauer graduated with honors from Rutgers University prior to matriculating to UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School. He completed Internal Medicine training at The Medical College of Pennsylvania followed by Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Temple University College of Medicine. Dr. Sexauer served on the faculty of the Medical College of Pennsylvania (now Drexel University College of Medicine) and Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine prior to joining Thomas Jefferson University as Clinical Professor of Medicine in 2011. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine, and Critical Care Medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine.

Dr Sexauer has a broad range of experience and expertise. He currently serves as Director of Critical Care Services at Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals - Methodist Division. For many years he was Director or Associate Director of the Adult Cystic Fibrosis Center at Drexel University College of Medicine and Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine and been involved in CF related clinical care, education, and research. His outpatient practice currently encompasses both cystic fibrosis and non-cystic fibrosis related bronchiectasis. He has been involved with the care and rehabilitation of patients with chronic lung disease and is in the process of establishing an outpatient Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program at Thomas Jefferson University.

Dr Sexauer has participated in numerous research studies and clinical trials in cystic fibrosis, non-CF bronchiectasis, COPD, asthma, and sarcoidosis. He has served in the board of the Delaware Valley Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and as President and Board member of the Laennec Society of Philadelphia, the regional society of pulmonary and critical care physicians in the Delaware Valley. He has published numerous articles, reviews, and book chapters and serves as reviewer for multiple journals in the field of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. Awards include membership in the AOA Honor Medical Society, Outstanding Service Award from the Delaware Valley Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, and the Oksana Korzeniowski Award for Outstanding Patient Care and Clinical Education from Drexel University College of Medicine.

Publications

Most recent Peer-reviewed Publications

1. HLA and environmental interactions in sarcoidosis
2. TGF-β1 variants in chronic beryllium disease and sarcoidosis
3. Robust trend tests for genetic association using matched case-control design
4. Aerosolized Antibiotics in Cystic Fibrosis
5. Utility of the Breathing Reserve Index at the Anaerobic Threshold in Determining Ventilatory-Limited Exercise in Adult Cystic Fibrosis Patients
6. Health status and sociodemographic characteristics of adults receiving a cystic fibrosis diagnosis after age 18 years
7. Design of A Case Control Etiologic Study of Sarcoidosis (ACCESS)
8. High-resolution CT in the acute exacerbation of cystic fibrosis: Evaluation of acute findings, reversibility of those findings, and clinical correlation
9. Hemoptysis as the presenting symptom in bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia
10. Pulmonary complications of cystic fibrosis in adults
11. New treatment modalities for cystic fibrosis.
12. Bronchial obstruction secondary to aortic pseudoaneurysm: Treatment with an expandable metallic stent
13. Management options for cystic fibrosis in adults.
14. The comparative effects of elastase-induced emphysema on costal and crural diaphragm and parasternal intercostal muscle contractility
15. Unusual manifestations of cystic fibrosis
16. Pleural effusions in right-sided endocarditis: Characteristics and pathophysiology
17. Recurrent hemopytsis, chest pain, and purulent sputum in a young man