William James Frederick

Bio

Dr. William James Frederick III is the Medical Director of Case Management, Utilization Management, and the Physician Advisor Medical Director at Stanford Health Care. Prior to moving to Stanford in August 2023, Dr. Frederick was a Physician Advisor and Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at UC San Diego Health. As an expert in Healthcare Quality Care Management, he has started internal physician advisor programs, redesigned utilization management workflow, led quality improvement initiatives around readmissions and length of stay, developed a General Inpatient Hospice program, partnered with a critical illness recovery hospital to improve quality and patient care, revamped and expanded health system charity policies, and implemented multidisciplinary team rounding. As a medical educator, Dr. Frederick served as the Course Director for 4th year medical students during inpatient medicine rotations across four hospitals. As an Internal Medicine Core Faculty Member, he instituted a weekly resident quality improvement and patient safety conference. He provided ongoing education to faculty, staff, and trainees on topics of inpatient clinical care, ethical use of hospice, critical illness recovery hospitals, patient flow, and quality management. His desire to give back to the community led him to service as faculty chair of the UC San Diego Faculty and Staff giving council.

Dr. Frederick is board certified in both Internal Medicine and Health Care Quality Management with a sub-certification as a Physician Advisor. He completed his residency at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center and earned both an MD and PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from UC Davis. He holds a BS in Bioengineering from UC San Diego. He began his career by serving in the United States Marine Corps as infantryman from 1989-1993.

Clinical Focus

• Internal Medicine

Academic Appointments

• Clinical Associate Professor, Medicine

Administrative Appointments

• Chair, Utilization Management Committee, Stanford Health Care (2023 - Present)
• Medical Director, Case Management, Utilization Management, and the Physician Advisor Group, Stanford Health Care (2023 - Present)

Honors & Awards

• Financial Stewards Future Thinkers Award, Stanford Health Care (2024)
• Department of Medicine Housestaff Teaching Award, UC San Diego (2017)
• Distinguished Service Award, UC San Diego (2023)

Professional Education

• PhD, University of California Davis, Electrical and Computer Engineering (2008)
• CHCQM-PHYADV, American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians, Health Care Quality Management (2022)
• Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine (2018)
• Residency: Santa Clara Valley Medical Center Internal Medicine Residency (2014) CA
• Medical Education: University of California Davis School of Medicine (2010) CA