Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine
Biosketch
William Fales, MD, is a board-certified emergency medicine physician. He is a graduate of Indiana University of Pennsylvania in Indiana, Pennsylvania. He earned his medical degree from Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He completed an emergency medicine residency at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pennsylvania.
In addition to his board certification in emergency medicine, Dr. Fales also has a board certification in emergency medical services. He serves the Department of Emergency Medicine as Chief of EMS and Disaster Medicine and as the Program Director for the EMS Fellowship program.
Dr. Fales has clinical and educational interests in EMS, healthcare preparedness, and injury prevention.
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Board Certification
- American Board of Emergency Medicine (Emergency Medicine)
- American Board of Emergency Medicine (Emergency Medical Services)
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Education and Training
- BS 1982, Accounting, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
- MD 1990, Thomas Jefferson University
- Residency 1993, Emergency Medicine, Geisinger Medical Center,
- Fellowship 2009, Homeland Security, Naval Postgraduate School
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Publications
Kazi R., Hoyle J.D., Huffman C., Ekblad G., Ruffing R., Dunwoody S., Hover T., Cody S., Fales W. An Analysis of Prehospital Pediatric Medication Dosing Errors after Implementation of a State-Wide EMS Pediatric Drug Dosing Reference Prehospital Emergency Care. 2024;28:43-49.
Paxton J.H., Keenan K.J., Wilburn J.M., Wise S.L., Klausner H.A., Ball M.T., Dunne R.B., Kreitel K.D., Morgan L.F., Fales W.D., Madhok D., Barazangi N., McLean S.T., Cross K., Distenfield L., Sykes J., Lovoi P., Johnson B., Smith W.S. Headpulse measurement can reliably identify large-vessel occlusion stroke in prehospital suspected stroke patients: Results from the EPISODE-PS-COVID study Academic Emergency Medicine. 2024;31:848-859.
Lammers R.L., Willoughby-Byrwa M.J., Vos D.G., Fales W.D. Comparison of Four Methods of Paramedic Continuing Education in the Management of Pediatric Emergencies Prehospital Emergency Care. 2022;26:463-475.
Crutchfield P., Gibb T.S., Redinger M.J., Fales W. Ethical Allocation of Remdesivir American Journal of Bioethics. 2020;20:84-86.
Swor R., Qu L., Putman K., Sawyer K.N., Domeier R., Fowler J., Fales W. Challenges of Using Probabilistic Linkage Methodology to Characterize Post-Cardiac Arrest Care in Michigan Prehospital Emergency Care. 2018;22(2):208-213.
Hoyle J.D., Crowe R.P., Bentley M.A., Beltran G., Fales W. Pediatric Prehospital Medication Dosing Errors: A National Survey of Paramedics Prehospital Emergency Care. 2017;21(2):185-191.
Steffens C., Clement B., Fales W., Chehade A.E.H., Putman K., Swor R. Evaluating the Cost and Utility of Mandating Schools to Stock Epinephrine Auto-injectors Prehospital Emergency Care. 2017;21(5):563-566.
Deutsch L., Paternoster R., Putman K., Fales W., Swor R. Care for cardiac arrest on golf courses: Still not up to par? Prehospital Emergency Care. 2015;19:31-35.
Rossow C.C., Ivanitskaya L.V., Fulton L.V., Fales W.D. Healthcare Workers' Willingness to Report to Work during an Influenza Pandemic: A Systematic Literature Review Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. 2015;12(4):823-843.
Lammers R., Willoughby-Byrwa M., Fales W. Medication errors in prehospital management of simulated pediatric anaphylaxis Prehospital Emergency Care. 2014;18(2):295-304.
Lammers R.L., Willoughby-Byrwa M., Fales W.D. Errors and error-producing conditions during a simulated, prehospital, pediatric cardiopulmonary arrest Simulation in Healthcare. 2014;9(3):174-183.
Rossow C., Ivanitskaya L.V., Fulton L., Fales W. Healthcare providers: Will they come to work during an influenza pandemic? WIT Transactions on the Built Environment. 2013;133:133-147.
Hoyle J.D., Davis A.T., Putman K.K., Trytko J.A., Fales W.D. Medication dosing errors in pediatric patients treated by emergency medical services Prehospital Emergency Care. 2012;16:59-66.
Lammers R., Byrwa M., Fales W. Root causes of errors in a simulated prehospital pediatric emergency Academic Emergency Medicine. 2012;19(1):37-47.
Lammers R.L., Byrwa M.J., Fales W.D., Hale R.A. Simulation-based assessment of paramedic pediatric resuscitation skills Prehospital Emergency Care. 2009;13(3):345-356.
Ruth E., Shah B., Fales W. Evaluating the injury incidence from skate shoes in the united states Pediatric Emergency Care. 2009;25(5):321-324.
Jaronik J., Mikkelson P., Fales W., Overton D.T. Evaluation of prehospital use of furosemide in patients with respiratory distress Prehospital Emergency Care. 2006;10(2):194-197.
Fales W. Preparing for terrorism —tools for evaluating the metropolitan medical response system program Prehospital Emergency Care. 2003;7(3):408-409.
Domeier R.M., Swor R.A., Evans R.W., Hancock J.B., Fales W., Krohmer J., Frederiksen S.M., Rivera-Rivera E.J., Schork M.A. Multicenter prospective validation of prehospital clinical spinal clearance criteria Journal of Trauma. 2002;53(4):744-750.
Domeier R.M., Evans R.W., Swor R.A., Hancock J.B., Fales W., Krohmer J., Frederiksen S.M., Shork M.A. The reliability of prehospital clinical evaluation for potential spinal injury is not affected by the mechanism of injury Prehospital Emergency Care. 1999;3(4):332-337.
Sayegh A., Swor R., Chu K.H., Jackson R., Gitlin J., Domeier R.M., Basse E., Smith D., Fales W. Does race or socioeconomic status predict adverse outcome after out of hospital cardiac arrest: a multi-center study Resuscitation. 1999;40(3):141-146.
Dula D., Fales W. The 'Ring Sign': Is it a reliable indicator for cerebral spinal fluid? Annals of Emergency Medicine. 1993;22(4):718-720.
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Presentations
- Implementation of crashing patient protocol and its effect on EMS provider witnessed cardiac arrest incident. Schiller T, Van Alsten S, Mastenbrook J, Bentley M, Fales W, 42nd Annual Kalamazoo Community and Health Sciences Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 04/2024
- Use of a Checklist and Metronome during Simulated Cardiac Arrest by Medical Students Trained as Medical First Responders. Hoyle J, Hughes N, Rantz B, Ford M, Pazderka P, Wheeler J, Harmer B, Mastenbrook J, Fales W, Williams M, 41st Annual Kalamazoo Community Medical and Health Sciences Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 05/2023
- EMS Pediatric Transport Impressions in the State of Michigan. Higby H, Hoyle J, Ekblad G, Woodwyk A, Brandt R, Fales B, Putman K, 40th Annual Kalamazoo Community Medical and Health Sciences Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 04/2022
- State Protocols During COVID-19: What Weâve Done - Where Weâre Going. Fales W, 6th Annual SaveMiHeart Conference, Virtual, Online, 05/2021
- Supraglottic Airway Device Use Among Emergency Medical Responders Within a Southwest Michigan. DiMezza S, Mastenbrook J, Bentley M, Fales W, 38th Annual Kalamazoo Community Medical and Health Sciences Virtual Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 04/2021
- Statewide Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest During the Beginning of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Rauch L, Fales W, 38th Annual Kalamazoo Community Medical and Health Sciences Virtual Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 04/2021
- Outcomes From Outpatient Treatment of COVID-19 With Monoclonal Antibody Therapy: A Statewide Survey. Root B, Foshee R, Fales W, Cole S, Klepser M, Addis V, Alfred A, Christensen L, Dempsey B, Doan T, Gierka J, Gray M, Hebojiva E, Schmitt C, Shoemaker G, Ziccarello J, 38th Annual Kalamazoo Community Medical and Health Sciences Virtual Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 04/2021