C. William Hanson
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C. William Hanson, III is an American internist, anesthesiologist and intensivist as well as an academic, author and researcher. He is a Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Surgery and Internal Medicine at the Hospital of University of Pennsylvania and Professor of Computer and Information Science in the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Pennsylvania. He was the inaugural the Chief Medical Information Officer of the University of Pennsylvania Health System between 2010 and 2024.
Hanson has experience in medical informatics and specializes clinically in cardiac anesthesia including heart and lung transplantation as well as intensive care medicine. His research regarding the use of electronic nose technology for the detection of diseases such as pneumonia and sinusitis by breath analysis has been featured in publications including Scientific American, Science and Wired Magazine. He holds 8 patents.
Hanson is a past president of the Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists. He is a fellow of Society of Critical Care Medicine as well as of Philadelphia’s College of Medicine.
Education
Hanson received his Bachelor’s degree in English from Yale University in 1977 and his medical degree from University of Pennsylvania in 1983. He completed his postgraduate training at Stanford University Hospital (internal medicine residency) and the University of Pennsylvania (anesthesiology residency) before completing his fellowship in Critical Care Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in 1989.
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