Dr. William Parker

Associate Professor

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Biography

William Parker is an Associate Professor at the University of Chicago, where he specializes in pulmonary and critical care medicine. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Williams College in 2008 and his Doctor of Medicine degree from the Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago in 2012. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine in 2015 and pursued a Medical Ethics Fellowship, obtaining a Master of Science in 2018. After that, he completed a fellowship in Pulmonary Critical Care in 2019 and recently earned his PhD in 2021. Dr. Parker's research focuses on improving equity and efficiency in critical care allocation, specifically in the context of disasters and healthcare crises. His work includes developing the Equitable Life Support Allocation score and creating open-source simulation software for evaluating life support protocols. He is actively involved in NIH-funded projects to address biases in critical care triage systems. Dr. Parker has published widely on topics related to healthcare allocation, ethical decision-making in critical care, and the application of machine learning in medical contexts.

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Experience

Associate Professor

2023-01-01 — Present

University of Chicago • Chicago, IL

Teaching and conducting research in pulmonary and critical care medicine.

Requirements for University of Chicago

Doctorate Program
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TOEFL
Listening
Required:26
Reading
Required:26
Writing
Required:26
Speaking
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Total
Required:104
IELTS
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Required:7
Reading
Required:7
Writing
Required:7
Speaking
Required:7
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
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Specialization Notes

Department of Philosophy