WilliamThomasShimeallMDMPH, FACP(He/Him)

Summary

• Dr. William Shimeall is based in Bethesda, MD, specializing in Internal Medicine with a focus on both Primary Care and Hospital Medicine. He completed his residency at the National Capital Consortium from 1995 to 1997 and earned his medical degree from the University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences The Pritzker School of Medicine in 1994. He served as Program Director for the National Capital Consortium Internal Medicine Residencies at National Naval Medical Center and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for 10 years between 2009 and 2019. He is active in Medical Education at Uniformed Services University as Associate Professor of Medicine and his research publications include works on point-of-care ultrasound, inpatient laboratory utilization, and mentorship programs in Internal Medicine, with citations in academic journals such as Military Medicine, The American Journal of Medicine, and the Journal of Graduate Medical Education. He has had leadership roles in operational medicine with US military units stationed in both Kuwait and Bahrain during his active duty Navy career and his final posting until his military retirement was as Service Chief for Executive Medicine at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.