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Dr. William Feaster, MD

MD, MBA

Curriculum Vitae

Bio

William W. (Bill) Feaster, MD, ’76 is the Chief Health Information Officer at Children’s Hospital of Orange County, California (CHOC Children’s). He received a medical degree from the University Of Rochester School Of Medicine and an MBA from Saint Mary’s College of California.

Selected Publications

Peer-Reviewed Articles

  • Feaster W, Kwok L, Epstein C: Gene dosage effects for superoxide dismutase – I in nucleated cells aneuploid for chromosome 21. American Journal of Human Genetics 29: 563-570, 1977.
  • Springer M, Olson K, and Feaster W: Acute massive digoxin overdose: Survival without the use of digitalis-specific antibodies. American Journal of Emergency Medicine 4: 364-368, 1986.
  • Burgess L, Herdman T, Berg, B, Feaster, W, Hebsur S: Alarm limit settings for early warning systems to identify at-risk patients. Journal of Advanced Nursing 65(9) 1844-1852, 2009.
  • Kadry, B; Feaster, W; Macario, A; Ehrenfeld, J: Anesthesia Information Management Systems: Past, Present, and Future of Anesthesia Records. Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine 79(1): 154-165, 2012.
  • Ehwerhemuepha L, Feaster W, Kain Z: Impact of anesthesiologists on parental perioperative satisfaction scores. Pediatric Anesthesia. 2017; 27(9) 949-954
  • Ehwerhemuepha L, Schultz S, Feaster W. Clinical and Psychosocial Factors Associated With Patient Experience. Clinical Pediatrics. 2017, Oct 1:9922817737078
  • Ehwerhemuepha L, Bendig, D, Steele, C, Rakovski, C and Feaster W: The Effect of Malnutrition on the Risk of Unplanned 7-day Readmission in Pediatrics. Hosptial Pediatrics, 8(4): 207-213, 2018.
  • Ehwerhemuepha L, Finn S, Rothman MJ, Rakovski C, Feaster W. A novel model for enhanced prediction and understanding of unplanned 30-day pediatric readmission. Hosp Pediatr. 2018. (In Press)

Books

  • Berhow, M, Feaster W, Brock-Utne, J: Life After Residency: A Career Planning Guide. New York: Springer US, 2009

Book Chapters

  • Feaster WW: Grand Mal Seizures. Pediatric Perspective. In: Daily RH, Simon B, and Young G, eds. The Airway: Emergency Management (Mosby Yearbook). St. Louis: The C.V. Mosby Co., 1992.
  • Feaster WW: Oral Endotracheal Intubation: Pediatric Perspective. In: Daily RH, Simon B, and Young G, eds. The Airway: Emergency Management (Mosby Yearbook). St. Louis: The C.V. Mosby Co., 1992.
  • Clark JT, Feaster WW: Croup and Epiglottitis. In: Daily RH, Simon B, and Young G, eds. The Airway: Emergency Management (Mosby Yearbook). St. Louis: The C.V. Mosby Co., 1992.
  • Huhn SL, Feaster WW, Larson PL: Pediatric Neurosurgery. In: Jaffe RA and Samuels SL, eds. Anesthesiologist’s Manual of Surgical Procedures. Third Edition. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2004.
  • Edwards ME, Huhn SL, Feaster WW, Struyk BP: Pediatric Neurosurgery. In: Jaffee RA and Samuels SL, eds. Anesthesiologist’s Manual of Surgical Procedures. Fourth Edition. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2009

Abstracts

  • Feld LH, Urquhart ML, Feaster WW, and White PF: Pre-medication in children: Oral versus intramuscular midazolam (abstract): Anesthesiology 69: A745, 1988.
  • Monaco F, Feaster W, McQuitty J, and Nickerson BG: Continuous non-invasive oxygen saturation monitoring in sick newborns (abstract). Respiratory Care 18: 1362, 1983.
  • Chow JL, Williams DM, Lemmens HJ, Feaster W, and Brock-Utne JG. A New Approach To Evaluate Early Postoperative Respiratory Compromise in Morbidly Obese Patients (abstract): Anesthesiology 101: A1554, 2004

Non-Peer Reviewed Articles

  • Feaster, WW. What Should You Say: Your Hospital Administrator Wants Your Group to Adopt and Automated Anesthesia Information System. CSA Bulletin 58(2) 34-36, 2009.