Phone: (619) 594-4433
Office: ED-154
Office Hours: By Appointment
Email: swilliam@mail.sdsu.edu

Education:

• Sc.D., Health Services Administration and Population Sciences, Harvard University (1974)
• S.M., Health Services Administration, Harvard University (1972)
• M.S., Management Science , Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1971)
• B.S., Management Sciences, Carnegie-Mellon University (1970)

Scholarly Areas:

Medical Care Organization, Ambulatory Care, Physician Leadership

Biography:

Dr. Stephen Williams previously served as the head of the Health Services Administration division in the Graduate School of Public Health. Prior to joining the SDSU faculty, Dr. Williams was the was Associate Professor and Associate Director of the Program in Health Administration and Planning at the University of Washington. Dr. Williams is national editor of Delmar Publishing's book series in health services. He has been the Director of a large federally funded study on preventive health services provided to Medicare enrollees.

Selected Publications:

• Wiliams, S.J. Essentials of Health Services, 3nd edition. Albany, New York: Delmar Publishers, Inc., 2004.

• Pointer, D.D., and Williams, S.J. The Health Care. San Francisco, California: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 2003.

• Williams, S.J., and Torrens, P.R. Instructor’s Manual. Introduction to Health Services, 6th edition. Albany, New York: Delmar Publishers, Inc., 2002.

• Williams, S.J., and Torrens, P.R. Introduction to Health Services, Sixth Edition. Albany, New York: Delmar Publishers, Inc., 2002.

• Williams, S.J. (2000) Physician Leadership Issues and Trends: A National Survey Panel. Physician Executive. 27: 46-49.

• Mayer, J., Lewis, E.C., Slymen, D., Dullum, J., Kurata, H., Holbrook, A., Elder, J., and Williams, S.J. (2000) Patient Reminder Letters to Promote Annual Mammograms: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Preventive Medicine. 31: 315-322.

• Williams, S.J., and Torrens, P.R. Introduction to Health Services, Fifth Edition. Albany, New York: Delmar, 1999.

• Williams, S.J., Drew, J., Wright, B., Seidman, R.L., McGann, M., and Boulan, T. (1998) Health Promotion Workshops for Seniors: Predictors of Attendance and Behavioral Outcomes. Journal of Health Education. 29: 166-173.

• Williams, S.J., and Ewell, C. (1997) Tomorrow's Vice-President for Medical Affairs. Physician Executive. 23: 17-21.

• Williams, S.J. Medical Leadership Trends at Sixty-nine Leading Hospitals. La Jolla, California: The Governance Institute, 1996.