Friday, July 27, 2018

The Professional Life of Dr. William B. Weeks, Part 1

Dr. William B. Weeks is a certified mental health and addiction physician. He currently works at Pinewood Medical Associates in Plymouth, New Hampshire. As a clinical care physician there, he provides buprenorphine induction and patient treatment management. He has held this position since 2014. He is also an employee of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, located in Lebanon, New Hampshire.

Dr. Weeks holds several positions, but he is first and foremost a professor and senior research scientist. In this role, Dr. Weeks authored more than 150 peer-reviewed articles. His articles appeared in such journals as the New England Journal of Medicine, LAMA, BMJ, Journal of the American Medical Association Internal Medicine, Health Affairs, JGIM, Medical Care, HSR, Social Science and Medicine, and Health Policy. As a researcher, Dr. Weeks writes research proposals, obtains grant funding for the proposals, conducts original research, and publishes his findings.

The Fulbright Commission funded Dr. Weeks’ study of geographic variation in France while he was at the Institut d’Études Avancées Exploratoire Méditerranéen de l’Interdisciplinarité.

The National Institutes of Health-funded Dr. Weeks’ study of the association between chiropractic care, costs, and outcomes of multiple-comorbid Medicare beneficiaries with a back-pain episode.

Dr. Weeks conducted a study to examine variations in care quantity, reduce health care costs through better understanding, and increase the value of care in 15 US health care systems. A considerable amount of this work focused on bundled payments. Dr. Weeks conducted this study for the High-Value Healthcare Collaborative. CMMI and members funded the effort.

The national Chiropractic Medical Insurance Corporation funded Dr. William b Weeks to conduct a re-analysis of the Medicare Chiropractic Services Demonstration Project.

Monday, July 23, 2018

Bill Weeks of Lyme, New Hampshire’s Dynamic Career Part 6

Bill Weeks of Lyme, New Hampshire has a compelling record of pursuing and achieving excellence continuously throughout his successful career. He has successfully established himself as a professor, scholar, healthcare expert, and board-certified psychiatrist. Take a look at the sixth and final assemblage of his professional roles and dynamic contributions.

Throughout the years 1992 to 2008, Dr Bill Weeks Lyme was employed at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in White River Junction, Vermont. He excelled in various posts, including the organization's Senior Researcher and Mentor. While upholding this position, he executed all of the tasks and achievements listed below.


  • Bill Weeks wrote the proposal to organize the National VA Quality Scholars Fellowship and the National VA Patient Safety Fellowship Program, held the position of Senior Scholar, and acted as a mentor for over 30 fellows. 

  • Bill Weeks acquired grant funding worth more than $20 million to conduct research on veterans, the VA, and the private healthcare sector, to establish the field of veterans’ rural health research and to create the VA Outcomes research center grant REAP.


As an internal consultant at the VA Bill Weeks founded the Office of Quality Management Officer for 11 VA hospitals in New England. He victoriously directed the organization through the VA’s primary JCAHO network accreditation. Bill Weeks was also the director of field office for the VA’s National Center for Patient Safety and VA’s Patient Safety Centers of Inquiry.

While serving as a clinician at the VA Bill Weeks established and improved the Outpatient PTSD Clinical Team and the Inpatient Evaluation and Brief Treatment PTSD Unit

Sunday, June 24, 2018

The Professional Attributes of Dr. William B. Weeks Part 2

Dr. William B. Weeks is a talented psychiatrist who has a wide array of experience in the medical field. Over the course of his career, Dr. Weeks has developed many professional skills in numerous areas. Here is the second section of Dr. William B. Weeks' professional attributes.

His Effective Listening: Dr. William B. Weeks is an effective listener, which enables him to understand both what his patients say and what they don't say. His remarkable attention to the details of patient expression and communication allows him to remain alert, identify situations that trigger specific reactions, and come to meaningful conclusions about each unique situation. As a profoundly active listener, he knows how to ask appropriate questions and listen without interrupting his patients. With an outstandingly open mind, Dr. William B. Weeks listens to his patients without any preconceptions or judgments that could impair his ability to understand particular situations.

His Communication Skills: Dr. William B. Weeks has made a name for himself as a phenomenal communicator. He has shown his ability to communicate with not only his patients but their families and friends as well. During his career, he has helped facilitate meaningful discussions to improve relationships and family dynamics for many patients. Dr. William B. Weeks has also worked with other healthcare experts to formulate effective treatment plans for his patients. His remarkable ability to articulate and explain complicated medical terminology verbally and in writing attests to his versatile skill set and dynamic nature. 

Thursday, June 21, 2018

The Professional Attributes of Dr. William B. Weeks Part 1

Dr. William B. Weeks is a psychiatrist who has a wealth of experience in the medical field. Throughout the course of his career, Dr. Weeks has honed his skills in numerous areas. Here is the first set of the outstanding professional attributes of Dr. William B. Weeks.

His Diagnostic Skills: As a highly skilled psychiatrist, Dr. William B. Weeks has an outstanding ability to consider his patient's comments and analyze symptoms in accordance with his wide knowledge during diagnostic evaluations. He has shown his capacity to derive a diagnosis and establish the optimal treatment method on all occasions during his career. His capacity for information recall, prioritization, and logical thinking are all significant components of his aptitude as a psychiatrist. Dr. William B. Weeks has an immense understanding of not only human biology and brain chemistry but social mannerisms and cultural variances as well. His wide range of knowledge all play a significant role in his capacity to deliver effective diagnoses with absolute precision.

His Empathy: Dr. William B. Weeks genuinely cares for his patients and has a profound amount of empathy for their issues. His ability to be professionally empathetic allows him to understand problems that he hasn't experienced personally. Dr. William B. Weeks' exceptional capacity for empathy plays a major part in his ability to analyze his patient's issues and offer effective treatment plans.  While listening to other people's struggles and issues can be a stressful job, Dr. Weeks has proven his capacity to be resilient and strong for his patients regardless of the situation. 

Tuesday, May 29, 2018

Dr. William B. Weeks’ Awards and Accolades

Throughout his time as an academic and professional, Dr. William B. Weeks has earned many awards and accolades. He has been recognized for research excellence by the Fulbright Commission, the National Rural Health Association, and the National Chiropractic Medical Insurance Corporation. He has obtained millions of dollars in funding to further medical and healthcare research around the world. Many of his original research findings have been published.

He has also written more than 200 peer-reviewed articles. Many of them have been published in medical journals all around the world, including high-quality publications such as NEJM, JAMA, BMJ, JAMA Internal Medicine, Health Affairs, JGIM, Medical Care, HSR, Social Science and Medicine, and Health Policy. Dr. William B. Weeks has also earned numerous management and director positions.

Academically, Dr. William B. Weeks worked hard in all of his schoolings. During his undergraduate studies at Whitman College, he earned the title of Cum Laude with his exemplary grades. At Aix-Marseille University in France, he received high honors for his excellence in his Ph.D. program.

Sunday, May 27, 2018

Dr. William B. Weeks’ Bucket List

Though Dr. William B. Weeks has achieved great professional and personal success, he still has many things that he hopes to do in the future. He wants to continue traveling to places all over the world, specifically to Eastern Europe. Dr. William B. Weeks has published numerous articles and done large amounts of medical and academic writing but aspires to publish some works of fiction.


Professionally, he aims to have an impact on the healthcare field around the world. He believes that the healthcare systems in the United States and abroad need to be improved. Dr. William B. Weeks wants to take part in improving healthcare on a global level. He aspires to provide high-quality psychiatric and addiction services to each one of his patients.

In ten years, Dr. William B. Weeks wants to have contributed to global health reform, traveled to more places around the world, and expanded his appreciation for art. 

Wednesday, May 23, 2018

Dr. Bill Weeks Outside the Office

Dr. Bill Weeks has achieved a lot not only in the academic and professional world but also at home in Lyme and outside of the office. He has six children to whom he is devoted. He has lived in the Upper Valley of New Hampshire for thirty years, deeply involving himself in the community as chair of the local school board and in many other ways. Despite his professional success, he still considers himself a little boy who thrives in Lyme, New Hampshire at heart.

After spending years studying for his Ph.D. in France, Dr. Bill Weeks’ love of architecture and art intensified. He especially appreciates impressionist and post-impressionist art and artists such as Berthe Morisot. The landscape and environment of Lyme provide him with the ideal setting to pursue his interests in the cross country and downhill skiing, swimming, canoeing, kayaking, and rowing. He also enjoys writing, reading, and taking part in other recreational activities.

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