Associate ProfessorMedicine Medical Director, Home Based Primary CareFaculty Information Biography Education & Training: MDUniversity of Washington, School of MedicineSeattle, WA1989–1993 Residency in Primary Care Internal MedicineUniversity of WashingtonSeattle, WA1993–1996 Chief Residency in Internal MedicineBoise VA Medical CenterBoise, ID1995–1996 MPHUniversity of Washington, School of Public Health and Community MedicineSeattle, WA1998 Honors: Fellow, National Research Service Award Program1996–1998 Commendation from R. James Nicholson, Secretary of Veterans Affairs2006 VAPSHCS Red Carpet Award2008 VAPSHCS Performance Award2008 Top Doctor, Seattle Metropolitan Magazine2011 Service Award, VA Puget Sound Health Care System2015 Fellow, American College of Physicians 2016 Top Doctor, VA Puget Sound2018 Contact Email: swheeler@uw.edu Research & Clinical Interests Clinical Interests: Cardiovascular epidemiologyDiabetes Publications Publications: Smith CS, Morris M, Hill W, Francovich C, McMullin J, Christiano J, Chavez L, Roth C, Vo A, Wheeler SG, Milne C. Testing the exportability of a tool for detecting operational problems in VA Teaching Clinics. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2006; 21(2): 152–157. Wheeler SG, Bowen J, Maynard C, Lowy E, Sun H, Sales AE, Smith NL, Fihn SD. Women veterans and outcomes after acute myocardial infarction. Journal of Women’s Health. 2009; 18(5): 613–618. Wheeler SG, Ahroni J, Boyko E. Prospective study of autonomic neuropathy as a predictor of mortality in patients with diabetes. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. 2002; 58(2): 131–138. Smith CS, Francovich C, Morris M, Hill W, Langlois-Winkle F, Rupper R, Roth C, Wheeler S, Vo A. Toward an ecological perspective of resident teaching clinic. Advances in Health Sciences Education. 2010; 15:771–778. Wheeler SG, Moore K, Forsberg CW, Riley K, Floyd JS, Smith NL, Boyko EJ. Mortality among veterans with type 2 diabetes initiating metformin, sulfonylurea or rosiglitazone monotherapy. Diabetologia 2013; 56: 1934–1943.
