Associate ProfessorMedicine Section Head, Boise VA Medical CenterSection Chief, Education, Academic Hospitalist & Geriatrics/Palliative Care Sections; Medicine Service, Boise VAMCFaculty Information Biography Education & Training: MPHUniversity of Washington, School of Public HealthSeattle, WA2007–2009 MDUniversity of Washington, School of MedicineSeattle, WA1997–2002 Residency in Internal MedicineUniversity of Washington Affiliated HospitalsSeattle, WA2002–2005 Chief Residency in Internal MedicineUniversity of Washington – Boise TrackBoise, ID2005–2006 Honors: Outstanding Senior Award1992 Graduated Magna Cum Laude from University of Idaho1992 School of Medicine Scholarship1998 Stanley Research Fellowship1998 Resident Teaching Award2004–2005 Alpha Omega Alpha2005 SGIM Geriatric Abstract Award2009 Fellow, American College of Physicians2011 Richard M. Tucker Excellence in Teaching Award, UW Department of Medicine2011–2012 Tina Juul-Dam Teacher of the Year, Boise VA Medical Center2012–2013 Clinician-Educator of the Year, Northwest Society for General Internal Medicine2018 Contact Email: wweppner@uw.edu Research & Clinical Interests Research Interests: Interprofessional Health Professional Education Population Health & Chronic Disease Management Health Impacts of Climate Change Clinical Interests: Primary care education Patient informatics Shared decision-making Publications Publications: Weppner WG, Hollon MF, Chew LD, Larson EB. 2009. Direct-to-consumer offers for free and discounted medications on the internet: a content analysis of "e-samples". Archives of internal medicine. 169(21):2024–30. Weppner WG, Ralston JD, Koepsell TD, Grothaus LC, Reid RJ, Jordan L, Larson EB. 2010. Use of a shared medical record with secure messaging by older patients with diabetes. Diabetes care. 33(11):2314–9. Wilper AP, Weppner WG, Smith SC. 2010. Changes in Idaho primary care physician clinical work hours, 1996–2009. JAMA: The journal of the American Medical Association. 304(13):1443–5. Arterburn DE, Westbrook EO, Bogart AT, Sepucha KR, Bock SN, Weppner WG. 2011. Randomized trial of a video-based patient decision aid for bariatric surgery. Obesity (Silver Spring, MD). 19(8):1669–75. Weppner WG, Hollon MF, Gillespie E, Christopher A. Seeking inspiration in the climate crisis: Advocacy by SGIM members. Invited manuscript for SGIM Forum, March 2021, Vol 44, No 3. Pps 1,5,13 2021_SGIM_March_Web.pdf. Bass EG & Weppner WG. Q & A with SGIM’s CEO and the Liaison to the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health. Invited manuscript for SGIM Forum, March 2021, Vol 44, No 3. p 4-5. 2021_SGIM_March_Web.pdf. Kobe EA, Lewinski AA, Jeffreys AS, Smith VA, Coffman CJ, Danus, S, Sidoli E, Greck BD, Horne L, Saxon DR, Shook S, Aguirre LE, Esquibel MG, Evenson C, Elizagaray C, Nelson V, Zeek A, Weppner WG, Scodellaro S, Perdew CJ, Jackson GL, Steinhauser K, Bosworth HB, Edelman D, Crowley MJ. Implementation of an intensive telehealth intervention for rural patients with clinic-refractory diabetes. J Gen Intern Med. 2022.
