Carla McWilliams, MD

Professional educational materials

• MCWILLIAMS C. and Giaccio, D. USMLE Step 2 & 3 In Your Pocket, Kaplan Publishing, New York, New, York © 2013 Fischer, C. USMLE Step Three-Master the Boards (Content and Peer Reviewer), Kaplan Publishing, New York, New, York © 2012
• MCWILLIAMS C. and Giaccio, D. USMLE Step 3 White Coat Pocket Guide Pocket Guide, Kaplan Publishing, New York, New, York © 2010
• MCWILLIAMS C. and multiple authors, USMLE Step Three Online Question Bank, Kaplan Medical Test Prep and Admissions, New York, New, York © 2009
• MCWILLIAMS C. and multiple authors, USMLE Step Two Online Question Bank, Kaplan Medical Test Prep and Admissions, New York, New, York © 2008
• Fischer, C. and Faselis, C., USMLE Step Two CK Lecture Notes, Internal Medicine (Content and Peer Reviewer), Kaplan Medical Test Prep and Admissions, New York, New, York © 2008
• Cvetnic W., Pino E., Koerner C., and MCWILLIAMS C., USMLE Step Two CK Lecture Notes, Pediatrics, Kaplan Medical Test Prep and Admissions, New York, New, York © 2008
• MCWILLIAMS C. and multiple authors, USMLE Step Two PowerPoint Presentations for DVD Lecture Series (Contributing Author and Editor), Kaplan Medical Test Prep and Admissions, New York, New, York © 2007

Peer Reviewed Publications and Posters

• CARLA MCWILLIAMS MD, Susan Condon, Rebecca M. Schwartz, Christine C Ginocchio. Incidence of Extended Spectrum β Lactamase Producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumonia Isolates That Test Susceptible to Cephalosporins and Aztreonam by the Revised CLSI Breakpoints. Journal of Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. Doi:10.1128/JCM03613-13, Published April 30th, 2014
• CARLA MCWILLIAMS MD, Kourosh Golestany, MD, Rohit Sharma, MD, Golali Nejati, MD, Anna Cyrus-Murden, MD, MPH and Dmitri Kirpichnikov, MD. Correlation of admitted nursing home residents’ hospital length of stay and vitamin D levels. Department of Internal Medicine, Lutheran Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, USA (http://www.jchimp.net/index.php/jchimp/article/view/6313/html) Vol 1, No 3, October 2011
• Oikonomou KG MD, MCWILLIAMS C, MD Moussa MM MD. Oerskovia Species Bacteremia in a Diabetic Patient. J Global Infectious Disease. 2018 April-June. PMID 29910574.
• Rojas E MD, Gillenwater S MD, Rivas A MD, Wulff L MD, Kaur J MD, Gonzalez M MD, De Armas Y MD, MCWILLIAMS C MD, Martinez F MD, Bejarano P MD, Hadah A MD. Incidental Pulmonary Cryptococcocus in an Asymptomatic Liver Transplant Patient. American Thoracic Society Meeting, 5/22/19, Dallas Texas
• CARLA MCWILLIAMS MD, Orly Hadar MD, Amy Van MS. Factors Associated with Positive Follow Up Blood Cultures in Gram Negative Septicemia. 10/3/19. IDSA Annual Meeting, Washington DC
• Nicholas Brozzi, Jaime Hernandez-Montfort, Edward Noguera, CARLA MCWILLIAMS, Cedric Sheffield, Steven Minear, Jeffrey Jacobs, Viviana Navas, Mauricio Velez, Robert Cubeddu, Jose L Navia "Successful mobile extracorporeal member oxygenator for COVID-19 severe respiratory failure" Journal of Cardiac Surgery Case Reports, December 2020
• Gilda Portalatin, Jodi Ann Chin, Brian Foster, Kevin Perry, CARLA MCWILLIAMS "Daptomycin Induced Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia" Cureus Feb 2021
• Suma Thomas, Divyang Patel, Barbara Bittel, Kathy Wolski, Qiuqing Wang, Anirudh Kumar, Zachary Il'Giovine, Reena Mehra, CARLA MCWILLIAMS, Steve Nissen, Milind Desai "Effect of High Dose Zinc and Ascorbic Acid Supplementation vs. Usual Care on Symptom Length and Reduction Among Ambulatory Patients with SARS-Co-V-2 Infection" JAMA Open Network April 2021
• Paul C Cremer, Prof Antonio Abbate, MD, Kristin Hudock MD, CARLA MCWILLIAMS MD, Jinesh Mehta MD, Prof Steven V. Chang et al "Mavrilimumab in patients with severe COVID-19 pneumonia and systemic hyperinflammation (MASH-COVID): an investigator initiated, multicenter, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial" The Lancet Rheumatology March 2021
• Jesus Villa, Tejbir Pannu, CARLA MCWILLIAMS, Chandra Kizer, Raul Rosenthal, Carlos Higuera, Preetesh Patel "Results of Preoperative Screening for COVID-19 Correlate with the Incidence of Infection in the General Population-A Tertiary Care Experience" Journal of Hospital Practice March 2021
• Wesley Self, Allison P Wheeler, Thomas G Stewart, Harry Schrager, Jason Mallada, Christopher B Thomas, Vince D Cataldo, Hollis R O’Neal Jr, Nathan I Shapiro, Conor Higgins, Adit A Ginde, Lakshmi Chauhan, Nicholas J Johnson, Daniel J Henning, Stuti J Jaiswal, Manoj J Mammen, Estelle S Harris, Sonal R Pannu, Maryrose Laguio-Vila, Wissam El Atrouni, Marjolein de Wit, Daanish Hoda, Claudia S Cohn, CARLA MCWILLIAMS, Carl Shanholtz, Alan E Jones, Jay S Raval, Simon Mucha, Tina S Ipe, Xian Qiao, Stephen J Schrantz, Aarthi Shenoy, Richard D Fremont, Eric J Brady, Robert H Carnahan, James D Chappell, James E Crowe Jr, Mark R Denison, Pavlo Gilchuk, Laura J Stevens, Rachel E Sutton, Isacc Thomsen, Sandra M Yoder, Amanda J Bistran-Hall, Johnathan D Casey, Christopher J Lindsell, Li Wang, Jill M Pulley, Jillian P Rhoads, Gordon R Bernard, Todd W Rice, Passive Immunity Trial for Our Nation (PassITON) Investigators “Neutralizing COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma in Adults Hospitalized with COVID-19: A Blinded, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial, Chest, July 2022 PMID 35780813
• Mostel Zachary, George-Palop Monica, Kenney Patrick, Tumarinson Taisiya, CARLA MCWILLIAMS, Capnocytophaga canimorsus peritonitis in a simultaneous liver-kidney transplant recipient: A case report and review of the literature, Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, Volume 115, Issue 3, 2026
• L Hernandez, B Foster, M Koppikar, I Keurkunian, K Sarna, V Donofrio, C McWilliams, A Hadeh, Solitary Pulmonary Nodules in Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infection: An Underrecognized Presentation in Bronchoscopy Practice, Pneumologie 2026
• M Koppikar, B Foster, L Hernandez, I Keurkunian, K Sarna, V Donofrio, A Hadeh, C McWilliams, Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Commonly Detected in Bronchoscopy Patients Without Prior Clinical Suspicion in an Endemic Region, Pneumologie 2026

• Board Certified in Internal Medicine
• Board Certified in Infectious Disease
• HIV Specialist, American Academy of HIV Medicine

• The Jose M Muniz Best Teaching Faculty Award, Department of Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Florida 2017-2018
• Clinician of the Year Award 2019, Women’s Professional Staff Association, Cleveland Clinic Florida
• Clinician of the Year Award 2020, Cleveland Clinic Florida Professional Staff Association
• Excellence Award Q1 2021, Cleveland Clinic Florida Quality and Safety
• Excellence Award Q1 2025, Teamwork, IHI
• Dean's Academic Achievement Award, Case Western Reserve University, 2025

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As of 2026-06-16, Dr. McWilliams has reported the financial relationships with the companies listed below.

Consulting and/or Speaking. Dr. McWilliams receives fees of $5,000 or more per year (or, in rare cases, equity or stock options) as a paid consultant, speaker or as a member of an advisory committee for the following companies:

• Insmed, Inc.

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