Baylor College of Medicine and practices Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. Internship, residency, and chief residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, Fellowship in Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine at the University of California, San Diego. Currently Director of the Critical Care Service at Sharp Memorial Hospital in San Diego, California, and is the Medical Director of the Grossmont College Respiratory Therapy Program. Served as Chief of Internal Medicine, Sharp Memorial Hospital, Chief of Staff at Vencor-San Diego, Medical Director of Lung Transplantation, and Director of Adult Cystic Fibrosis services and Director of Pulmonary Rehabilitation at Sharp Memorial Hospital. Board-certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine, and Critical Care Medicine, and is a member of numerous professional societies. Served on the editorial boards of ASAIO Journal, the official publication of the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs, and Respiratory Care, and the World Journal of Critical Care. Dr. Willms researches and publishes articles on respiratory failure, acute respiratory distress syndrome, sepsis, heliox therapy, and extracorporeal life support. In 2010 – 2011, he was the key physician contributor to the San Diego Patient Safety Council initiative on Reducing the Incidence and Mortality of Sepsis. Spoke nationally and internationally on various critical care topics.