Martha "Molly" Billings, MD
Assistant Professor
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Contact Information
Harborview Medical Center
325 - 9th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98104
mebillin@uw.edu
Academic Office: TBA
Fax: (206) 744-8485
Education and Training
B.A. in Human Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 1997.
M.D., University of California, San Francisco, CA, 2002.
Internship, University of California, Los Angeles, UCLA Medical Center, 2002- 2003.
Residency, University of California, Los Angeles, UCLA Medical Center, 2003-2005.
Fellowship, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2006-2009.
Fellowship, Sleep Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2009-2010.
ACLS Certification, 2012
Research Interests
My research currently focuses on sleep health disparities. I am investigating differences in sleep habits by race and socio-economic status and the relationship with sleep apnea and sleep apnea treatment. My clinical interests are complex sleep disordered breathing diagnosis and treatment and sleep disorders in chronic pulmonary disease. I also have an interest medical education research, looking at education in end-of-life care during medical school and residency as well as medical professionalism. A current project evaluates the effects of the hidden curriculum on burn-out and cynicism during training. I am involved in medical student, resident and fellow education and training in pulmonary and sleep medicine.
Representative Publications
Billings ME, Rosen C, Wang R, Auckley D, Benca R, Foldvary N, Iber C, Zee P, Redline S, and VK Kapur, "Does Subjective Sleep Duration Mediate the Association of Race and CPAP Adherence?" Sleep, in press
Billings ME, Lazarus ME, Wenrich M, Curtis JR and RA Engelberg "The Effect of the Hidden Curriculum on Resident Cynicism and Burn-out" Journal of Graduate Medical Education, 2011; 3(4): 503-510
Billings ME, Auckley D, Benca R, Foldvary N, Iber C, Redline S, Rosen C, Zee P and VK Kapur, "Race and Residential Socioeconomics as Predictors of CPAP Adherence" Sleep, 2011; 34(12):1653-1658
Billings, ME, Engelberg, RA, Curtis, JR, Block, SD and AM Sullivan, "Determinants of Medical Students' Perceived Preparation to Perform End-of-Life Care," Journal of Palliative Medicine, 2010, 13(3): 319-326
Billings, ME, Curtis, JR and RA Engelberg, "Medicine Residents' Self –Perceived Competence in End-of-Life Care," Academic Medicine, 2009; 84(11):1533-1539