Biographical Sketch
William S. Wilke, MD, is a Staff member in the Department of Rheumatic and Immunologic Disease at Cleveland Clinic. He was appointed in 1977 after completing a special fellowship in the Department of Rheumatic and Immunologic Disease at Cleveland Clinic.
His clinical interests include rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia.
Dr. Wilke received his medical degree from the Medical College of Wisconsin (Marquette) and he completed an internship and an internal medicine residency at Akron City Hospital.
Dr. Wilke has written numerous journal articles, abstracts, letters and book chapters. Until recently, he served as the associate editor of the Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine. During his career, he has been a member of the American College of Rheumatology, the Cleveland Rheumatism Society, the Ohio Society of Rheumatology, the Ohio Society of Internal Medicine, the Cleveland Academy of Medicine, the Northeastern Ohio Chapter of the Arthritis Foundation, the American Federation for Clinical Research, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Specialty Interests
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, drug treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, Fibromyalgia, Giant Cell Arteritis, Polymyalgia Rheumatica, sjogren's syndrome
Industry Relationships
Cleveland Clinic physicians and scientists may collaborate
with the pharmaceutical or medical device industries
to help develop medical breakthroughs or provide
medical education about recent trends. The
collaborations are reviewed as part of the Cleveland
Clinic’s procedures. The Cleveland Clinic publicly
discloses payments to its physicians and scientists
for speaking and consulting of
$5,000 or more per year, and any equity, royalties,
and fiduciary relationships in companies with which
they collaborate. In publicly disclosing this
information, the Cleveland Clinic tries to provide
information as accurately as possible about its
doctors’ connections with industry and those of their
immediate family members. As of 10/7/2008, Dr.
Wilke has reported the financial relationships
with the companies listed below. Patients should feel
free to contact their doctor about any of the
relationships and how the relationships are overseen
by the Cleveland Clinic. To learn more about the
Cleveland Clinic’s policies on collaborations with
industry and innovation management, go to
our Integrity in Innovation page.
Consulting. Dr. Wilke receives fees of $5,000 or more per year as a paid consultant or speaker for the following companies:
Pfizer Inc.
UCB Pharma, Inc.
