Bill Stillway

Lewis W. (Bill) Stillway, Ph.D.
Professor
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

1968-1969      Postdoctoral Fellow, Rosensteil Institute of Marine Sciences,
                          University of Miami

Education
1968       Ph.D., University of Idaho
1965       M.S., University of Idaho
1962       B.S., Albertson College of Idaho

Contact Info
Email: stillway@musc.edu
Office: 843-345-8360
Fax: 843-792-8565
BSB-512D

Research Interests

I have been a member of the Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology since 1969 and served as Course Director of the Molecular Basis of Medicine course for 30 years, reflecting my life-long commitment to medical education. This course was discontinued, along with all of the basic science courses, in the 2009 school year in favor of an integrated curriculum that is centrally administered through the dean’s office, and I have actively continued as a member of the Curriculum Revision Committee and in instruction. My major teaching philosophy is to teach from the current scientific literature, rather than the use of dated textbooks, and to spark interest in new information and its application to medicine as a life-long endeavor. Hand-in-hand with student education, I support faculty development of teaching skills.  Toward this goal, I founded the MUSC Apple Tree Society, a faculty-owned program that fosters faculty development in teaching. I also founded the peer-reviewed on-line journal, the South Carolina Journal of Molecular Medicine, where students and others can publish. My laboratory research interests have involved identification of unusual lipids in marine organisms, isolation of shrimp flavoring components and chemattractants, the discovery of two new polyamine species that are based on 1,3-diaminopropane, and work on the metabolism of branched-chain amino acids, particularly the conversion of leucine to cholesterol. Publications from these works are not listed here, given my current focus on the advancement of medical education and are available using resources, such as PubMed. Extramural participation in the community has included the founding of a formal dance program for students at the MUSC Wellness Center that currently focuses on Argentine tango. In addition, I have participated as a faculty member in the Governor's School for gifted high school students in the College of Charleston's Biomedical Science curriculum. I am gratified that many of these Governor's School students have entered MUSC programs. The contribution of basic sciences to medical education and to the advancement of treatment options continues to grow, and as a dedicated medical educator, I continue to strive to mirror and model this development as a mentor for fellow faculty and students, the future leaders of the medical world.

Recent Publications | Additional Publications

Book Chapters

• Stillway, L.W. "The Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle", in Medical Biochemistry, 2nd Edition, Baynes, J. and Dominiczak, M.H., Mosby (2005).
  
• Stillway, L.W. "Bioenergetics and Oxidative Metabolism", in Medical Biochemistry, 2nd Edtition, Baynes, J. and Dominiczak (eds), M.H., Mosby (2005).

Awards   

• Distinguished Faculty Service Award (2002)
  
• Governor's Distinguished Professor (1989)
  
• Golden Apple Award for Service (1993)
  
• Golden Apple Award for Teaching (1989)
  
• Golden Apple Award for Teaching (1989)