William P Cheshire, Jr., M.D.

William P. Cheshire, M.D., is a neurologist at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, who evaluates and treats trigeminal neuralgia and disorders of the autonomic nervous system.

Dr. Cheshire received his artium baccalaureus in biochemical sciences cum laude from Princeton University, his Master of Arts in bioethics summa cum laude from Trinity International University, and his medical degree from West Virginia University. He completed his neurology residency and pain fellowship at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Dr. Cheshire leads the Program in Professionalism & Values at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville in collaboration with colleagues across the Mayo Clinic enterprise. He has also chaired the Medical Ethics Committee at Mayo Clinic and is a past president of the staff. The neurology residents and fellows recognized him as teacher of the year in 2015. Nationally, Dr. Cheshire is a past president of the American Autonomic Society, past chair of the Autonomic Nervous System Section of the American Academy of Neurology, past chair of the Grievance Committee of the American Academy of Neurology, associate editor of Clinical Autonomic Research, and has served as a guest editor for Autonomic Neuroscience.