Brian Williams (surgeon)

Brian H. Williams (born 1969) is an American surgeon and Professor of Trauma Surgery at the University of Chicago. He specialises in acute surgery and critical care. Alongside his work as a clinician, Williams looks to end racial inequities in healthcare and end the American epidemic of gun violence.

Brian H. Williams
Born1969 (age 50–51)
Chicopee, Massachusetts
Alma materUnited States Air Force Academy
University of South Florida
Harvard Medical School
Known forTrauma surgery
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Chicago
Grady Memorial Hospital
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Early life and education

Williams was born in Chicopee, Massachusetts. As a child Williams wanted to play American football for the Miami Dolphins.[1] Williams trained in aeronautical engineering in the United States Air Force Academy and graduated in 1991.[1] He worked as an engineer for the United States Air Force for six years.[1] During his time in the Air Force he was friends with lots of doctors and nurses, which made him interested in a career in medicine. At the age of 27, Williams applied to medical school.[2] He prepared for his medical school exams by purchasing an “MCAT study guide, completed every question, and read every explanation for the answers; cover to cover!”.[1] He chose to attend the University of South Florida for his medical studies.[1] Williams was a medical intern at the Harvard Medical School, before starting a fellowship in trauma surgery at the Grady Memorial Hospital. Here he witnessed that challenges that communities of colour faced accessing healthcare.[2] He has said that at the start of his career he didn't call out inequality because he feared “backlash and marginalization from non-black colleagues”.[2]

Career

In 2010 Williams was appointed to the faculty at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, where he was eventually promoted to Associate Professor. Williams led the trauma team who responded to the 2016 shooting of Dallas police officers; a national tragedy whereby five police officers were shot at a march against police brutality.[3] He has said that it was this moment that made him aware of the intersection of racism, gun violence and healthcare.[4] The Mayor of Dallas, Mike Rawlings, named Williams chairman of the Dallas Police Citizens Review Board.[2] Williams since has since launched the podcast Race, Violence & Medicine.[5]

In 2019 Williams relocated to Chicago to better support victims of gun violence.[3] In the first few months of his time in Chicago, Here he was made Director of the University of Chicago Medical Center intensive care unit.[3] During the COVID-19 pandemic, his usual surgeries were replaced by overseeing the coronavirus disease unit, where he identified that all “almost every patient was Black,”.[3] Williams investigated why Black people were disproportionately impacted by coronavirus disease.[6]

Selected publications
  • Kim, Christina J.; Yeatman, Timothy J.; Coppola, Domenico; Trotti, Andy; Williams, Brian; Barthel, James S.; Dinwoodie, William; Karl, Richard C.; Marcet, Jorge (2001). "Local Excision of T2 and T3 Rectal Cancers After Downstaging Chemoradiation:". Annals of Surgery. 234 (3): 352–359. doi:10.1097/00000658-200109000-00009. ISSN 0003-4932. PMC 1422026. PMID 11524588.
  • Costantini, Todd W.; Coimbra, Raul; Holcomb, John B.; Podbielski, Jeanette M.; Catalano, Richard; Blackburn, Allie; Scalea, Thomas M.; Stein, Deborah M.; Williams, Lashonda; Conflitti, Joseph; Keeney, Scott (2016). "Current management of hemorrhage from severe pelvic fractures: Results of an American Association for the Surgery of Trauma multi-institutional trial". Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 80 (5): 717–725. doi:10.1097/TA.0000000000001034. ISSN 2163-0755.
  • Ball, Chad G.; Williams, Brian H.; Tallah, Clarisse; Salomone, Jeffrey P.; Feliciano, David V. (2013-12-21). "The impact of shorter prehospital transport times on outcomes in patients with abdominal vascular injuries". Journal of Trauma Management & Outcomes. 7 (1): 11. doi:10.1186/1752-2897-7-11. ISSN 1752-2897. PMC 3933386. PMID 24360286.

Personal life

Williams is married to Kathianne, with whom he has a daughter.

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References
  1. "Brian H. Williams, MD". students-residents.aamc.org. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
  2. "Dallas trauma surgeon who led police oversight board overhaul is leaving city". Dallas News. 2019-07-08. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
  3. "Gun Violence, COVID, and the Political Awakening of a Chicago Doctor". The Trace. 2020-05-12. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
  4. "Black Sniper, Black Doctor". www.medpagetoday.com. 2020-06-26. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
  5. "Listen". Brian Williams, MD. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
  6. Williams, Brian. "Commentary: COVID-19 and gun violence are devastating black Chicagoans". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
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