Dr David Williams
University of Alberta
Chair, Professor, Zone Clinical Department Head
Dr. David Williams was born and raised in Edmonton, and completed his MD and general surgery training at the University of Alberta. During residency, he obtained a Master of Science in Experimental Surgery with work completed at the University of Alberta and University of Missouri.
In 1999, after completing a head and neck surgery and oncology fellowship at McMaster University, Dr. Williams returned to the University of Alberta and has served the mission of the Department of Surgery with distinction in his roles as Residency Program Director, Director and Section Chief of General Surgery and Department of Surgery Associate Chair.
In 2016, Dr. Williams was appointed as the Walter Stirling Anderson Chair of Surgery in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry at the University of Alberta and Zone Clinical Department Head, Surgery – Edmonton Zone, Alberta Health Services.
Clinically he remains active with a practice dedicated to the treatment of head and neck surgical oncology.