Brian Williams, M.D., FACS

Dr. Brian Williams is an Air Force veteran, trauma surgeon, and expert in gun violence prevention, healthcare disparities, and health policy. A graduate of the United States Air Force Academy, he trained at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Grady Memorial Hospital and served as a Professor of Surgery at UT Southwestern and the University of Chicago. Dr. Williams served as Robert Wood Johnson Foundation health policy fellow at the National Academy of Medicine, and is a former candidate for Congress endorsed by Brady PAC and received the inaugural Giffords Gun Safety Champion Award.

Dr. Williams lives in East Dallas with his wife and daughter, where he advocates for safe and healthy communities. His award-winning memoir, The Bodies Keep Coming: Dispatches from a Black Trauma Surgeon on Racism, Violence, and How We Heal, (© Broadleaf Books 2023) is available anywhere books are sold.