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Office
3601 The Vanderbilt Clinic
Nashville, TN 37232Phone+1 615-936-2000
Education & Training
- Vanderbilt University Medical CenterFellowship, Gastroenterology, 2004 - 2007
- Vanderbilt University Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 2002 - 2004
- Vanderbilt UniversityPh.D., Cell Biology, 1994 - 2002
- Vanderbilt University School of MedicineClass of 2002
- Brigham Young UniversityB.S., Molecular Biology, 1986 - 1992
Certifications & Licensure
- TN State Medical License 2003 - 2026
- American Board of Internal Medicine Gastroenterology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Chancellor Faculty Fellow Award Vanderbilt University, 2016
- Inductee American Society of Clinical Investigation (ASCI), 2015
- High Impact Award Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center, 2012
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- MTGR1 is required to maintain small intestinal stem cell populations.Sarah P Short, Rachel E Brown, Zhengyi Chen, Jennifer M Pilat, Bailey A McElligott
Cell Death and Differentiation. 2024-09-01 - 1 citationsIs it time to reduce the length of postgraduate training for physician-scientists in internal medicine?Emily Jane Gallagher, Paul R Conlin, Barbara I Kazmierczak, Jatin M Vyas, Olujimi A Ajijola
JCI Insight. 2024-05-22 - Biography of Raymond F Burk Jr, MD (1942-2023).Roger A Sunde, Christopher S Williams
The Journal of Nutrition. 2024-03-08
Journal Articles
- Loss of Solute Carrier Family 7 Member 2 Exacerbates Inflammation-Associated Colon TumorigenesisLori A Coburn, M Kay Washington, Keith T Wilson, Christopher S Williams, Nature
- Competition between the Brain and Testes under Selenium Compromised Conditions: Insight into Sex Differences in Selenium Metabolism and Risk of Neurodevelopmental DiseasePitts MW, Kremer, PM, Hashimoto AC, Torres DJ, Byrns CN, Williams CS, Berry MJ, J Neurosci, 1/1/2015
- Anti-mtg16 antibodies reveal mtg16 subcellular distribution and nucleocytoplasmic transport in erythroleukemia cellsNguyen H, Mariotti J, Bareyan D, Carnahan R, Williams CS, Engel ME, Antibody Tech J, 1/1/2015
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Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- Blood vessel epicardial substance (BVES)- interacting protein STK17A regulates migration and invasion in colorectal cancerShort SP, Ning W, Parang B, Williams CS, Digestive Disease Week, AGA, Orlando, FL, 1/1/2015
- BVES preserves mucosal integrity after colonic injuryReddy VK, Choksi YA, Parang B, Bradley A, Barrett CW, Poindexter, SV, Ning W, Wilson KT, Williams CS, Digestive Disease Week, AGA, Orlando, FL, 1/1/2013
- Identification of a Tight Junction/Focal Adhesion Signaling Complex: BVES and BCAR3Poindexter SV, Ning W, Parang B, Reddy VK, Near R, Lerner A, Williams CS, Digestive Disease Week, AGA, Orlando, FL, 1/1/2013
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Lectures
- Loss of epithelial selenoprotein-P impairs epithelial oxidant defenses and enhances colitis-associated carcinogenesisWashington, DC - 1/1/2015
- Selenoproteins: Guardians of the Mucosa1/1/2014
- Junctional dysfunction in CRC and IBD: BVES as a regulator of EMT-like states1/1/2014
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Professional Memberships
- American Society of Clinical InvestigationMember
- Member
- Fellow
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