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Office
550 South Jackson Street
Ambulatory Care Building, 3rd Floor
Louisville, KY 40202Phone+1 502-852-5241Fax+1 502-852-6233
Summary
- Dr. Williams is Chairman of the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Louisville. He specializes in preventive cardiology and cardiovascular radiology. He is a past President of the American College of Cardiology and the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, and former Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Association of Black Cardiologists. As Chief of Cardiology, he founded of the Urban Cardiology Initiative at Wayne State University, and the H.E.A.R.T. program (Helping Everyone Assess Risk Today) at Rush University, screening for heart disease and intervening with education, nutrition and lifestyle changes. He has a delegate for cardiology to the AMA for over 20 years and has served as a consultant for the FDA and CMS. He has over 700 publications, online resources, movies and lectures, most recently on the topic of cardionutrition. He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Disease Reversal and Prevention (https://ijdrp.org/index.php/ijdrp). A native of Chicago’s South Side, Dr. Williams has over 40 years of experience as an educator, researcher, and physician focused on prevention and health care disparities.
Education & Training
- University of Chicago Medical CenterResidency, Nuclear Medicine, 1985 - 1986
- University of ChicagoFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1982 - 1985
- Emory University School of MedicineResidency, Internal Medicine, 1980 - 1982
- Emory University School of MedicineInternship, Internal Medicine, 1979 - 1980
- University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences The Pritzker School of MedicineClass of 1979
- University of ChicagoA.B., Dean's List, 1971 - 1975
Certifications & Licensure
- FL State Medical License 1985 - Present
- IL State Medical License 1982 - 2026
- MI State Medical License 2010 - 2026
- IN State Medical License 2023 - 2025
- KY State Medical License 2022 - 2025
- GA State Medical License 1980 - 1987
- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease
- American Board of Nuclear Medicine Nuclear Medicine
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2014
- Display Honoree for Community Service Wayne County Heart Disease and Black History Month, 2012
- “Best Doctors” in North America 2012
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 2068 citations2019 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular DiseaseDonna K. Arnett, Roger S. Blumenthal, Michelle A. Albert, Erin D. Michos, Andrew B. Buroker
Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2019-03-17 - 66 citations2014 Hypertension Recommendations From the Eighth Joint National Committee Panel Members Raise Concerns for Elderly Black and Female PopulationsLawrence R. Krakoff, Robert L. Gillespie, Keith C. Ferdinand, Icilma V. Fergus, Ola Akinboboye
Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2014-07-29 - 879 citations2019 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease: Executive SummaryDonna K. Arnett, Roger S. Blumenthal, Michelle A. Albert, Erin D. Michos, Andrew B. Buroker
Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2019-03-17
Journal Articles
- The Present and Future Council Perspectives A Clinician’s Guide for Trending Cardiovascular Nutrition Controversies: Part IINeil F Gordon, Pamela B Morris, Neal D Barnard, Travis Batts, Andrew M Freeman, Michael Miller, Dean Ornish, Caldwell B Esselstyn, Karen Aspry, Kim A Williams, Robert ..., ScienceDirect
- The Present and Future Cardiovascular Medicine and Society the Cardiologist and the Cancer Patient: Challenges to Cardio-Oncology (Or Onco-Cardiology) and Call to ActionAgne Paner, Hena Patel, Timothy Kuzel, Parameswaran Venugopal, Tochi M Okwuosa, Nicole Prabhu, Kim A Williams, ScienceDirect
- How the ASNC ImageGuide Registry will guide healthcare policyWilliams KA, McKinley AP; for the Executive Council of ASNC, J Nucl Cardiol, 8/20/2013
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Lectures
- What's Lifestyle Got to Do With It? How Diet Exercise & Stress Matter2019 ACC Scientific Session & Expo, New Orleans - 3/18/2019
- Debate #3: Can the Microbiome and Apps Guide a Precision Diet Approach in Our Patient?2019 ACC Scientific Session & Expo, New Orleans - 3/17/2019
- What Dietary Advice Should I Give to my Patients?2019 ACC Scientific Session & Expo, New Orleans - 3/17/2019
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Press Mentions
- Eating an Anti-Inflammatory Diet for LupusSeptember 27th, 2024
- Statin Users Show LDL Doesn't Come Close to Telling Whole Story of ASCVDMarch 7th, 2023
- University of Louisville Receives Nearly $1.2 Million from Humana Foundation to Address Community’s Heart HealthFebruary 14th, 2023
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