| John F. Williams Jr., MD, EdD, MPH, is Provost of The George Washington University and Vice President for Health Affairs and Bloedorn Professor of Administrative Medicine at The George Washington University Medical Center in Washington, DC. He has provided administrative leadership and strategic vision to GW and the Medical Center for nearly 20 years.
Dr. Williams was named University Provost in January 2003. He served as Dean of the School of Medicine and Health Sciences from August 1999 to July 2003. Dr. Williams has served as Vice President for Health Affairs (VPHA) and executive dean since November 1997. He is responsible for the administration and oversight of the academic health center, including the School of Medicine and Health Sciences, the School of Public Health and Health Services, the Office of Health Research, Compliance and Technology Transfer, and The George Washington University Hospital in conjunction with the majority owner of that facility, Universal Health Services, Inc. Among the highlights of his tenure at GW are the founding of the School of Public Health and Health Services, which celebrated its 10th anniversary this year, and construction of the GWU Hospital in 2002, the District of Columbia’s first new hospital in 20 years. Through his leadership, Dr. Williams has been instrumental in the establishment of several academic and research centers and institutes on campus. He led efforts to create the Department of Health Policy, the nation’s only academic program within a school of public health focused solely on health policy study and research. Under his guidance the University also launched the GWU Cancer Institute, GW’s HIV/AIDS Institute, the Homeland Security Policy Institute, and the Africa Center for Health and Human Security.
From 1996–97, he served as medical director of GWU Hospital and, from 1993–97, as associate vice president for graduate medical education at the School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Dr. Williams also has served as associate dean for admissions and assistant dean for graduate medical education and admissions at the medical school. In addition to serving as the Bloedorn Professor of Administrative Medicine, Dr. Williams is a professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine and of health services management and leadership.
In 2003, Dr. Williams was appointed by President George W. Bush to serve as a member of the Emergency Services, Law Enforcement and Public Health and Hospitals Senior Advisory Committee to the President’s Homeland Security Advisory Council. That same year he was appointed by Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge to the Emergency Response Senior Advisory Committee to the President’s Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSCA) and is presently a member. He serves on the U.S. Department of Justice/U.S. Department of Homeland Security Task for on Critical Infrastructure Protection.
Dr. Williams is the recipient of numerous national and international awards and honors. He is the 2007 recipient of the Distinguished Service Award from the Association of Yale Alumni in Public Health. In 2006, was named Father of the Year by the American Diabetes Association. Shanghai Second Medical University in China presented him with a plaque of appreciation in 2004. The Republic of Panama bestowed the Order of Vasco Nunez de Balboa on Dr. Williams in 2002, for his efforts to create the International Center for Tropical Diseases and Genomic Studies, a joint project between GW Medical Center and Panama. In 2002, he received a commendation from the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Officers Foundation “For Lifelong Commitment to Health in the United States.” Dr. Williams was named to the Phi Beta Delta Honor Society for International Scholars in 1996 and is a member of Alpha Omega Alpha National Honor Medical Society. He received the Distinguished Alumni Award for Outstanding Contributions to Community and Profession from Boston University in 1990, and in 1988, was named the Outstanding Clinical Teacher of the Year by the American Medical Student Association.
Dr. Williams earned a Bachelor of Arts in government at Boston University in 1970 and a Master of Science at The London School of Economics and Political Science in 1973. He received a Master of Public Health from Yale University in 1975 and a Doctorate of Medicine from The George Washington University in 1979. He also received a Doctorate of Education from The George Washington University in 1996. He is the author and co-author of numerous publications and book chapters, conducts research on disaster preparedness and physician decision making, and makes presentations to national and international audiences on academic healthcare, global medical and public health challenges, and community partnerships.
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