CMHC Faculty Members

Kim A. Williams, Sr., MD

Louisville, Kentucky

Kim A. Williams, Sr., MD

Cardiologist

About

Dr. Kim A. Williams is professor of medicine and chair of the University of Louisville Department of Medicine. Dr. Williams has held prestigious positions at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, and at Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit, where he started the Urban Cardiology Initiative. At Rush University, he also initiated the Helping Everyone Assess Risk Today (HEART) Program to screen churches and community groups for heart disease and stroke risk.

Education and Training

Cardiology, Clinical Pharmacology and Nuclear Medicine Fellowships, University of Chicago School of Medicine
Cardiovascular Computed Tomography Fellowship, Cabrini Hospital
Clinical Pharmacology and Nuclear Medicine, University of Chicago
Internal Medicine Residency, Emory University
Medical Degree, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, 1975

Professional Highlights

President, American College of Cardiology (ACC), 2015-2016
James B. Herrick Professor, Rush University Medical Center, 2013
Dorothy Susan Timmis Endowed Professor, Wayne State University School of Medicine, 2010
Chairman of the Board, Association of Black Cardiologists, 2008-2010
President, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, 2004-2005
ACC Delegate to the American Medical Association, 2000-present