Chair, Department of Medicine
University of Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky, United States
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 1600 publications, online resources, movies and lectures, most recently on the topic of cardionutrition.
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Effect of Federal and State Initiatives on Minority Health
Saturday, March 7, 2026
8:24 AM - 8:32 AM EST
Panel Discussion | Closing the Disparity in Research
Saturday, March 7, 2026
8:56 AM - 9:15 AM EST
DISPARITIES IN INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY, IMAGING PAD & STRUCTURAL HEART
Saturday, March 7, 2026
9:15 AM - 10:23 AM EST
Panel Discussion | Disparities in Interventional Cardiology | Imaging, PAD and Structural Heart
Saturday, March 7, 2026
10:03 AM - 10:23 AM EST
Saturday, March 7, 2026
11:03 AM - 11:11 AM EST
Sunday, March 8, 2026
10:22 AM - 10:30 AM EST