David A. Williams, MD
Associate Chairman, Department of Pediatric Oncology
Senior Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer, Boston Children's Hospital
Chief, Hematology/Oncology, Boston Children's Hospital*
Institute Physician
Leland Fikes Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
General
Treatment Centers
Discipline
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Clinical Interests
Aplastic anemia, Blood formation, Chronic granulomatous disease, Fanconi anemia and other genetic disorders, Gene therapy, Genetic blood disorders, Hematopoiesis, Neutropenia and neutrophil dysfunction syndromes, Stem cell biology, Viral vectors
Location
Boston Children's Hospital
300 Longwood Ave.
Boston, MA 02115
Background
Board Certifications
Pediatrics
Fellowships
Boston Children's Hospital/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, 1985
Residency
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Pediatrics, 1982
Internships
Pediatrics, Cincinnati's Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Medical School
Indiana University School of Medicine, Medicine, 1979
Biography
Dr. David A. Williams is a graduate of Indiana State University and Indiana University School of Medicine. After training in Pediatrics at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Dr. Williams completed fellowship training in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at Dana-Farber/Boston Children's. He completed his research training here and at the Whitehead Institute at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He then became a faculty member at Harvard Medical School and of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI).
*On leave from his role as Chief, Hematology/Oncology, Boston Children's Hospital, September 19, 2019 - August 20, 2020
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