Fellowship-trained Gynecologic Oncologist Heather Williams, MD, Joins UAMS

Nov 24, 2020 at 05:23 pm by admin

Heather Williams

LITTLE ROCK -- Gynecologic oncologist Heather Williams, MD, has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and sees patients in the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute. She is an assistant professor in the UAMS College of Medicine Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Her medical specialties include the treatment of women with gynecologic cancer including surgery and chemotherapy for ovarian, uterine, cervical, vaginal and vulvar cancers.

After earning her medical degree from the UAMS College of Medicine, Williams completed her internship and residency in obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, Iowa.

As a third-year resident, the El Dorado native was chosen to participate in the Felix Rutledge Fellowship Program in Gynecologic Oncology at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, a one-month rotation that provides residents intensive experience in the field.

Following her residency, Williams completed a three-year fellowship in gynecologic oncology at the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta.

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