The Revelator - Dr. Brian H. Williams

Dr. Brian H. Williams

is an Air Force Academy graduate, a Harvard-trained surgeon, a former congressional health policy advisor, and a nationally recognized leader at the intersection of public policy and structural racism, gun violence, and health equity. He has treated gun violence victims for more than two decades. Williams has served as a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellow at the National Academy of Medicine and as a professor of trauma and acute care surgery at the University of Chicago Medicine. Williams and his work have been featured in outlets like the Chicago Tribune, Dallas Morning News, CNN, and Newsweek.

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Book Excerpts

Environmental Injustice: Dispatches From a Black Trauma Surgeon on Health Inequity

For many Black children, asthma and other health problems are ever-present companions in neighborhoods located near dumps, factories, and highways.

September 11, 2024

Dr. Brian H. Williams

For many Black children, asthma and other health problems are ever-present companions in neighborhoods located near dumps, factories, and highways.