Rachael Yuson Williams, MD General Surgery, Surgical Critical Carein Fort Worth, TX

Dr. Rachael Williams is board-certified in general surgery and surgical critical care. She is passionate about caring for patients with burn injuries. Dr. Williams was inspired to pursue her fellowship training in burn surgery and surgical critical care after a life-changing trip to Bolivia, where she did volunteer work caring for patients in a burn unit with limited access to services. She is an expert at treating burn injuries and their sequelae including contractures and hypertrophic scars. Additionally, she treats Stevens-Johnson syndrome, toxic epidermal necrolysis, bullous skin disorders, and complex necrotizing infections.

Dr. Williams earned her medical degree from Boston University School of Medicine in Massachusetts. She attended the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health where she earned a master's degree. She completed her general surgery residency at Eastern Virginia Medical School and completed her burn surgery and surgical critical care fellowships at Emory University School of Medicine. During her postgraduate training years she won three best oral presentation awards at annual meetings of the Southern Region Burn Conference. She has also presented her research findings at the South African Burn Congress in Cape Town, South Africa and the American Burn Association national meetings.

Dr. Williams previously served as an Assistant Professor of Surgery at Emory University School of Medicine working in the Walter L. Ingram Burn Center. She then advanced to become the Associate Medical Director for the Grossman Burn Centers. Dr. Williams also served as the medical director of the Adventist Health Hospital Wound and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Center. Additionally, she served as a member of the general surgery teaching faculty at Community Memorial Hospital in California.

Committed to serving others, Dr. Williams volunteers with the American College of Surgeons outreach program for global equity in surgery and participated in medical missions to Milot, Haiti. Dr. Williams conducts burn surgery research and has published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons and the Journal of Burn Care and Research. She is a Diplomate of the American Board of Surgery.