Pamela M. Williams, MD, is the Associate Dean for Clinical Education and Professor of Family Medicine at the F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine at the Uniformed Services University (USU) in Bethesda, MD. In this capacity, she is the principal administrator and advisor for the clinical education of 696 medical students throughout the Military Health System. She is a retired Colonel from the United States Air Force Medical Corps. Dr. Williams earned her medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. She completed a residency in Family Medicine at David Grant Medical Center, Travis AFB, California, where she served as Chief Resident, followed by a fellowship in Faculty Development at the University of California, San Francisco. Additionally, she completed the Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM®) at Drexel University from 2019–2020.
Dr. Williams has served in numerous academic positions. Prior to her retirement from the United States Air Force (USAF), she served as Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Professor of Family Medicine, Office for Student Affairs, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU), Bethesda, Maryland. She was responsible for the broad daily supervision of 696 medical students, focusing directly on their individual academic program advising, professional career development, and personal well-being. Previously, she held the role of Assistant Dean for Clinical Sciences and Associate Professor of Family Medicine, Office for Student Affairs, responsible for coordinating the School of Medicine’s clinical educational programs for 360 joint service medical students completing 3,800 clinical rotations at 17 medical treatment facilities.
As Director of Medical Education of the 99th Medical Group, Mike O’Callaghan Federal Medical Center (MOFMC), Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Dr. Williams was responsible for the operations of all graduate medical education functions. Dr. Williams was the Program Director of the David Grant USAF Medical Center Family Medicine Residency, 60th Medical Group, Travis Air Force Base, California which was the Air Force’s largest family medicine training platform at that time. Other former faculty positions include: core faculty in the family medicine residency programs of the 60th Medical Group and the 96th Medical Group, Eglin AFB, FL, as well as in the Department of Family Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland where she served as the director of the family medicine clerkship.
Dr. Williams is a Professor of Family Medicine, a Diplomat of the American Board of Family Medicine, a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians. She was awarded the USAF Special Experience Identifier Academic Grand Master in 2013. She was elected and served as the Vice President and President of the Uniformed Services Academy of Family Physicians (USAFP) and served as a Delegate for multiple years to the American Academy of Family Physicians. Dr. Williams has been the recipient of numerous leadership, teaching and mentoring awards, most notably the William P. Clements Award for Excellence in Education (2008), Military Health System Female Physician Leadership Award (USAF Junior Category 2013, USAF Senior Category 2020), and the American Association of Medical Colleges Careers in Medicine® Excellence in Medical Student Career Advising Faculty Advisor Award (2023).