Kim Williams MD Endowed Professor Chair of Health Equity (He/Him)

Nuclear Cardiology, Cardiothoracic Imaging, Non-Invasive Cardiology, Preventive Cardiology

Chair, Department of Medicine University of Louisville

Summary

Dr. Williams is Chairman of the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Louisville. He specializes in preventive cardiology and cardiovascular radiology. He is a past President of the American College of Cardiology and the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, and former Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Association of Black Cardiologists. As Chief of Cardiology, he founded of the Urban Cardiology Initiative at Wayne State University, and the H.E.A.R.T. program (Helping Everyone Assess Risk Today) at Rush University, screening for heart disease and intervening with education, nutrition and lifestyle changes. He has a delegate for cardiology to the AMA for over 20 years and has served as a consultant for the FDA and CMS. He has over 700 publications, online resources, movies and lectures, most recently on the topic of cardionutrition. He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Disease Reversal and Prevention (https://ijdrp.org/index.php/ijdrp). A native of Chicago’s South Side, Dr. Williams has over 40 years of experience as an educator, researcher, and physician focused on prevention and health care disparities.

University of Chicago Medical CenterResidency, Nuclear Medicine, 1985 - 1986
University of ChicagoFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1982 - 1985
Emory University School of MedicineResidency, Internal Medicine, 1980 - 1982
Emory University School of MedicineInternship, Internal Medicine, 1979 - 1980
University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences The Pritzker School of MedicineClass of 1979

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory 2014 Certified EHR Suite, Epic Systems Corporation, 2014, 2016-2017
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EHR Suite, Epic Systems Corporation, 2014, 2016-2017
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2014

PubMed

Healthful vs. Unhealthful Plant-Based Restaurant Meals.
Kim A Williams, Amy M Horton, Rosella D Baldridge, Mashaal Ikram
Nutrients. 2025-02-20
102 citations
"Food Is Medicine" Strategies for Nutrition Security and Cardiometabolic Health Equity: JACC State-of-the-Art Review.
Dariush Mozaffarian, Karen E Aspry, Kathryn Garfield, Penny Kris-Etherton, Hilary Seligman
Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2024-02-27
3 citations
Advancing the care of individuals with cancer through innovation & technology: Proceedings from the cardiology oncology innovation summit 2020 and 2021.
Sherry-Ann Brown, Craig Beavers, Brenton Bauer, Richard K Cheng, Generika Berman
American Heart Journal Plus. 2024-02-01

Journal Articles

The Present and Future Council Perspectives A Clinician’s Guide for Trending Cardiovascular Nutrition Controversies: Part II
Neil F Gordon, Pamela B Morris, Neal D Barnard, Travis Batts, Andrew M Freeman, Michael Miller, Dean Ornish, Caldwell B Esselstyn, Karen Aspry, Kim A Williams, Robert ..., ScienceDirect
The Present and Future Cardiovascular Medicine and Society the Cardiologist and the Cancer Patient: Challenges to Cardio-Oncology (Or Onco-Cardiology) and Call to Action
Agne Paner, Hena Patel, Timothy Kuzel, Parameswaran Venugopal, Tochi M Okwuosa, Nicole Prabhu, Kim A Williams, ScienceDirect
How the ASNC ImageGuide Registry will guide healthcare policy
Williams KA, McKinley AP; for the Executive Council of ASNC, J Nucl Cardiol, 8/20/2013

Lectures

What's Lifestyle Got to Do With It? How Diet Exercise & Stress Matter
2019 ACC Scientific Session & Expo, New Orleans - 3/18/2019
Debate #3: Can the Microbiome and Apps Guide a Precision Diet Approach in Our Patient?
2019 ACC Scientific Session & Expo, New Orleans - 3/17/2019
What Dietary Advice Should I Give to my Patients?
2019 ACC Scientific Session & Expo, New Orleans - 3/17/2019

Feinsinger Column: Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Tips from Dr. Kim WilliamsOctober 23rd, 2025
How Anti-DEI Healthcare Policies Are Impacting Patient CareJune 26th, 2025
ACC Backs AMA Resolution to Boost Lung Cancer and Heart Disease Screenings in Smokers with Low-Dose CT ScansJune 9th, 2025