Samuel J. Williams II MD

General Surgery•Salem, VA

Vascular Surgery

International surgical voluntarism

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834 Red LnSalem, VA 24153
Phone+1 540-387-0155

Summary

Sam is a retired general and vascular surgeon based in Salem, VA. He completed his medical education at Ohio State University College of Medicine in 1973, followed by a general surgical residency at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, MI, and a fellowship in vascular surgery at Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX. With Dr. ED Williams, he started a busy independent surgical practice in Roanoke, VA -end of 1980. His major vascular niche was dialysis access for renal failure patients. He served as clinical associate professor in the University of Virginia School of Medicine department of surgery and retired from active practice end of 2000. He became a Fellow of the ACS in 1985. Since 1990 -interspersed with his practice- he began serving short-term assignments at Christian mission hospitals around the world thru World Medical Mission, the medical arm of Samaritan's Purse. He has authored several articles and text chapters over the years and is interestingly part of the Ebersole-Williams sign- an eponym for a simple physical indicator of peritonitis, initially applied to typhoid perfs in Africa. Sam also worked extensively doing surgical locums 2009-18, in Virginia but mostly in SW US and Alaska. Since the Pandemic, he's been a volunteer doctor with Operation Heal Our Patriots, a ministry thru SP in Alaska for injured military couples. Sam married his ex-girlfriend in 1973. They've been together ever since. Sam and Liz would love to reconnect with old friends from training years!

Education & Training

Baylor University Medical CenterFellowship, Vascular Surgery - Independent, 1978 - 1979
Corewell Health East Beaumont (Royal Oak)Residency, Surgery, 1974 - 1978
Corewell Health East Beaumont (Royal Oak)Internship, Transitional Year, 1973 - 1974
Ohio State University College of MedicineClass of 1973
Asbury UniversityBA, Biology, Cum Laude, 1968 - 1970

Certifications & Licensure

AK State Medical License 2010 - 2026
VA State Medical License 1980 - 2026
UT State Medical License 2012 - 2020
NM State Medical License 2012 - 2019
MI State Medical License 1974 - 2016
ME State Medical License Active through 2011
TX State Medical License 1978 - 1982

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Best Lecture Virginia Surgical Society, 2009
President, Roanoke Academy of Medicine 1990
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons, 1985

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Validation of aggressive surgical approach to intestinal typhoid perforation: a "new" and useful physical sign for peritonitis.
Samuel J. Williams
American Journal of Surgery. 2006-04-01
16 citations
Chronic upper extremity ischemia: current concepts in management.
Samuel J. Williams
The Surgical Clinics of North America. 1986-04-01

Journal Articles

Atherosclerotic innominate artery occlusive disease: long-term results of surgical reconstruction.
Williams, S.J, Journal of Vascular Surgery, 21:326-337
Compromised cerebral blood flow reactivity is a predictor of stroke in patients with symptomatic carotid artery occlusive disease.
Williams, S.J, Journal of Vascular Surgery, 21:338-345

Books/Book Chapters

Aneurysms: Diagnosis and Management.
Chapter: Elective surgery for abdominal aortic aneurysms
Williams, S.JEditors: Bergan and Yao, Grune and Stratton.
Surgical Clinics of North America: Vascular Surgery.
Chapter: Surgery for chronic arterial insufficiency of the upper extremity
Williams, S.J

Lectures

Surgical Volunteerism in the Developing World: Challenges and Opportunities.
Multiple Locations, 2004
HIV/AIDS in the Developing World: Perspectives of a Surgeon Serving from the Roanoke Valley.
Virginia Western Community College
The Challenge of the Pediatric Surgical Abdomen in the Mission Hospital.
Multiple Locations, 2005, 2007, 2008
Mission Surgical Nutrition.
Medical Missions Interface of ABWE, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Surgical Volunteerism in the Developing World: Challenges and Opportunities.
9th Annual CME Conference of the Tazewell County Medical Society, Tazewell, Virginia
Progress in the Management of Perforative Typhoid in the Developing World.
Multiple Locations, 2008, 2009
Surgical Voluntarism at Mission Hospitals: Extreme Surgery-in-General, with Limited Resources.
Multiple Locations, 2009, 2010, 2011
My Life in Surgery: Profession and Ministry.
Liberty University, Lynchburg, Virginia
Surgical Voluntarism in the Developing World: Opportunities for training and service in any specialty!
Multiple Locations, 2012
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