Kim Allan Williams Sr. (born 1954) is an American cardiologist. He is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and served as its president from 2015 to 2016. He is currently a trustee of the organization.

Education

Williams graduated from the

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in 1975 and the Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago in 1979.

Career

He has board certifications in internal medicine, cardiovascular diseases,

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, nuclear cardiology, and cardiovascular

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. He has served on the faculty of the Pritzker School of Medicine, the Wayne State University School of Medicine in

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, and since 2013 at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, where he is the head of the cardiology department. Williams has served as president of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, chairman of the Coalition of Cardiovascular Organizations, and chairman of the board of the Association of Black Cardiologists, among other positions. In July 2022, Williams became the 24th Chair of the University of Louisville Department of Medicine in Louisville, KY.

Veganism

Williams has been

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since 2003; after being selected as incoming president of the American College of Cardiology in 2014, he published an essay on his reasons for being vegan and his belief in the cardiovascular benefits of veganism in

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. Some questioned his views and motives for writing the essay, but Williams maintained that his enthusiasm for plant-based diets was based on his interpretation of medical literature and his own experience lowering his cholesterol by removing dairy and animal protein. In 2020, he wrote the foreword to ''Healthy at Last'', a book about plant-based eating by Eric Adams, at the time the Borough President of

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, and now mayor of New York City.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Kim A. Sr 1955 births Living people African-American people American cardiologists American veganism activists Fellows of the American College of Cardiology People from Chicago Plant-based diet advocates