Brian H. Williams (born 1969) is an American surgeon and Professor of Trauma Surgery at the University of Chicago.
[1] Williams trained in aeronautical engineering in the United States Air Force Academy and graduated in 1991.
[2] He has said that at the start of his career he didn't call out inequality because he feared “backlash and marginalization from non-black colleagues”.
[2] In 2010, Williams was appointed to the faculty at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, where he was eventually promoted to Associate Professor.
[6] In May 2023, Williams announced that he would run for the United States House of Representatives for Texas's 32nd congressional district in the 2024 elections.