Eric Williams

Dr. Williams received his Bachelor of Science degree from Boston University and his Master of Science degree from Duke University, both in Biomedical Engineering. He pursued medical education at Duke University and received his pediatric training at Baylor College of Medicine. He subsequently trained in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine at Duke University where he was a fellow of the Pediatric Scientist Development Training Program. He returned to Baylor in 2004 in the Section of Critical Care Medicine.

Since joining the faculty he has “evolved” through several roles within the organization, including: Medical Director of the PICU in 2008, Medical Director of Quality for the Section of Critical Care and the Heart Center in 2010, Chief Quality Officer for Pediatrics in 2014, Chief Medical Information Officer in 2016, and his current role of System Chief Quality Officer for Texas Children’s in 2018. Along the way he has received both the Baylor Pediatric Award of Excellence in Teaching and the Award of Excellence for Presentation at Baylor Pediatric Grand Rounds. Also, he received a Master’s Degree in Medical Management from Carnegie Mellon University in 2012.

He is passionately outspoken on many topics including: quality and safety science, health information technology, innovation, leadership and organizational behavior.