Professor Emeritus, Swansea University

Professor Williams is an academic gastroenterologist, with research interests in patient outcomes, service delivery and medical records. Born in Swansea, he returned in 1988 to establish a Postgraduate Medical School, which laid the foundations for the Graduate-entry Medical School. He has influenced strategic developments in Swansea and Wales, notably the development of medical education, clinical research, service delivery, and electronic patient records, and helped build the organisation and political influence of gastroenterologists and physicians in Wales.