Olwen Williams

Olwen Williams OBE is a Consultant Physician in Genitourinary/HIV Medicine based at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, North Wales. She was awarded an OBE for services to medicine in Wales in 2005.[1] and Welsh Woman of the Year[2] in 2000.

Early life and education

Brought up in North Wales and a Welsh speaker, she was educated at Ysgol Dyffryn Nantlle and the University of Liverpool.

Career

Olwen Williams sits on the Royal College of Physicians' Joint Specialty Committee for Genitourinary Medicine.[1] She also holds the positions of Vice-President of the Medical Women's Federation (2016-2018),[3] Divisional Vice-President for the NSPCC in Wales,[3] Trustee of the National AIDS Trust,[3] Honorary Fellow and Lay Member of Council of Bangor University[4] She is clinical lead for the Royal College of Physicians' Future Hospitals project development site at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, a project using telemedicine to improve access to clinical services for the elderly and frail in rural Wales[5] through the virtual clinic C@rtref. She has also acted as an advisor to the Welsh Government and was elected a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales in 2017[6]

Awards and honours

References
  1. "Dr Olwen Williams, OBE". RCP London. 2016-04-06. Archived from the original on 2017-09-29. Retrieved 2017-09-28.
  2. "Welsh Woman of the Year". 19 November 2004. Archived from the original on 29 September 2017. Retrieved 2017-09-28.
  3. "Who's who? - Medical Women's Federation". www.medicalwomensfederation.org.uk. Archived from the original on 2017-09-30. Retrieved 2017-09-28.
  4. University, Bangor. "Lay members of the Council - About the University - Bangor University". www.bangor.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 2016-12-15. Retrieved 2017-09-28.
  5. "Future Hospital development site: Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board". RCP London. 2015-07-22. Archived from the original on 2017-09-29. Retrieved 2017-09-28.
  6. Wales, The Learned Society of. "Olwen Williams - The Learned Society of Wales". The Learned Society of Wales. Archived from the original on 2017-09-29. Retrieved 2017-09-28.
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