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.[citation needed]
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]
References
- ^ a b "Dr Olwen Williams, OBE". RCP London. 2016-04-06. Retrieved 2017-09-28.
- ^ "Welsh Woman of the Year". 19 November 2004. Retrieved 2017-09-28.
- ^ a b c "Who's who? - Medical Women's Federation". www.medicalwomensfederation.org.uk. Retrieved 2017-09-28.
- ^ University, Bangor. "Lay members of the Council | About the University | Bangor University". www.bangor.ac.uk. Retrieved 2017-09-28.
- ^ "Future Hospital development site: Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board". RCP London. 2015-07-22. Retrieved 2017-09-28.
- ^ Wales, The Learned Society of. "Olwen Williams | The Learned Society of Wales". The Learned Society of Wales. Retrieved 2017-09-28.
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