Christopher Williams, MD

Title(s)Postdoctoral Scholar, Computational Health Scienc
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Address490 Illinois Street, #2208
San Francisco CA 94158
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    University of CambridgeMB BChir04/2020Medicine
    University of CambridgeMA06/2022
    University of CambridgeBA06/2017Natural Sciences (Pathology)

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    Medical doctor and clinical researcher interested in the intersection between Medicine, Public Health and Artificial Intelligence. Specialising in the use of statistical, machine learning and natural language processing techniques to leverage new insights into disease pathophysiology, clinical outcomes and public health surveillance.

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    1. Physician- and Large Language Model-Generated Hospital Discharge Summaries. JAMA Intern Med. 2025 May 05. Williams CYK, Subramanian CR, Ali SS, Apolinario M, Askin E, Barish P, Cheng M, Deardorff WJ, Donthi N, Ganeshan S, Huang O, Kantor MA, Lai AR, Manchanda A, Moore KA, Muniyappa AN, Nair G, Patel PP, Santhosh L, Schneider S, Torres S, Yukawa M, Hubbard CC, Rosner BI. PMID: 40323616.
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    2. Understanding contraceptive switching rationales from real world clinical notes using large language models. NPJ Digit Med. 2025 Apr 23; 8(1):221. Miao BY, Williams CYK, Chinedu-Eneh E, Zack T, Alsentzer E, Butte AJ, Chen IY. PMID: 40269253; PMCID: PMC12019358.
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    3. The MI-CLAIM-GEN checklist for generative artificial intelligence in health. Nat Med. 2025 Feb 06. Miao BY, Chen IY, Williams CYK, Davidson J, Garcia-Agundez A, Sun S, Zack T, Saria S, Arnaout R, Quer G, Sadaei HJ, Torkamani A, Beaulieu-Jones B, Yu B, Gianfrancesco M, Butte AJ, Norgeot B, Sushil M. PMID: 39915678.
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    4. Revealing the impact of social circumstances on the selection of cancer therapy through natural language processing of social work notes. JAMIA Open. 2024 Dec; 7(4):ooae073. Sun S, Zack T, Williams CYK, Butte AJ, Sushil M. PMID: 39399272; PMCID: PMC11470153.
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    5. Large Language Models Outperform Traditional Natural Language Processing Methods in Extracting Patient-Reported Outcomes in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Gastro Hep Adv. 2025; 4(2):100563. Patel PV, Davis C, Ralbovsky A, Tinoco D, Williams CYK, Slatter S, Naderalvojoud B, Rosen MJ, Hernandez-Boussard T, Rudrapatna V. PMID: 39877865; PMCID: PMC11772946.
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    6. Evaluating the use of large language models to provide clinical recommendations in the Emergency Department. Nat Commun. 2024 Oct 08; 15(1):8236. Williams CYK, Miao BY, Kornblith AE, Butte AJ. PMID: 39379357; PMCID: PMC11461960.
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    7. Large language models outperform traditional natural language processing methods in extracting patient-reported outcomes in IBD. medRxiv. 2024 Sep 06. Patel PV, Davis C, Ralbovsky A, Tinoco D, Williams CYK, Slatter S, Naderalvojoud B, Rosen MJ, Hernandez-Boussard T, Rudrapatna V. PMID: 39281744; PMCID: PMC11398594.
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    8. Enhancing emergency department charting: Using Generative Pre-trained Transformer-4 (GPT-4) to identify laceration repairs. Acad Emerg Med. 2025 Jan; 32(1):94-97. Bains JK, Williams CYK, Johnson D, Schwartz H, Sabbineni N, Butte AJ, Kornblith AE. PMID: 39082468; PMCID: PMC11726143.
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    9. Use of a Large Language Model to Assess Clinical Acuity of Adults in the Emergency Department. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 05 01; 7(5):e248895. Williams CYK, Zack T, Miao BY, Sushil M, Wang M, Kornblith AE, Butte AJ. PMID: 38713466; PMCID: PMC11077390.
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    10. Evaluating Large Language Models for Drafting Emergency Department Discharge Summaries. medRxiv. 2024 Apr 04. Williams CYK, Bains J, Tang T, Patel K, Lucas AN, Chen F, Miao BY, Butte AJ, Kornblith AE. PMID: 38633805; PMCID: PMC11023681.
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    11. Topic modeling on clinical social work notes for exploring social determinants of health factors. JAMIA Open. 2024 Apr; 7(1):ooad112. Sun S, Zack T, Williams CYK, Sushil M, Butte AJ. PMID: 38223407; PMCID: PMC10788143.
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    12. Evaluation of prognostic risk models for postoperative pulmonary complications in adult patients undergoing major abdominal surgery: a systematic review and international external validation cohort study. Lancet Digit Health. 2022 07; 4(7):e520-e531. STARSurg Collaborative and TASMAN Collaborative. PMID: 35750401.
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    13. Effects of hospital facilities on patient outcomes after cancer surgery: an international, prospective, observational study. Lancet Glob Health. 2022 Jul; 10(7):e1003-e1011. GlobalSurg Collaborative and NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Global Surgery. PMID: 35623378; PMCID: PMC9210173.
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    14. Role of HER2 in Prognosis of Salivary Duct Carcinoma: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Laryngoscope. 2023 03; 133(3):476-484. Williams CYK, Townson AT, Terry N, Schmitt NC, Sharma A. PMID: 35567387.
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    15. Death following pulmonary complications of surgery before and during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Br J Surg. 2021 Dec 01; 108(12):1448-1464. STARSurg Collaborative and COVIDSurg Collaborative . PMID: 34871379; PMCID: PMC10364875.
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    16. SARS-CoV-2 vaccination modelling for safe surgery to save lives: data from an international prospective cohort study. Br J Surg. 2021 Sep 27; 108(9):1056-1063. COVIDSurg Collaborative, GlobalSurg Collaborative . PMID: 33761533; PMCID: PMC7995808.
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    17. SARS-CoV-2 infection and venous thromboembolism after surgery: an international prospective cohort study. Anaesthesia. 2022 Jan; 77(1):28-39. COVIDSurg Collaborative, GlobalSurg Collaborative. PMID: 34428858; PMCID: PMC8652887.
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    18. Preliminary model assessing the cost-effectiveness of preoperative chlorhexidine mouthwash at reducing postoperative pneumonia among abdominal surgery patients in South Africa. PLoS One. 2021; 16(8):e0254698. Kachapila M, Ademuyiwa AO, Biccard BM, Ghosh DN, Glasbey J, Monahan M, Moore R, Morton DG, Oppong R, Pearse R, Roberts TE, NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Global Surgery, ASOS Investigators, STARSurg Collaborative. PMID: 34383776; PMCID: PMC8360544.
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    19. Effects of pre-operative isolation on postoperative pulmonary complications after elective surgery: an international prospective cohort study. Anaesthesia. 2021 11; 76(11):1454-1464. COVIDSurg Collaborative, GlobalSurg Collaborative. PMID: 34371522.
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    20. Impact of political partisanship on public interest in infection prevention measures in the United States: An infodemiological study. Prev Med Rep. 2021 Sep; 23:101493. Williams CYK, Ferreira AF. PMID: 34367886; PMCID: PMC8326196.
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    21. Timing of surgery following SARS-CoV-2 infection: an international prospective cohort study. Anaesthesia. 2021 06; 76(6):748-758. COVIDSurg Collaborative, GlobalSurg Collaborative. PMID: 33690889; PMCID: PMC8206995.
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    22. People with HIV-1 demonstrate type 1 interferon refractoriness associated with upregulated USP18. J Virol. 2021 04 26; 95(10). Sugawara S, El-Diwany R, Cohen LK, Rousseau KE, Williams CYK, Veenhuis RT, Mehta SH, Blankson JN, Thomas DL, Cox AL, Balagopal A. PMID: 33658340; PMCID: PMC8139647.
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    23. Interventions to reduce social isolation and loneliness during COVID-19 physical distancing measures: A rapid systematic review. PLoS One. 2021; 16(2):e0247139. Williams CYK, Townson AT, Kapur M, Ferreira AF, Nunn R, Galante J, Phillips V, Gentry S, Usher-Smith JA. PMID: 33596273; PMCID: PMC7888614.
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    24. Global variation in postoperative mortality and complications after cancer surgery: a multicentre, prospective cohort study in 82 countries. Lancet. 2021 Jan 30; 397(10272):387-397. GlobalSurg Collaborative and National Institute for Health Research Global Health Research Unit on G. PMID: 33485461; PMCID: PMC7846817.
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    25. Prevalence and treatment of co-morbid anxiety and depression among 352 dizzy patients: A retrospective study. Clin Otolaryngol. 2020 09; 45(5):832-836. Williams CYK, Knight R, Donnelly N, Bance M. PMID: 32469463.
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    26. Hyperventilation Syndrome: Investigating the Relationship Between Nijmegen Questionnaire, Vestibular Function Tests, and Patient Symptoms. Otol Neurotol. 2020 03; 41(3):e349-e356. Williams CYK, Williams RWK, Knight R, Hashmi S, Donnelly N, Bance M. PMID: 31821257.
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