Olwen Williams

Olwen Williams OBE is a Consultant Physician in Genitourinary/HIV Medicine based at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, North Wales. She was appointed 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]

Awards and honours[]

OBE for services to medicine in Wales, 2005
Welsh Woman of the Year, 2000

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Dr Olwen Williams, OBE". RCP London. 2016-04-06. Archived from the original on 2017-09-29. Retrieved 2017-09-28.
^ "Welsh Woman of the Year". 19 November 2004. Archived from the original on 29 September 2017. Retrieved 2017-09-28.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Who's who? - Medical Women's Federation". www.medicalwomensfederation.org.uk. Archived from the original on 2017-09-30. Retrieved 2017-09-28.
^ 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.
^ "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.
^ 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.

[:0-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Dr Olwen Williams, OBE". RCP London. 2016-04-06. Archived from the original on 2017-09-29. Retrieved 2017-09-28.

[AMS-2] "Welsh Woman of the Year". 19 November 2004. Archived from the original on 29 September 2017. Retrieved 2017-09-28.

[:1-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "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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