Amanda Pedersen Williams MD,MPH

Biography

Amanda P. Williams, MD, MPH, FACOG is a board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist and strategic physician leader focused on eliminating maternal health disparities and leveraging virtual care. She currently serves as Interim Chief Medical Officer at March of Dimes leading their mission team to advance efforts in research, advocacy, education, and community programs that will prioritize the well-being of all moms and babies. Additionally, she oversees clinical innovations for the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative at Stanford University where she is an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Previously, she served as Medical Director of Mahmee, a tech-enabled maternal health company, in addition to advising digital women’s health endeavors such as RiskLD, Nike Fitness Club Motherhood Program and nascent startups via High Alpha Innovation. She is clinically based at the Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center where until Summer 2022 she served as Director of Maternity Services. She also led the maternity continuum for the Chiefs of OBGYN across 15 medical centers and 44,000 annual births in Northern California.

Dr. Williams is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Harvard University in Cambridge, MA where she majored in American Medical History and Biochemistry. She completed her medical degree at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, GA where she also received a master’s degree in public health, focusing on health policy and management. She completed her graduate medical training in Obstetrics and Gynecology at The University of California, San Francisco.

Dr. Williams has served on multiple state and national committees, including the California Pregnancy-Associated Mortality Review and the National Quality Forum Maternal Morbidity and Mortality work group. After hours, Dr. Williams can be found hiking in the redwoods, taking cardio-hip hop dance class, mentoring women of color in the medical pipeline or attending her teenage boys’ endless sports activities.

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