Christopher Williams, MD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Computational Health Scienc
School of Medicine

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.

Education & Training

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• MA University of Cambridge 06/2022
• MB BChir Medicine University of Cambridge 04/2020
• BA Natural Sciences (Pathology) University of Cambridge 06/2017

Websites

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• Google Scholar (scholar.google.com)
• LinkedIn (linkedin.com)

Publications (22)

Top publication keywords:
Elective Surgical ProceduresDizzinessVestibular Function TestsVaccinationRespiration, ArtificialQuarantineAdenoma, PleomorphicSocial IsolationInternationalityEmergency Service, HospitalPatient AcuitySalivary Gland NeoplasmsStomach NeoplasmsHyperventilationPostoperative Complications

• Revealing the impact of social circumstances on the selection of cancer therapy through natural language processing of social work notes.
  JAMIA open 2024 Sun S, Zack T, Williams CYK, Butte AJ, Sushil M
• Evaluating the use of large language models to provide clinical recommendations in the Emergency Department.
  Nature communications 2024 Williams CYK, Miao BY, Kornblith AE, Butte AJ
• Large language models outperform traditional natural language processing methods in extracting patient-reported outcomes in IBD.
  medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences 2024 Patel PV, Davis C, Ralbovsky A, Tinoco D, Williams CYK, Slatter S, Naderalvojoud B, Rosen MJ, Hernandez-Boussard T, Rudrapatna V
• Enhancing emergency department charting: Using Generative Pre-trained Transformer-4 (GPT-4) to identify laceration repairs.
  Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine 2024 Bains JK, Williams CYK, Johnson D, Schwartz H, Sabbineni N, Butte AJ, Kornblith AE
• Use of a Large Language Model to Assess Clinical Acuity of Adults in the Emergency Department.
  JAMA network open 2024 Williams CYK, Zack T, Miao BY, Sushil M, Wang M, Kornblith AE, Butte AJ

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• Evaluating Large Language Models for Drafting Emergency Department Discharge Summaries.
  medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences 2024 Williams CYK, Bains J, Tang T, Patel K, Lucas AN, Chen F, Miao BY, Butte AJ, Kornblith AE
• Topic modeling on clinical social work notes for exploring social determinants of health factors.
  JAMIA open 2024 Sun S, Zack T, Williams CYK, Sushil M, Butte AJ
• 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.
  The Lancet. Digital health 2022 STARSurg Collaborative and TASMAN Collaborative
• Effects of hospital facilities on patient outcomes after cancer surgery: an international, prospective, observational study.
  The Lancet. Global health 2022 GlobalSurg Collaborative and NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Global Surgery
• Role of HER2 in Prognosis of Salivary Duct Carcinoma: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
  The Laryngoscope 2022 Williams CYK, Townson AT, Terry N, Schmitt NC, Sharma A
• Death following pulmonary complications of surgery before and during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.
  The British journal of surgery 2021 STARSurg Collaborative and COVIDSurg Collaborative
• SARS-CoV-2 vaccination modelling for safe surgery to save lives: data from an international prospective cohort study.
  The British journal of surgery 2021 COVIDSurg Collaborative, GlobalSurg Collaborative
• SARS-CoV-2 infection and venous thromboembolism after surgery: an international prospective cohort study.
  Anaesthesia 2021 COVIDSurg Collaborative, GlobalSurg Collaborative
• Preliminary model assessing the cost-effectiveness of preoperative chlorhexidine mouthwash at reducing postoperative pneumonia among abdominal surgery patients in South Africa.
  PloS one 2021 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, …
• Effects of pre-operative isolation on postoperative pulmonary complications after elective surgery: an international prospective cohort study.
  Anaesthesia 2021 COVIDSurg Collaborative, GlobalSurg Collaborative
• Impact of political partisanship on public interest in infection prevention measures in the United States: An infodemiological study.
  Preventive medicine reports 2021 Williams CYK, Ferreira AF
• Timing of surgery following SARS-CoV-2 infection: an international prospective cohort study.
  Anaesthesia 2021 COVIDSurg Collaborative, GlobalSurg Collaborative
• People with HIV-1 demonstrate type 1 interferon refractoriness associated with upregulated USP18.
  Journal of virology 2021 Sugawara S, El-Diwany R, Cohen LK, Rousseau KE, Williams CYK, Veenhuis RT, Mehta SH, Blankson JN, Thomas DL, Cox AL, Balagopal A
• Interventions to reduce social isolation and loneliness during COVID-19 physical distancing measures: A rapid systematic review.
  PloS one 2021 Williams CYK, Townson AT, Kapur M, Ferreira AF, Nunn R, Galante J, Phillips V, Gentry S, Usher-Smith JA
• Global variation in postoperative mortality and complications after cancer surgery: a multicentre, prospective cohort study in 82 countries.
  Lancet (London, England) 2021 GlobalSurg Collaborative and National Institute for Health Research Global Health Research Unit on G
• Prevalence and treatment of co-morbid anxiety and depression among 352 dizzy patients: A retrospective study.
  Clinical otolaryngology : official journal of ENT-UK ; official journal of Netherlands Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology & Cervico-Facial Surgery 2020 Williams CYK, Knight R, Donnelly N, Bance M
• Hyperventilation Syndrome: Investigating the Relationship Between Nijmegen Questionnaire, Vestibular Function Tests, and Patient Symptoms.
  Otology & neurotology : official publication of the American Otological Society, American Neurotology Society [and] European Academy of Otology and Neurotology 2020 Williams CYK, Williams RWK, Knight R, Hashmi S, Donnelly N, Bance M