Dr. Williams serves as the Chief Scientific Officer and Executive Director of Cancer Research at Avera Cancer Institute and leads the Precision Oncology Program.

Dr. Williams is principal investigator of the investigator-initiated ASAP trial through a collaboration with multiple companies and holds several active INDs to study and develop novel drug combinations. His clinical involvement and research efforts are broadly focused in two areas, namely drug development and genomics. He has contributed to over 200 abstracts, book chapters, and manuscripts and has faculty appointments at the University of Kansas School of Pharmacy, South Dakota State University School of Pharmacy and the University of South Dakota School of Medicine.

Dr. Williams received his Bachelor’s in Science degree from Buena Vista University and PharmD/MBA from Creighton University. He subsequently completed his PGY-1 residency in Pharmacy Practice at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, NC and his PGY-2 Oncology Practice residency at the University of Texas/Audie Murphy VA in San Antonio, TX. He is a fellow of the Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association and the past chair of Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties Oncology Specialty Council. Dr. Williams is married with two teenage children and lives in Sioux Falls.