Executive Director, The Coaching Office: Advancing Coaching in Healthcare and Medical Education
Stanford University
San Mateo, California, United States
Dr. Sarah Williams is a Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine (EM) at Stanford as well as a certified coach. She is Executive Director of the Coaching Office: Advancing Coaching in Healthcare and Medical Education ("COACHME@Stanford"), with a mission to democratize quality coaching in medical education (UME, GME, and faculty development). Dr. Williams is also our inaugural Specialty Career Advisor for Emergency Medicine at the School of Medicine and leads Stanford's interdisciplinary Clinical Teaching Scholars (CTSS) Program, a medical education certificate program endorsed by the Stanford Teaching and Mentoring Academy.
Previously, Sarah was APD and then Program Director for our residency, overseeing our residents’ educational curriculum and the conversion of our program from a 3-year to 4-year residency. Earlier in her career, Sarah developed the EM Ultrasound Fellowship and was its inaugural fellow, and was the founding director of the EM Ultrasound Program at Stanford.
Dr. Williams has a strong interest in mentorship, coaching, education, and program building. Sarah received her MD from Stanford School of Medicine after graduating from UC Berkeley, and received her MHPE from UIC.
Sarah also understands the challenges of combining an active academic career with family; she is a wife and mom of three sons. She was also the first member of her family to go to college. Sarah is happy to collaborate with colleagues around the above interests.
I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.