Trenika J. Williams, MD, MS

Trenika J. Williams, MD MS completed her residency in Emergency Medicine at the University of Chicago Medical Center in 2024. She has consistently led efforts in advocacy and community programming for the advancement of health equity, primarily focusing on mentorship, pipeline programming, community health education, and violence intervention. Dr. Williams has a particular interest in prehospital medicine and emergency medical services. She aims to work within an urban academic medical center providing care for underserved populations, disenfranchised youth, and those most greatly impacted by systemic inequities. She aspires to equip her community with both knowledge and systemic change through needed policy implementation that will result in increased health in the community as a whole. Dr. Williams was elected to the Gold Humanism Honor Society at the Geisel School of Medicine in 2021 and inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society in 2022. She was selected as a Community Champion by the University of Chicago’s Urban Health Initiative in 2022 on basis of her proven record of leadership in community engagement and honored with the University of Chicago Emergency Medicine’s Community Engagement Award in 2024. Dr. Williams served on the National Board of Directors of the Student National Medical Association as a Regional Director. She currently serves on the board of the MedCEEP (Medical Careers Exposure and Emergency Preparedness) Initiative, a community-based nonprofit designed to increase the number of youth on the South Side of Chicago who possess lifesaving health emergency response skills. Dr. Williams earned her medical degree from Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College in 2021.