Makeba Williams, MD, FACOG, NCMP

Dr. Williams was elected to the Board of Directors in 2021. She is a board-certified obstetrician/gynecologist and has achieved designation as a Menopause Society Certified Menopause Practitioner. 

She is well regarded nationally as a transformative leader in the field of obstetrics and gynecology, and an expert in midlife and menopause health. She has developed educational and clinical programs to train the next generation of physicians. She launched the Menopause Medicine Program at Washington University in St. Louis in 2022 following roles as the founding director of the University of Wisconsin Health Menopause Clinic and chief of the Division of Academic Specialists in General Obstetrics and Gynecology. 

Williams has been honored with several national teaching awards, including the Council of Residency Education in Obstetrics and Gynecology Faculty Award; the Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Award; the SASGOG Faculty Award; and the 2022 American College of Obstetricians and Gynecology Mentor Award. 

Dr. Williams serves on the boards of the Vanderbilt University Board of Trust, the Society for Academic Specialists in General Obstetrics and Gynecology, and the Menopause Society. 

Dr. Williams earned a B.S. degree from Vanderbilt in 1998 and an MD degree from Meharry Medical College. 

She and her husband, Damond Williams Boatwright, established the Dr. Makeba and Damond Williams Boatwright Scholarship to support students at Peabody College.