James R. Williams, M.D. '80, has been named Medical Director of the newly opened Center for Advanced Wound Care & Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy at Kennedy in Cherry Hill, NJ. Chronic wounds affect 6.7 million people in the U.S. and the incidence is rising fueled by an aging population and increasing rates of diseases and conditions, such as diabetes, obesity and the late effects of radiation therapy.

In his new role, Dr. Williams will provide clinical leadership and care, along with Kennedy's team of wound care specialists at the center, which offers leading-edge treatments for non-healing wounds, including: hyperbaric oxygen therapy, negative pressure therapies, bioengineered tissues, and biosynthetics. Once a patient's chronic wound is healed, they are returned to their primary care physician to continue non-wound-related care.

Dr. Williams joins Kennedy's new Center for Advanced Wound Care & Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy at Kennedy - Cherry Hill from the Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) in Camden. Dr. Williams is Board Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine, and completed both his Residency (Internal Medicine) and Fellowship (Infectious Diseases) at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia. He resides with his family in Swedesboro.