Elizabeth Cox Williams

Elizabeth Cox Williams, MD is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. She serves as the Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Program Director and practices at the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC).

• Education:
  • B.S. in Biology, College of William and Mary (2004, Summa Cum Laude)
  • M.D., Duke University School of Medicine (2008)
• Training:
  • Internship, Georgetown University/Inova Fairfax Hospital (2008-2009)
  • Residency & Fellowship in Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital (2009-2013)
  • Health Services Research Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital (2015-2016)

Dr. Williams specializes in critical care medicine and health services research, with a focus on postoperative delirium, sleep apnea, and ICU respiratory management. Her work spans neurochemistry, vascular biology, and clinical outcomes research.

Key contributions include publications on re-intubation predictors, anticholinergic activity assays, and neurokinin receptor mechanisms in neuro-oncology. She has participated in projects involving anesthesia safety, geriatric surgical outcomes, and critical care education.