Dr. Valerie Elise Williams, M.D.

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Get to know Obstetrician-Gynecologist Dr. Valerie Elise Williams, who serves patients in New York, New York.

With a focus on sexually transmitted diseases and obstetric care, Dr. Williams is a caring and compassionate obstetrician-gynecologist with over four decades of experience in her field. She is affiliated with the Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center in New York, New York.

Now one of the largest nonprofit voluntary teaching hospitals in Brooklyn, the Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center is committed to being the focus of a healthy community, stressing the organization’s values of caring and respect for everyone. The hospital covers a 10-acre campus plus six Brookdale Family Care Centers, with buildings devoted to inpatient, ambulatory, long-term care, senior living, and emergency medicine.

Alongside her clinical role, Dr. Williams serves as an Assistant Clinical Professor within the  Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Science at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. The Department is advancing women’s health care through education, patient care, research, as well as global and public health initiatives. It trains the next generation of physicians and physician-scientists to deliver innovative patient care and patient-focused research across the spectrum of women’s reproductive health.

A 1981 graduate of Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College, Dr. Williams went on to complete her residencies at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University and NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County.

Following her training, he earned board certification in obstetrics and gynecology through the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, a non-profit organization that provides board certification for practicing obstetricians and gynecologists in the United States and Canada.

Obstetrics and Gynecology is the medical specialty that encompasses the two subspecialties of obstetrics and gynecology. An obstetrician-gynecologist, or OB-GYN, is a healthcare professional who specializes in female reproductive health. 

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