“The life lesson from that humanitarian mission to Benin, Africa in 1997 was that hard work can help motivated people overcome anything and everything, no matter the geography, disadvantaged status, or capabilities. It was there the Great Comforter awoke my spirit to help and serve others in the medical field.” MEDFLAG 97-1 (watch the documentary)
Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Daniel Williams is a board-certified adult psychiatrist turned Master Healer. Specialties include Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, professional burnout, and promoting diversity through long-distance mentorship. He graduated Magna cum Laude from the University of Texas at Tyler with a B.S. in Biology in 2002 and as Chief Resident at Baylor Scott & White Psychiatry Residency Program. The University of Texas Medical School at Houston was home for four years, but has since changed its name to the McGovern Medical School at Houston. He has authored several books and research publications.
“My odd skill set was encouraged by the Texas A&M University academic affiliation with Baylor Scott & White, allowing its Residents-in-Training full access to the research department. There were biostatisticians, copy editors, a think tank, graphic design and practically every journal on the planet through their small library. This is a tremendous value-add for graduate programs to make this possible for all post-docs and residents, encouraging intellectual curiosity and integrity in research going forward. I was further blessed to have inside access and went to meals with fantastic civilian warriors such as Laurel Copeland, PhD (search my name in her extensive CV). I would never have had the confidence to enter the trauma field without my two PTSD rotations with the great, military warrior LTC David Tharp, PsyD at the VA’s inpatient PTSD program at Waco, Texas.”
He credits his work ethic to early 12 Step recovery and 16 years of military service (6 years active duty U.S. Army Veterinary Food Inspector 91R and 10 years in the Texas Army National Guard as an Army Psychiatrist 60W). He mobilized to Benin, Africa in 1997, Kuwait in 2020 during the height of COVID operations, and the Texas-Mexico border infiltration in 2022. No combat deployments. The grace of God and five different U.S. Army education benefit programs made all of this possible:
- Tuition Assistance Program (active duty)
- Montgomery GI Bill College Fund (pre-911)
- Hazelwood Act (Texas benefit)
- Specialized Training Assistance Program
- Student Loan Repayment Program
Interests include mixed martial arts, Super Motocross, writing music, mountain biking and dog training.
Diplomas & Board-Certification
Publications
This was my first Systematic Review as an intern in Psychiatry at Baylor Scott & White in Temple, TX. A Systematic Review is a specific method for researching the current state of affairs for a particular topic. To become an expert at the N.I.H. level in anything, one must first start with a Systematic Review.
This paper has been internationally cited in countries that make me proud to have done it. It took me 3 weeks and I can teach you how to do it. I recently spoke with Gian Tricomi and I’ll be reaching out to the other co-authors and invite them to the Gluten-Free Psychiatry Podcast as we just passed the 10-year anniversary.
I wrote and researched this plan, presented it to the Texas Medical Association’s Committee on Rural Health in 2012. It outlines the research, some of which I personally conducted, demonstrating that geo-mentoring yielded better long-term results to improve physician disparities. Alternatively, Affirmative Action types of programs tended to produce students that trended toward more lucrative fields and did not serve disadvantaged communities, just like students from affluent backgrounds (on average). Of course, there are amazing exceptions and I have helped create some as you’ll see below. That old approach just drove the racial and class wedge deeper at the expense of patient access to medical care. Mentoring the disadvantaged community itself is where the money is. Nowadays, that’s what’s happening in Texas.
Founded the Medical Mastermind Community (MMC) in 2007 until 2011 when I started Psychiatry Training.
This program would still be running if I had trained trainers to spread more groups. This time, I’m setting up a Train-the-Trainer Program in perpetuity.
Gallery
Behavioral Health Officer
Print-on-Demand
“A friend loveth at all times; And a brother is born for adversity.” Proverbs 17:17 ASV
Semper fi,
