1390 North Main Street, Lapeer, MI 48446
Hospitals
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Genesys Regional Medical Center Health Park
Education
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Bachelor of Science degree from The University of Michigan in Dearborn and then completed a four-year Doctorate of Podiatric Medicine (D.P.M.) degree at The Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine (Kent State University) in Cleveland, OH. As a freshman at OCPM he ranked #1 in his class and was awarded the Academic Half-Tuition Scholarship for this achievement. Dr. Williams was also awarded with the National Podiatric Medical Association Merit Scholarship before graduating in 1997.
Residency
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foot and ankle surgical residency in Houston, Texas. Rotations in both medicine and surgical sub-specialties
Dr. Mark Williams was born in Detroit and raised in Madison Heights, Michigan. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from The University of Michigan in Dearborn and then completed a four-year Doctorate of Podiatric Medicine (D.P.M.) degree at The Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine (Kent State University) in Cleveland, OH. As a freshman at OCPM he ranked #1 in his class and was awarded the Academic Half-Tuition Scholarship for this achievement. Dr. Williams was also awarded with the National Podiatric Medical Association Merit Scholarship before graduating in 1997.
Upon earning his Doctorate of Podiatric Medicine, Dr. Williams completed a comprehensive three-year foot and ankle surgical residency in Houston, Texas. Rotations in both medicine and surgical sub-specialties enhanced his foot and ankle training. During residency Dr. Williams was privileged to work among many notable attending physicians, including the developer of the Endoscopic Plantar Fasciotomy (EPF) and the Endoscopic Decompression of Intermetatarsal Neuroma (E.D.I.N.) procedures, the President of the American Podiatric Medical Association and the President of the American College of Foot & Ankle Surgeons. He received extensive training in reconstructive foot and ankle surgery and has a special interest in bunion surgery, sports medicine, heel pain, and treatment of the lower extremity complications associated with diabetes. During his final year of residency, Dr. Williams was appointed as Chief Resident where he supervised a team of fourteen other foot and ankle surgical residents.
Following residency in Houston, Dr. Williams returned home to Michigan and began private practice at Professional Foot & Ankle Centers, PC in Davison and Lapeer.
Dr. Williams is Board Certified in foot surgery by the American Board of Foot & Ankle Surgery and is a Fellow of the American College of Foot & Ankle Surgeons (ACFAS). He is also a member of the American Podiatric Medical Association and the Michigan Podiatric Medical Association.
Dr. Williams serves as a teaching physician for six podiatric surgical residents at Ascension Genesys Regional Medical Center. He has been awarded the Genesys Regional Medical Center Podiatric Clinicians Recognition award in 2006 and the Podiatric Clinician of the Year award in 2007, 2009 and 2012. Dr. Williams has been appointed to the Surgery Center at Health Park Medical Executive Committee since 2006 and is the Lower Extremity Medical Director at the McLaren Flint Wound Care & Hyperbaric Center. Dr. Williams has been affiliated with the McLaren Wound Care Center since 2003 where he is actively involved with diabetic wound care and limb salvage in collaboration with many other fine specialists.
Staff privileges for Dr. Williams include Ascension Genesys, McLaren- Flint, McLaren-Lapeer and Hurley Medical Centers. He is also affiliated with The Surgery Center at Health Park in Grand Blanc and the McLaren Surgery & Endoscopy Center in Flint.
Dr. Williams resides in Clarkston with his wife Therese and twin daughters. In his free time, he enjoys water sports, snow skiing, vintage car shows, and fishing with his girls.
