Madison H. Williams, M.D.
Department of General Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Assistant Professor, General Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Assistant Professor, Breast Medical Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Dual/Joint/Adjunct Appointment
Assistant Professor, Breast Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Assistant Professor, General Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 2015 | Texas A&M University College of Medicine, College Station, Texas, US, MD |
| 2010 | The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD), Richardson, Texas, US, Psychology, BA |
Postgraduate Training
| 2020-2021 | Clinical Fellowship, Hematology/Oncology, UT Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA), San Antonio, Texas |
| 2015-2018 | Clinical Residency, Internal Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC), Jackson, Mississippi |
Licenses & Certifications
| 2024 | Controlled Substance Registration Certificate (DEA) |
| 2021 | Texas Medical Board (TMB) |
| 2021 | The American Board of Internal Medicine - Medical Oncology |
| 2018 | The American Board of Internal Medicine |
Experience & Service
Other Professional Positions
Member, Program Evaluation Committee, UT Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA) Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Program, San Antonio, TX, 2018 - Present
Member, Program Evaluation Committee, University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) Internal Medicine Residency Program, Jackson, MS, 2017 - 2018
Member, Recruiting Committee, University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) Internal Medicine Residency Program, Jackson, MS, 2015 - 2016
Intramural Institutional Committee Activities
Member, Clinical Effectiveness Advisory Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2024 - Present
Senator, MD Anderson Faculty Senate, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2024 - Present
Honors & Awards
| 2025 - Present | Top 10% in the Nation, 2025 Clinician and Group Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CGCAHPS) survey |
| 2020 - 2021 | Chief Fellow, Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Program, UT Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA) |
| 2020 | Abstract Achievement Award, American Society of Hematology (ASH) |
| 2020 | Department of Medicine 23rd Annual Medicine Research Day Junior Faculty or Clinical Fellow Poster Presentation Award, UT Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA) |
| 2018 | Spirit of the Program Award, University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) |
| 2018 | Robert S. Caldwell, MD, Memorial Award, University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) |
Professional Memberships
Selected Presentations & Talks
Regional Presentations
- 2020. The Impact of Race and Ethnicity on Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL) Outcomes within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). Conference. UT Health San Antonio. San Antonio, TX, US.
- 2020. Double Disparities in Patients with Gastric Cancer: Clinicopathology and Survival of Older Adults in a Hispanic-Rich Population. Conference. UT Health San Antonio. San Antonio, TX, US.
- 2020. Impact of Differences in Time from Diagnosis to Treatment on DLBCL Response and Survival Outcomes: A VA Study. Conference. UT Health San Antonio. San Antonio, TX, US.
- 2018. Recurrent Cervical Cancer: A Unique Path to Diagnosis. Conference. 2018 Southern Society of Clinical Investigation Southern Regional Meeting. New Orleans, LA, US.
- 2018. A Rare Case of Epidural Follicular Lymphoma. Conference. 2018 Southern Society of Clinical Investigation Southern Regional Meeting. New Orleans, LA, US.
- 2017. Don't Always Take Cancer at Face Value: Multiple Primaries in an AIDS Patient. Conference. 2017 Southern Society of Clinical Investigation Southern Regional Meeting. New Orleans, LA, US.
- 2017. Denosumab Associated Severe Hypocalcemia in a Patient with Chronic Kidney Disease. Conference. 2017 Southern Society of Clinical Investigation Southern Regional Meeting. New Orleans, LA, US.
- 2016. Atypical Presentation of Advanced Pancreatic Cancer. Conference. 2016 Southern Society of Clinical Investigation Southern Regional Meeting. New Orleans, LA, US.
National Presentations
- 2020. Rate of Clinical Trial Enrollment in Patients Treated for DLBCL within the Veterans Health Administration. Conference. Association of VA Hematology/Oncology (AVAHO) Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2020. Assessing Risk for and Management of Secondary CNS Involvement in Patients with DLBCL within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). Conference. Association of VA Hematology/Oncology (AVAHO) Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2020. Assessing Pathologic Evaluation in Patients with DLBCL within the Veterans Health Administration. Conference. Association of VA Hematology/Oncology (AVAHO) Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2020. Assessing Neutropenic Fever Management at Audie L. Murphy VA Medical Center (ALM VAMC). Conference. Association of VA Hematology/Oncology (AVAHO) Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA, US.
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Ta, A, Kaur, S, Mader, MJ, Franklin, K, Williams, MH, Williams, RA, Blaize, JP, Naqvi, A, Ananth, S, Song, M, Warnecke, BO, Pandya, AN, Djoumessi, LD, Nazarewicz, P, Espinoza-Gutarra, MR, Lucero, KT, Whitehead, JM, Al-Abayechi, A, Boyle, L, Lee, S, Roman Souza, G, Toro Velez, E, Mines, I, Nooruddin, ZI. The impact of race and ethnicity on diffuse large B-cell lymphoma outcomes within the veterans health administration (VHA). Leukemia and Lymphoma 65(8):1090-1099, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38619488.
- Moore AM, Nooruddin Z, Reveles KR, Datta P, Whitehead JM, Franklin K, Alkadimi M, Williams MH, Williams RA, Smith S, Reichelderfer R, Cotarla I, Brannman L, Frankart A, Mulrooney T, Hsieh K, Simmons DJ, Jones X, Frei CR. Durvalumab Treatment Patterns for Patients with Unresectable Stage III Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA): A Nationwide, Real-World Study. Curr. Oncol 30(9):8411-8423, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37754526.
- Williams MH. Abstract HER2-01: HER2-01 Clinical and Molecular Characteristics of HER2-low/zero Early Stage Triple-Negative Breast Cancer, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Williams, MH, Williams, RA, Hernandez, B, Michalek, J, Parma, DL, Arora, SP. Clinicopathologic differences and mortality among Latinos and non-Latino whites with gastric cancer at a majority-minority cancer center in South Texas. Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology 12(4):1301-1307, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34532089.
- Williams MH, Williams RA, Hernandez B, Michalek J, Parma DL, Arora SP. Clinicopathologic Differences and Mortality among Latinos and non-Latino Whites with Gastric Cancer at a Majority-minority Cancer Center in South Texas. J Gastrointest Oncol 12(4):1301-1307, 2021. e-Pub 2021.
- Williams MH, Williams RA, Mahadevan D, Ramamurthy C. Evolving Therapies for Urothelial Carcinoma: Novel paradigms and future directions. Oncology & Hematology Review 16(2):82-89, 2020. e-Pub 2020.
- Williams RA, Williams MH, Blaize JP, Ananth S, Gregorio D, Rosas GM, Song MM, Warnecke B, Pandya A, Djoufack Djoumessi LR, Dee V, Nazarewicz P, Toro JJ, Franklin K, Mader M, Nooruddin Z. Impact of differences in time from diagnosis to treatment on DLBCL response and survival outcomes: a VA study. Blood 136(S1):1-2, 2020. e-Pub 2020.
- Ananth S, Williams MH, Williams RA, Blaize JP, Gregorio D, Song MM, Rosas GM, Djoufack Djoumessi LR, Warnecke B, Pandya A, Dee V, Mader M, Toro JJ, Franklin K, Nazarewicz P, Nooruddin Z. Impact of age on treatment and outcome in newly diagnosed DLBCL (Diffuse large B-cell Lymphoma) patients in the United States veteran population (2011-2017). Blood 136(S1):1, 2020. e-Pub 2020.
- Williams, MH, Mahadevan D. In Silico analyses of host immunity and stroma provide prognostic factors in early stage pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). Ann Transl Med 8(6):259, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32355703.
- Williams MH, Hansen D, Sheehan N. A case of metastatic melanoma of the heart diagnosed ante-mortem. J Miss State Med Assoc 59(9):396-398, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Selvamani A, Williams MH, Miranda RC, Sohrabij F. Circulating miRNA profiles provide a biomarker for severity of stroke outcomes associated with age and sex in a rat model. Clin Sci (Lond) 127(2):77-89, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24428837.
- Sohrabji F, Williams MH. Stroke neuroprotection: Oestrogen and insulin-like growth factor-1 interactions and the role of microglia. J Neuroendocrinology 25(11):1173-1181, 2013. e-Pub 2013.
Review Articles
- Taverna, J, Hung, CN, Williams, MH, Williams, R, Chen, M, Kamali, S, Sambandam, V, Hsiang-Ling Chiu, C, Osmulski, PA, Gaczynska, ME, Dearmond, DT, Gaspard, C, Mancini, M, Kusi, M, Pandya, AN, Song, L, Jin, L, Schiavini, P, Chen, CL. Ex vivo drug testing of patient-derived lung organoids to predict treatment responses for personalized medicine. Lung Cancer 190, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38520909.
Abstracts
- Datta P, Williams RA, Williams MH, Snedden T. Assessing Neutropenic Fever Management at Audie L. Murphy VA Medical Center (ALM VAMC). Advances in Hematology and Oncology:S4, 2020. e-Pub 2020.
- Williams RA, Williams MH, Blaize JP, Ananth S, Gregorio D, Rosas G, Song M, Warnecke B, Pandy A, Djoumessi LRD, Dee V, Toro J, Franklin K, Mader M, Nooruddin Z. Assessing Pathologic Evaluation in Patients with DLBCL within the Veterans Health Administration. Advances in Hematology and Oncology:S4, 2020. e-Pub 2020.
- Williams MH, Williams RA, Blaize JP, Ananth S, Gregorio D, Rosas G, Song M, Warnecke B, Pandya A, Djoumessi LRD, Dee V, Toro J, Franklin K, Mader M, Nooruddin Z. Assessing Risk for and Management of Secondary CNS Involvement in Patients with DLBCL within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). Advances in Hematology and Oncology:S5, 2020. e-Pub 2020.
- Blaize JP, Williams MH, Williams RA, Ananth S, Gregorio D, Rosas G, Song M, Warnecke B, Pandya A, Djoumessi LRD, Dee V, Toro J, Franklin K, Mader M, Nooruddin Z. Rate of Clinical Trial Enrollment in Patients Treated for DLBCL within the Veterans Health Administration. Advances in Hematology and Oncology:S27, 2020. e-Pub 2020.
- Williams MH, Capra C, Milner C. A Rare Case of Epidural Follicular Lymphoma. J Investig Med 66(2):351-640, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Williams MH, Williams RA, Hansen D, Puneky L, Wilkinson K. Recurrent Cervical Cancer: A Unique Path to Diagnosis. J Investig Med 66(2):351-640, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Williams MH, Williams RA, Salim S, Sheehan N. Denosumab Associated Severe Hypocalcemia in a Patient with Chronic Kidney Disease. J Investig Med 65(2):396-568, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Williams RA, Williams MH, Wright N, Hansen D, Sheppard J. Don't Always Take Cancer at Face Value: Multiple Primaries in an AIDS Patient. J Investig Med 65(2):396-568, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Williams MH, Capra C, Abdo A, Montgomery GV. Atypical Presentation of Advanced Pancreatic Cancer. J Investig Med 64(2):488-726, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
Patient Reviews
CV information above last modified July 22, 2026