Medical Director, Non-Invasive Vascular Lab
Providence St. Vincent Medical Center
Providence Heart and Vascular Institute
Clinical Assistant Professor of Vascular Surgery
Oregon Health & Science University
Dr. Kent Williamson brings a love of research, teaching and patient care to his role as medical director of the Non-Invasive Vascular Lab at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center. He has guided physicians at the busy vascular center — which annually performs some 7,000 diagnostic studies of blood vessels — since its inception in 2005. Dr. Williamson also oversees a multidisciplinary qualityassurance process in vascular care.
As a noted vascular and endovascular surgeon, Dr. Williamson has a strong interest in developing minimally invasive techniques for treating vascular disease. He is leading a clinical research project on cerebrovascular interventions, and has created a patient registry for carotid artery and endovascular aortic interventions. He has contributed to Providence’s leadership in such techniques as aortic stent grafting to treat ruptured aneurysms and stent placement to treat carotid artery disease. Dr. Williamson earned his medical degree at Bowman Gray School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, N.C. He completed a surgery internship, general surgery residency and vascular surgery residency at Oregon Health & Science University, where he is a clinical assistant professor of vascular surgery.
Dr. Williamson finds joy in teaching residents and medical students. A frequent speaker, he has presented at many national and international professional meetings. Dr. Williamson has a private practice with Pacific Vascular Specialists and is a member of Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society.
- Dr. Williamson has contributed significant information to the body of medical literature on vascular disease, especially in the areas of renal vascular disease, abdominal aortic aneurysm and arterial physiology.
- He has published widely in professional journals such as Journal of Vascular Surgery and Journal of the American College of Surgeons and has contributed to articles in The Wall Street Journal.
“As the field of vascular disease management is one of the fastest-changing areas of medicine, my vision for the future is to build collaborative, evidence-based practice of medicine while remaining on the cutting edge of new technology,” says Dr. Williamson. “With rigorous clinical research and outcomes assessment, we can successfully balance the art of medicine with rapidly growing innovations.”