{"id":57697,"date":"2016-12-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-23T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2016\/12\/23\/more-va-news\/"},"modified":"2022-09-02T20:02:16","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T01:02:16","slug":"more-va-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2016\/12\/23\/more-va-news\/","title":{"rendered":"More VA News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p>VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System welcomed Dr. David Williams as the new Chief of Staff in September.  He takes over for Dr. Marvin Bittner who served as NWIHCS&#8217; acting Chief of Staff for the previous six months.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Williams is a clinical neurologist and has served in a variety of leadership positions in the U.S. Air Force. He has 22 years of experience as a clinician and physician executive at increasingly large and complex health care organizations. His experience includes, serving four times as Chief of Staff and\/or Chief Medical Officer (Chief of Staff equivalent) for a total of 10 years, and twice as Senior Advisor to the Air Force Surgeon General as Chief, Quality and Patient Safety for a worldwide healthcare system.  Dr. Williams is Board Certified with the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Williams can be reached at david.williams19@va.gov or 402-995-3106.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System welcomed Dr. David Williams as the new Chief of Staff in September.  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