Shelly M. Williams, MD
Assistant Professor, UNMC Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
Director, Coagulation Testing Services, Apheresis Service, Blood Bank-Oakview, Oakview Lab
Associate Director, Blood Bank-TNMC, Histocompatibility Lab
Medical Review Officer
Consultant, Histocompatibility Testing Services

Shelly M. Williams, MD, is an assistant professor in the UNMC Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology. She also serves as medical director of Coagulation Testing Services, the apheresis service, and the Blood Bank at Oakview, as well as associate director of the Blood Bank-TNMC and the Histocompatibility Lab.
Dr. Williams is a board-certified clinical pathologist and transfusion medicine specialist who joined UNMC in 2020.
She is involved in all aspects of transfusion and transplantation support, including laboratory management and clinical consultation for apheresis, blood banking, coagulation, cellular therapy processing, and histocompatibility testing. She is involved in medical student, resident and fellow education, and serves as a block director and course instructor for the College of Medicine’s “Blood, Defenses, and Invaders” curriculum.
- BS: Genetics and microbiology, University of Minnesota, 2001.
- MD: Ross University School of Medicine, 2007.
- Internship: Internal Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, 2009.
- Residency: Internal Medicine, University of Minnesota, 2011.
- Clinical Scholar: Development and Clinical Practice of Cell Based Therapies, NIH/NHLBI-sponsored R25 grant, Molecular and Cellular Therapeutics, University of Minnesota, 2015-16.
- Residency: Clinical pathology, University of Minnesota, 2019.
- Fellowship: Transfusion medicine, University of Minnesota, 2020.
Blood Banking and Transfusion Medicine, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) for Cellular Therapies, Histocompatibility / Transplantation Immunology
- Association for the Advancement of Blood and Biotherapies
- American Society for Apheresis
- American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics
- College of American Pathologists
- International Society of Cell and Gene Therapy