CHRISTOPHER G. WILLIAMS, M.D.

Christopher G. Williams, M.D. is a board certified plastic and reconstructive surgeon serving the Denver area.  He grew up in Atlanta, GA and graduated with Distinction from Swarthmore College in Psychobiology. He received his medical school education at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. He then attended the prestigious Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Residency program at The Johns Hopkins Hospital (ranked by US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT as America’s #1 hospital for over 13 years). For eight years he studied the full range of Plastic and Reconstructive surgery including craniofacial surgery, facial trauma, microsurgical reconstruction, and aesthetic surgery. A letter to our spanish speaking patients. ( Una letra a nuestros pacientes de habla hispana.)

Following his residency, Dr. Christopher Williams chose to pursue specialized training with two of the world’s experts in Peripheral Nerve Surgery and Microsurgical Breast Reconstruction. With this special set of skills, Dr. Williams can offer the latest surgical techniques to treat a wide array of peripheral nerve disorders such as chronic pain syndromes, diabetic peripheral neuropathy, and migraine headaches. In addition, he can offer the most sophisticated type of breast reconstruction by utilizing a woman’s own tissue to rebuild the breast in the least invasive manner, thus providing a quicker recovery.

He is a pioneer in the field of Tissue Engineering dedicating 2 years of his training to the research and the development of novel technologies for cartilage and bone repair which utilizes bone marrow derived stem cells. Several of his patents are licensed by Cartilix, a California-based biotechnology company. He has authored numerous papers and book chapters and has presented his work at many national and international scientific and medical meetings.

Using state-of-the-art techniques, both Dr. Chris Williams and Dr. Jeremy Williams have advanced training in microsurgical breast reconstruction (DIEP Flap). This superior method of breast reconstruction allows the surgeon to use the patient’s own body tissue without the need for implants or sacrifice of muscles in the abdomen. In a DIEP Flap, breast size can be reconstructed and restored to a natural contour. Having two plastic surgeons within one practice performing this state-of-the-art procedure is unique to this area and allows for optimal care and support.

Dr. Williams is married to Marianne Bailliet, M.D., a Board Certified Anesthesiologist. They are proud parents of three children, Lily, Luke, and Ryan. Both parents share a passion for travel as they first met while traveling through Spain. Dr. Williams’ has combined his love for travel and his life-long interest in the Spanish and Latin cultures by working in hospitals in Mexico, Ecuador, and Columbia. Like the other two physicians in the Park Meadows practice, he shares a keen interest in overseas surgical missions. Other interests include fly-fishing, horseback riding, and hiking

Despite his extensive training, Dr. Williams has never lost sight of the most important person in his practice, the patient. As do Dr. Robinson and Dr. Jeremy Williams, Dr. Christopher Williams puts patient safety at the forefront of his concerns. This is followed closely by striving to create a positive patient experience no matter what the procedure.

CURRICULUM VITAE
CHRISTOPHER GERALD WILLIAMS, M.D.

Education

Professional Work Experience

• Associate, Park Meadows Cosmetic Surgery, Lone Tree, CO
• Founder, Rocky Mountain Peripheral Nerve Institute
• Co-Founder, Rocky Mountain Center for Breast Surgery

Professional Licenses & Certifications

• State of Colorado, Medical License, #46634.
• State of Maryland, Medical License, #D0057471.
• Provider American Heart Association, Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Current.
• United States Medical Licensing Examination, Step 1 (238/93) Passed, June 1997.
• United States Medical Licensing Examination, Step 2 (256/95) Passed, August 1998.
• United States Medical Licensing Examination, Step 3 (231/91) Passed, May 2000.

• Diplomate, The American Board of Plastic Surgery November 2009

Professional Society Memberships

• Candidate Member of the American Society of Peripheral Nerve (January 2010)

• Candidate Member of the American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery (January 2010).

• American Society of Plastic Surgery: Candidate for Membership, October 2008.
• PSEF Resident Member, 2002-2008.
• Member, Sigma XI, 1995 – 1998.
• Member, Alpha Omega Alpha, 1999 – present.

Honors & Awards

• Residency. Highest Score, in-service Exam for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery for Johns Hopkins Plastic Surgery Resident Staff, 2007.
• American Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons, Dr. Bernd Spiessl Research Award, $10,000. November 2002.
• AO North America, Resident Research Grant, $5000. November 2002.
• School of Medicine, Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honors Society, University of Virginia Chapter, September 1998.
• Best Paper at the combined annual meeting of the Virginia Chapter of the American College of Surgeons and Virginia Plastic Surgery Association in Williamsburg, Virginia, May 1997.
• Undergraduate, Phi Beta Kappa, June 1995.
• Graduation with Distinction in Psychobiology, June 1995.
  
  

PUBLICATIONS

Book Chapters

• J. Elisseeff, TK Kim, M. Ruffner and Christopher G. Williams, “Cellular Photoencapsulation in Hydrogels” in Culture of Cells for Tissue Engineering. Ian Freshney and Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic (ed), John Wiley and Sons, 2006.

• Christopher G. Williams, Jennifer Elisseeff “Injectable Systems for Cartilage and Bone Tissue Engineering” in Scaffolding in Tissue Engineering.  Peter Ma and Jennifer Elisseeff (ed). Marcel Dekker, 2005.

Journal Articles

• Cleft Palate Tutorial: Williams CG, Lin K, Borowitz K: University of Virginia, The Children's Medical Center and Department of Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery,1996-1998.  http://www.med.virginia.edu
• Lin K, Goldberg D, Williams, C, Borowitz, K, Persing, J, Edgerton M: “Long Term Outcome Analysis of Two Treatment Methods for Cleft Palate: Combined Levator Retropositioning and Pharyngeal Flap vs. Double Opposing Z-Plasty.”: Cleft Palate and Craniofacial Journal, 1999, 36 (1) 73-78.
• Williams, CG, Kim TK, Taboas A, Malik A, Manson P, and Elisseeff: “In Vitro Chondrogenesis of Bone Marrow-Derived Stem Cells in a Photopolymerizing Hydrogel.” J Tissue Engineering, 2003 Aug; 9(4):679-688.
• Wang D, Williams CG, Li Q, Sharma B, Elisseeff JH: “Synthesis and Characterization of a Novel Degradable Phosphate-containing Hydrogel.”  Biomaterials,  2003 Oct;24(22):3969-80.
• Kim TK, Sharma B, Williams CG, Ruffner MA, Malik, A, McFarland E, and Elisseeff JH: “Experimental Model for Cartilage Tissue Engineering to Regenerate the Zonal Organization of Articular Cartilage.”  Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 2003 September; 11(9):653-664.
• Li Q, Williams CG, Sun DDN, Wang J, Leong K, Elisseeff JH: “Photocrosslinkable Polysaccharides Based on Chondroitin Sulfate.”  Journal of Biomedical Materials Research, 2004 January 1; 68A(1):28-33.
• Lum LY, Cher NL, Williams CG, Elisseeff JH: “An Extracellular Matrix Extract for Tissue-Engineered Cartilage.” IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine.  2003 Sep-Oct; 22(5):71-6.
• Alhadlaq A, Elisseeff JH, Hong L, Williams CG, Caplan AI, Sharma B, Kopher RA, Tomkoria S, Lennon DP, Lopez A, Mao JJ: “Adult Stem Cell Driven Genesis of Human-Shaped Articular Condyle.” Annuals of Biomedical Engineering.  2004 July; 32(7):911-23.
• Williams, CG, Malik A, Kim TK, Manson PN, and Elisseeff JH: “Variable Cytocompatibility of Six Cell Lines with Photoinitiators Used for Polymerizing Hydrogels and Cell Encapsulation.” Biomaterials. April; 26(11):1211-8, 2005.
• Wang D, Williams CG, Yang F, Elisseeff JH: “Enhancing the Tissue-Biomaterial Interface: Tissue-Initiated Integration of Biomaterials.” Advanced Functional Materials. 2004 November; 14, Number 11.
• Wang D, Williams CG, Yang F, Cher N, Lee H, Elisseeff JH: “Bioresponsive phosphoester hydrogels for bone tissue engineering.” Tissue Engineering. 2005 Jan-Feb; (1-2):201-13.
• Yang F, Williams CG, Wang D, Lee H, Manson PN, Elisseeff JH: “The effect of incorporating RGD adhesive peptide in polyethylene glycol diacrylate hydrogel on osteogenesis of bone marrow stromal cells.”  Biomaterials. 2005 Oct; 26(30):5991-8.
• Al-Attar A, Williams CG, Redett R: “Case report of rare lower extremity invasive fungal infection in an immunosuppressed patient: Exserohilum longirostratum.” Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 2006 Mar;117(3):44e-47e.
• Williams CG, Haut E, Ouyang H, Riall T, Makary M, Efron D, Cornwell 3rd E.  “Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS) Removal of Foreign Bodies after Penetrating Chest Trauma.” Journal of The American College of Surgeons, May 2006; 202(85):848-852.
• Grelotti DJ, Williams CG, Riall TS: “A palpable obstructing carcinoma of the colon incarcerated within a large ventral hernia.”  Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. 2006 Jul-Aug;10(7):1092-4.
• Sharma B, Williams CG, Khan M, Manson P, Elisseeff JH:  “In vivo chondrogenesis of mesenchymal stem cells in a photopolymerizable hydrogel.” Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. January 2007;119:112-120.
• Sharma B, Williams CG, Kim TK, Sun D, Malik A, Khan M, Leong K, Elisseeff JH.  “Designing zonal organization into tissue engineered cartilage.” Tissue Engineering.  2007 February;13(2)405-14. 
• Rosson G, Williams CG, Fishman EK, Singh, NK. “3D CT Angiography of Abdominal Wall Vascular Perforators to Plan DIEAP Flaps.” Microsurgery, 2007;27(8):641-6.
• Williams EH, Williams CG, Rosson GD, Heitmiller RF, Dellon AL.  “Neurectomy for treatment of intercostal neuralgia.” Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Ann Thorac Surg. 2008 May;85(5):1766-70.
• Williams EH, Williams CG, Rosson GD, Dellon AL.  Anatomic Site for Proxial Tibial Nerve Compression: A Cadaver Study.  Ann Plast Surg 2009;62: 322–325.
• Williams EH, Williams CG, Rosson GD, Dellon AL.  Combined Common Peroneal and Tibial Nerve Palsies. Microsurgery 2009. DOI 10.1002/micr.
• Williams CG, Dellon AL, Rosson GD.  Management of Chronic Facial Pain. Craniomaxillofac Trauma Reconstruction.  2009 In Press.

Presentations / Papers

• The Patellar Tendon: Histology and Biomechanics. Thomas P. Branch, M.D., Christopher G. Williams, Stacey Bloom, Lawrence A. Bircoll, M.D. Annual Eastern Orthopedics Association Meeting, Bermuda.  October 1994.
• Senior Thesis.  "Facilitation of Behavioral Recovery from a Dopaminergic Brain Lesion Using Repeated Injections of Haloperidol". Program in Psychobiology, Department of Psychology, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.  Thesis Advisor, Allen Schneider, Ph.D. June 1995.
• Long Term Outcome Analysis of Two Treatment Methods for Cleft Palate: Combined Levator Retropositioning and Pharyngeal Flap vs. Double Opposing Z-Plasty.  Kant Lin, M.D., David Goldberg, M.D., Christopher Williams, B.A., Kathleen Borowitz, M.S., L.C.C.-S.L.P., John Persing, M.D., Milton Edgerton, M.D.; Combined Annual Meeting of the Virginia Chapter of the American College of Surgeons and Virginia Plastic Surgery Association in Williamsburg, VA. October 1997. Presented by Dr. Goldberg and won Best Paper.
• Long Term Outcome Analysis of Two Treatment Methods for Cleft Palate: Combined Levator Retropositioning and Pharyngeal Flap vs. Double Opposing Z-Plasty. Kant Lin, M.D., David Goldberg, M.D., Christopher Williams, B.A., Kathleen Borowitz, M.S., L.C.C.-S.L.P., John Persing, M.D., Milton Edgerton, M.D.; 66th Annual American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons/Plastic Surgery Education Foundation/American Society of Maxillofacial Surgery scientific meeting.  San Francisco, CA. September 20-24, 1997.  Presented by Dr. Goldberg. (Abstract).
• Musculoskeletal Tissue Engineering and Photopolymerizing Hydrogels. Christopher G. Williams, M.D., Dong-an Wang, Ph.D., Tae Kyun Kim, M.D., Ph.D., Jennifer Elisseeff, Ph.D. Cold Springs Harbor Laboratory Meetings and Courses Programs Winter Biotechnology Conference on Tissue Engineering. Cold Springs Harbor, NY 11724. November 21-24th 2002. Podium presentation.
• In Vitro Chondrogenesis and Osteogenesis of Bone Marrow-derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells in a Photopolymerizing Hydrogel. Christopher G. Williams, M.D., Tae Kyun Kim, M.D., Ph.D., Blanka Sharma, BASc, Anya Taboas, Paul N. Manson, M.D., Jennifer Elisseeff, Ph.D. Cold Springs Harbor Laboratory Meetings and Courses Programs Winter Biotechnology Conference on Tissue Engineering. Cold Springs Harbor, NY 11724. November 21-24th 2002. Poster.
• Photoencapsulation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in an Injectable Hydrogel for Cartilage Tissue Engineering.  Christopher G. Williams, Tae Kyun Kim, Anya Taboas, Athar N. Malik, Paul N. Manson, Jennifer H. Elisseeff.  2003 Orthopedic Research Society Meeting, New Orleans, LA.  Podium Presentation.
• Experimental Model for the Depth Variation of Articular Cartilage in Young Bovine Articular Cartilage.  T.K. Kim, Blanka Sharma, Melanie Ruffner, Athar Malik, Christopher Williams, Edward McFarland, Jennifer Elisseeff. 2003 Orthopedic Research Society Meeting, New Orleans, LA.  Poster.
• Depth Variation of Bovine Articular Cartilage: Growth Kinetics and Gene Expression of Chondrocytes of Three Layers (Superficial Middle, and Deep) in Serial Monolayer Culture.  T.K. Kim, Melanie Ruffner, Blanka Sharma, Christopher G. Williams, Anya Taboas, Edward McFarland, Jennifer Elisseeff. 2003 Orthopedic Research Society Meeting, New Orleans, LA. Poster.
• Multi-layered Hydrogel Constructs Recreate Zonal Organization of Articular Cartilage.  Blanka Sharma, Christopher G. Williams, T.K. Kim, Athar Malik, Jennifer Elisseeff. 2003 Orthopedic Research Society Meeting, New Orleans, LA. Poster.
• Cellular Toxicity of Photoinitiators used in Photopolymerization Reactions for Minimally Invasive Applications of Cell-laden Hydrogels in Tissue Engineering. Williams, C., Malik, A., Kim, TK, Sharma, B., Manson, P., Elisseeff, J.  48th Plastic Surgery Research Council, Las Vegas, NV, April 23-26, 2003.
• In Vitro Osteogenesis of Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells in an Injectable Photopolymerizing Hydrogel.  Williams, C., Sharma, B., Kim, TK, Lee, H., Malik, A., Manson, P., Elisseeff, J.  48th Plastic Surgery Research Council, Las Vegas, NV, April 23-26, 2003.
• Cartilage Tissue Engineering Using and Injectable Photopolymerizable Hydrogel.  Williams, C., Kim, TK, Taboas, A., Malik, A., Manson, P., Elisseeff, J.  48th Plastic Surgery Research Council, Las Vegas, NV, April 23-26, 2003.
• Chondrogenesis of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Photopolymerizing Synthetic-Biological Composite Hydrogels.  Leon Lum, Nicholas Cher, Melanie Ruffner, Christopher Williams, Anya Taboas, Jennifer Elisseeff. 29th Annual Meeting of the Society of Biomaterials, Reno, Nevada, April 30th-May 3rd, 2003.
• Synthesis and Characterization of a Novel Degradable Phosphate-containing Hydrogel.  Dong-an Wang, Christopher G. Williams, Qiang Li, Blanka Sharma, Jennifer H. Elisseeff. 29th Annual Meeting of the Society of Biomaterials, Reno, Nevada, April 30th-May 3rd, 2003.
• In Vitro Osteogenesis of Goat Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Photopolymerized Phosphoester Hydrogels.  Dong-an Wang, Christopher G. Williams, Nicholas Cher, H Lee, Fan Yang, Blanka Sharma, Jennifer H. Elisseeff.  Orthopedic Research Society, San Fransico, CA, March 2004
• Photopolymerizable Bi-layered Hydrogels for Osteochochondral Tissue Engineering.  Blanka Sharma, Christopher G. Williams, TK Kim, M Kahn, Athar Malik, Jennifer H. Elisseeff. Orthopedic Research Society, San Fransico, CA, March 2004.
• Tissue-Initiated Integration of Biomaterials for Cartilage Regeneration.  Dong-an Wang, Christopher G. Williams, Anya L. Taboas, Blanka Sharma, Jennifer H. Elisseeff. Orthopedic Research Society, San Fransico, CA, 2004.
• In Vivo Photoencapsulation of Mesenchymal Stem cells in an Injectable Hydrogel for Cartilage Tissue Engineering.  Christopher G. Williams, Blanka Sharma, TK Kim, M Kahn, Paul Manson, Jennifer H. Elisseff. Orthopedic Research Society, San Fransico, CA, March 2004.
• Designing Zonal Organization into Tissue Engineered Cartilage.  Blanka Sharma, Christopher G. Williams, TK Kim, Daniel Sun, Athar Malik, Jennifer H. Elisseeff.  Orthopedic Research Society, San Fransico, CA, March 2004.
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging on In Vitro Engineered Cartilage – In Situ Transplantation of Mesencymal stem cells in Hydrogels.  Dong-an Wang, JD Meyers, Anya L. Taboas, Christopher G. Williams, J Wenz, S Ramaswamy, RG Spencer, Jennifer H. Elisseeff.  Orthopedic Research Society, San Fransico, CA, March 2004.
• Jennifer H. Elisseeff, Myoung Soo Kim, Christopher G. Williams, Micheal Shamblott, John Gearhart. Stem cells, Biomaterials, and Musculoskeletal Tissue Engineering. Cell Culture Engineering IX, Cancun, Mexico. March 7-12, 2004.
•  RGD dose response osteogenesis of mesenchymal stem cells in photopolymerized hydrogels. Christopher G. Williams, F Yang, DA Wang, PN Manson, JH Elisseeff.  Plastic Surgery Research Council 49th Annual Meeting, June 9-12, 2004.
• The Use of Three-Dimensional CT Angiography for Preoperative Mapping of Abdominal Wall Perforating Vessels for Autologous Perforator-Based Microsurgical Breast Reconstruction.  Christopher G. Williams, M.D., NK Singh, M.D., M.Ph, EK Fishman, M.D., GD Rosson, M.D. American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery’s Annual Meeting, Puerto Rico, January 13-16, 2007
• Williams CG, Dellon AL. The management of chronic facial pain. The International Journal of Craniomaxillofacial Trauma. Submitted January 2008.
• Colorado Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons 40th Annual Summer Convention, Inc. Beaver Creek, CO., July 11-13, 2009.

Academic Appointments

• Instructor: Lower Extremity Peripheral Nerve Surgery, Institute for Peripheral    Nerve Surgery, A.Lee Dellon, M.D., Ph.D., Course Director. July 18-20, 2007.
• Instructor in Plastic Surgery, Part Time.  Johns Hopkins University, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery: 2007.

Patents

• U.S. Patent Application, Multi-layered polymerizing hydrogels for tissue regeneration.
• Provisional Patent, Christopher G. Williams, Blanka Sharma, Jennifer H. Elisseeff. 2005. Licensed to Cartilix Inc.