Olajide Williams

Dr Olajide Williams is an alumnus of the Neurological Institute of New York, Columbia University Medical Center, and Attending Neurologist at New York Presbyterian Hospital and Harlem Hospital Center. He received a Masters degree from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and he is currently Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology at Columbia University. Dr Williams is responsible for creating the Stroke Center of Excellence at Harlem Hospital, New York, where he developed nationally recognized public stroke campaigns, including Hip Hop Stroke in partnership with the National Stroke Association. Dr Williams's contributions have earned him numerous local and national awards. These include; New York City Health and Hospital Corporation Urban Health Award for mitigating health care disparities, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University Distinguished Teacher Award, Columbia University Gold Foundation Award for Humanism in Medicine and Excellence in Teaching, the Network Journal's Top 40 Under 40 award, the NAACP Community Service Award, and a National Humanism in Medicine Award from the Association of American Medical Colleges. Dr Williams was recently inducted into Columbia University's prestigious Glenda Garvey Teaching academy. He is a National Spokesperson for the National Stroke Association and the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. Recently, Dr Williams founded the Hip Hop Public Health Center, which focuses on developing innovative solutions to stroke literacy and school-aged obesity in high risk communities. http://www.hiphoppublichealth.org/