Dr Crystal Williams – Director

22 Nov 2022
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Dr Williams is a Wiradjuri woman, consultant dermatologist and co-founder of the First Nations Dermatology Clinic at Royal Melbourne Hospital located on the unceded land of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nations designed to improve access to specialist care for First Nations communities in Victoria. She also provides a visiting specialist service to the Northern Territory on unceded Larrakia land and alongside other dermatologists, including Dr Dana Slape, provides outreach services to help increase regional and remote access to specialist care.  

Crystal also sits on a number of committees as part of her ongoing board commitments including the PRIDOC Conference committee, 2025 AIDA Conference committee and the Finance, Risk and Audit (FRAC) committee. She has an interest the use of digital health to overcome barriers to specialist care and is committed to disruptive activism and speaking out against racism within medical and training institutions to create safer hospitals for our people. 

 She also has a special interest in our responsibilities as medical practitioners to create medical systems that advocate for the safety of women and their children. She is currently based in Victoria but travels regularly as part of her commitment to improve access for those who would not otherwise have been able to access specialist dermatologist care. She hopes to continue this ongoing commitment with a plan to reduce her private commitments in 2025 and increase her capacity to provide public specialist care to the Community. 

22 Nov 2022