Abstract
Sir David Innes Williams was educated at Cambridge and University College Hospital, he qualified in 1942 and took resident posts at UCH before joining the Army. In 1944 he gained FRCS and served in India as a surgical specialist (Major RAMC). Returning to London he chose a specialist career and, after junior experience at St Peter's Hospital and the Hospital for Sick Children Great Ormond Street, was appointed urological surgeon at both those hospitals. He soon concentrated on paediatric urology and children's work gradually excluded adult practice. He was elected President of the British Association of Urological Surgeons in 1976. Two years later he resigned from his hospitals to become Director of the British Postgraduate Medical Federation, and later Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University of London. He served on the GMC, was Vice President of the Royal College of Surgeons, Chairman of the Imperial Cancer Research Fund, President of the BMA 1988–1989 and of The Royal Society of Medicine, 1990–1992.