{"id":24961,"date":"2020-09-03T14:21:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-03T21:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/?p=24961"},"modified":"2023-12-19T14:51:21","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T22:51:21","slug":"surgeon-michael-derek-williams-do-facs-joins-samaritan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/news\/surgeon-michael-derek-williams-do-facs-joins-samaritan\/","title":{"rendered":"Surgeon Michael &#8220;Derek&#8221; Williams, DO, FACS, Joins Samaritan"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article\">\n\t<header class=\"header\">\n\t\t<span class=\"type\"><\/span>\t\t<h1>Surgeon Michael &#8220;Derek&#8221; Williams, DO, FACS, Joins Samaritan<\/h1>\t\t<time>September 3, 2020<\/time>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div id=\"block_147de18bf9bc39cd2a6b6a86e56576f1\" class=\"shs-block block-news-article entry-content\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<p>Samaritan Surgical Clinic \u2013 Lincoln City is pleased to welcome <a href=\"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/patients-visitors\/find-a-doctor\/williams-michael-derek-1841524378\/\">Michael \u201cDerek\u201d Williams<\/a>, DO, FACS. Dr. Williams is a general surgeon specializing in colonoscopies, EDG tests (upper endoscopies) and hernia repair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Williams earned a bachelor\u2019s degree at University of Colorado, Boulder, and completed his medical degree at Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He completed residency training at Mayo Clinic Medical School.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before pursuing his medical studies, Dr. Williams served in the U.S. Air Force, flying back seat in the F-15E before becoming a military contractor as an expert on the strike fighter aircraft. He was drawn to the medical field because he views it as the most ethical, moral and compassionate profession.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhere else do you see people being held to a higher standard?\u201d he asked. \u201cI get to help people feel better, which makes me feel good. And I get to work alongside other like-minded people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Williams is trained in the advanced technique known as totally extra-peritoneal inguinal surgery (TEPP), a laparoscopic approach to repairing hernias that is less invasive and carries a lower risk of future complications.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He chose to work for Samaritan for the opportunity to live on the coast and the excellent work environment at the new Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Williams enjoys golfing, flying and building model airplanes and spending time with his husband and their three dogs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Williams is accepting new patients and can be reached at the clinic by calling <a class=\"phone-link\" href=\"tel:541-994-8114\">541-994-8114<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<aside>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Michael-Williams-CO.jpg\" class=\"attachment-cta size-cta wp-post-image\" alt=\"Dr. Williams\" srcset=\"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Michael-Williams-CO.jpg 360w, https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Michael-Williams-CO-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Michael-Williams-CO-120x100.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t<\/aside>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General surgeon Michael \u201cDerek\u201d Williams, DO, FACS has joined the team at Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital in Lincoln City.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":11921,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","_shs_workflow_notes":"9-3-2020","_shs_exclude_from_navigation":false,"_shs_promote_article_on_blogs":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"news-topics":[287],"news-types":[272],"services":[240],"specialty":[],"class_list":["post-24961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","news-topics-quality","news-types-news","services-general-surgery"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24961\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24961"},{"taxonomy":"news-topics","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-topics?post=24961"},{"taxonomy":"news-types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-types?post=24961"},{"taxonomy":"services","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/services?post=24961"},{"taxonomy":"specialty","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/specialty?post=24961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}