Laura Williams, MD, was born and raised in Lakeland, Fla. She attended Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C. where she graduated Magna Cum Laude. She went on to medical school at Wake Forest followed by a residency in obstetrics and gynecology at the Bowman Gray School of Medicine. She completed her fellowship training in gynecologic oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. In 1991 she became a diplomate of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and in 1992 she received her subspecialty certification in gynecologic oncology. She voluntarily maintains her gynecologic oncology certification on an annual basis.