Theresa Williamson is a chief neurosurgery resident at Duke University Medical Center. She received her BS in Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology from Yale College and her MD from Yale University School of Medicine. Her operative interests include neurotrauma and complex spine. Her research interests include decision-making in neurosurgical disease. She is a recent recipient of the National Neurotrauma Spinal Presentation Award and a contributing writer for O magazine. She is a 2020 recipient of the Duke REACH Equity Center Research, Education, Training (RET) Subcore Research Scholar award.