William Creighton Woodward

William Creighton Woodward M.D., (December 11, 1867 – December 22, 1949) was a medical doctor and a lawyer who was the legislative counsel for the American Medical Association from 1922 to 1939.

He married Ray Elliott Woodward (1866-1960) around 1895, and had three children: Creighton Elliott Woodward (1897-1904), Doris Woodward (1899-1900), and Elinor Woodward (1904-1978).

In 1900 he received his law degree from Georgetown University.

He was the head of the Bureau of Legal Medicine and Legislation at the American Medical Association starting in 1922. In 1938 as counsel for the American Medical Association he defended the AMA when the Sherman Antitrust Act was used to stop the AMA from preventing physicians from forming group practices.

He died on December 22, 1949, in Washington, D.C. He was buried in Rock Creek Cemetery.