Will Jerrold Scoutt Garner, MD

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine
  • Core Faculty Member, Infectious Diseases Fellowship
Academic Interests

Dr. Garner's research interests include:
-Infections in patients with hematologic malignancies, particularly those receiving cellular therapies
-The microbiome of patients receiving cellular therapies
-Phage therapy for multi-drug resistant bacterial infections in immunocompromised patients

Dr. Garrner is an attending physician on the inpatient and outpatient transplant infectious diseases services at UPMC. He sees organ transplant recipients/candidates and patients with hematological malignancies (hematopoietic cell transplant, CAR-T-cell therapy, leukemia, lymphoma, and myeloma.)

Dr. Garner is a core faculty member in the general infectious diseases fellowship and has specific interest in promoting education in the diagnosis and management of infections in patients with hematologic malignancies, particularly those receiving stem cell transplantation or cellular therapies.

    Education & Training

  • BA, Cornell University, 2009
  • MD, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, 2014
  • Residency, Internal Medicine, Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Case Medical Center, 2017
  • Chief Residency, Internal Medicine, Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Case Medical Center, 2018
  • Fellowship, Infectious Diseases, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 2020
  • Fellowship, Transplant Infectious Diseases, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 2021
    Honors and Awards
  • CWRU Resident Research Award, 2016
  • IDSA ID Week Trainee Abstract Award, 2020
  • IDSA ID Week Trainee Abstract Award, 2021