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Janet Digber-Williams, MD
- Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Janet Digber-Williams is an assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in the Paul C. Gaffney Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine. She works as an attending physician at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. She practices full-time as a clinician-educator through the division’s traditional hospitalist model, the evening hospitalist program, as well as the limited teaching service. Janet earned her Bachelor of Science degree from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Ghana and completed medical school at St. George’s University School of Medicine, Grenada where she received the Excellent Student Facilitator Award. She completed a residency in Pediatrics at Lehigh Valley Health Network in Allentown PA. Janet is interested in medical student and resident education and championing a diverse and inclusive medical workforce.
Professional and Scientific Society Memberships
- American Academy of Pediatrics, Pennsylvania Chapter, 2019
- Minority Health, Equity, and inclusion
- Hospital Medicine
Education & Training
- BS, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana, 2012
- MD, St. George's University of Medicine, Grenada, 2019
Selected Publications
Digber-Williams, Janet MD, Neysa M. Perez Crespo, MD, Taylor L. Jarvil, BA, Daniel J. Zinn, MD, Leia Derosato, DO, Kirsten Bellucci, MD. Not so "sweet” - Case of sweet syndrome in patient with MDS with Excessive blasts. Poster presented at: 2021 American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology; April 2021; Virtual conference.
Academic and Research Interests
- Medical Education
- Diversity and inclusion
- Underrepresented in Medicine
- Women in Medicine