William Liggett, Jr., MD

Dr. Liggett is board certified in Medical Oncology/ Hematology, Internal Medicine, and Dental Medicine. Dr. Liggett has been with Tennessee Oncology since 2000 and practicing hematology and oncology since 1997. Dr. Liggett comes to us from The Lexington Clinic in Lexington, KY. He has also been a faculty member at Johns Hopkins Oncology Center.

Dr. Liggett completed medical school at Harvard Medical School. He also obtained two additional doctoral degrees while at Harvard. His internship and residency in internal medicine were done at Washington University in St. Louis. He completed a one-year fellowship in Hematology and Oncology at Washington University followed by three additional years of fellowship training at Johns Hopkins University.

Dr. Liggett specializes in medical oncology, head and neck cancers, mucositis, hematology and cancer genetics. Dr. Liggett holds memberships in the American Society of Clinical Oncology, American Association for Clinical Research and American Society for Hematology.

Dr. Liggett sees patients in our Skyline Medical Center Office and our Springfield Office at Northcrest Hospital. When away from the office Dr. Liggett enjoys snow skiing, long distance running, swimming and marine aquaria.