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Mayers
Jared Mayers, MD, PhD

Jared Mayers, MD, PhD

Pulmonology

  • Physician, Fred Hutch
  • Assistant Professor, Division of Human Biology, Fred Hutch
  • Member, Pathogen-Associated Malignancies Integrated Research Center (PAM IRC), Fred Hutch
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine
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About

Dr. Jared Mayers is a board‑certified pulmonologist and researcher at Fred Hutch. He treats patients with cancer who have a preexisting pulmonary condition, like asthma, or pulmonary complications after treatment.

Background

Dr. Mayers specializes in cancer and lung conditions or pulmonary complications related to cancer treatment. He focuses on supporting patients with complex respiratory needs, including those requiring critical care. In addition to being board certified in pulmonology, Dr. Mayers is certified in critical care medicine and internal medicine.

In addition to patient care, Dr. Mayers leads a research lab that focuses on understanding the metabolic behavior of harmful microbes in their natural environments. His research examines how microbes contribute to diseases commonly encountered in his clinical practice, including pre‑malignant lung disease, lung cancer and serious infections such as antimicrobial‑resistant bloodstream infections. Using data from clinical samples, his lab applies approaches such as multi‑omics analysis, biochemistry, microbiology and animal models to study how microbes interact with the human host.

Dr. Mayers’ goal is to harness insights from this research to develop discoveries that can be translated into clinical benefit, improving the prevention and treatment of infections and other complications in patients with cancer and critical illness.

Area of Clinical Practice
Pulmonary and critical care medicine

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“All of my research, every question I’m interested in asking, really starts with observations in patients. I really see my science as bedside-to-bench, and then ideally back from bench-to-bedside. It’s the most powerful way to do science.”

— Dr. Mayers

Why do you want to study microbial contributions to bloodstream infections, cancer and other diseases? 

Everything I do in the lab is based on things I see in the clinic. My first year of clinical fellowship was when the pandemic hit. I didn’t leave the hospital for several months. Boston was in the first wave, and we just got hammered. A lot of my interest in blood infections and antibiotic resistant infections really came from my experience taking care of patients in the ICU. We got patients through COVID-19. But then numerous patients would leave the ICU and come back days later with these horrible, life-threatening infections. Dealing with those horrible outcomes and their families, that really motivated me to tackle this question.

What kind of experience do you want your patients to have under your care?

I have loved ones who have been patients here and they continuously speak to the warm environment from everyone from the parking attendants to the receptionists to the care staff. It means a lot to me to be a part of that team and to know how much love they feel for this place. It’s a deeply personal thing for me. It’s a very high bar and I expect myself to meet that bar. This place has a sterling reputation — patients love it — and it’s because of the entire group of folks who work here together to make this as loving and comfortable an experience as it can be for a terrible thing.

Diseases Treated

All pulmonary conditions

Research Interests

Microbial contributions to common diseases from clinical practice

Pre-malignant lung disease and lung cancer

Leading antimicrobial-resistance associated infections like bloodstream infections

Languages

English

Education and Experience

Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Harvard University

Fellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Residency, Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital

MD, Harvard Medical School

PhD, Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

BA, Williams College

Board Certifications

Critical Care Medicine, 2023; Pulmonary Medicine, 2022; Internal Medicine, 2020; American Board of Internal Medicine

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