Full Name
Dr. Hudson Garrett Jr., PhD
Job Title
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine
Company
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Speaker Bio
Dr. Hudson Garrett is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious
Diseases at the University of Louisville School of Medicine and a Faculty member for the newly
created Center for Education and Training Infection Prevention which is a CDC-funded training
center. He also co-founded the nonprofit the Infection Prevention Institute to help shepherd
dissemination of best practices of infection prevention and control across the healthcare
continuum of care globally. He holds a Graduate Certificate in Infection Prevention and
Infection Control from the University of South Florida. He has completed the Johns Hopkins
Fellows Program in Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control. He is also a Fellow in the
Academy of National Associations of Directors of Nursing Administration and was selected as a
Lifetime Member in the Association, which is the highest honor bestowed upon a member. He is
also a Fellow, the American Academy of Project Management, and a Senior Fellow and
Ambassador of the Management and Strategy Institute. In 2019, he was inducted as a
Distinguished Fellow and Practitioner in the National Academies of Practices. Dr. Garrett was
recently selected in 2020 as 1 of 20 healthcare leaders globally to participate in the 2021 13-
month Global Patient Safety Fellowship with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and is a
graduate of the IHI Patient Safety Executive Development Program. In August of 2021, Dr.
Garrett was awarded the prestigious Fellowship Designation by the Society for Healthcare
Epidemiology of America in recognition of his work in infectious diseases and infection
prevention and control. In November 2021, he was awarded the Fellow Designation by the
Infectious Diseases Society of America. He holds graduate certificates in healthcare leadership
from both Cornell and the University of Notre Dame. He is an appointed member of the advisory
committee for the Design Thinking in Healthcare Program at Rutgers University. He is a frequent
international lecturer in the areas of infectious diseases, healthcare associated infections,
outbreak response and prevention and infection prevention and control. He holds Board
Certifications in Patient Safety, Healthcare Quality, Patient Experience, Vascular Access,
Antibiotic Stewardship, Prehospital Emergency Medicine, Tactical Medicine, as a Designated
Infection Control Officer, in Flexible Endoscope Reprocessing, Critical Care, as a Director of
Nursing and Infection Prevention and Control in Post-Acute Care.

He has served on international and national organizational boards in the areas of environmental
services, dental infection control, infection control, acute care infection control, post-acute care
infection control, and vascular access. He has served on expert panels related to disinfection and
sterilization with the United States Food and Drug Administration, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention, the Environmental Protection Agency, most notably serving on the FDA’s Panel
and Working Group for Flexible Endoscope Reprocessing. He is a member of the Scientific
Advisory Board for the Healthcare Surfaces Institute. Dr. Garrett has lectured around the world
and provided testimony to government and regulatory agencies on a variety of topics related to
infectious diseases and infection prevention and control.
Dr. Hudson Garrett Jr., PhD