Dr. William Varnado is a medical oncologist in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He completed his undergraduate degree at Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge before going on to receive his medical degree from Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at New Orleans. Dr. Varnado completed both an internal medicine internship and residency at Louisiana State University Health Baton Rouge. He also completed a hematology/oncology fellowship at Birmingham Hospital System through the University of Alabama.

Dr. Varnado is a member of Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, American Society of Clinical Oncology and the American Society of Hematology. He is a member of the head & neck multidisciplinary care team (MDC) at Mary Bird Perkins- Our Lady of the Lake Cancer Center in Baton Rouge.