Bonnie Prokesch, M.D.
Assistant Professor

Department Internal Medicine

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Biography

Dr. Prokesch is originally from Atlanta, Georgia. After a brief hiatus in Connecticut, where she completed her undergraduate degree in government and then taught kindergarten for a year after graduating college, she returned to Atlanta for medical school and an internal medicine residency at Emory University. She completed her infectious diseases fellowship at UTSW and then returned to Atlanta where she worked in private practice for a couple of years prior to returning to UTSW to join the faculty in 2016.

Education

Medical School: Emory University School of Medicine (2009)
Residency: Emory University School of Medicine (2012), Internal Medicine
Fellowship: Ohio State University Hospital (2013), Infectious Diseases
Fellowship: UT Southwestern Medical Center (2014), Infectious Diseases

Research Interest

Antimicrobial Resistance
HIV
Immunocompromised Hosts
Socioeconomic Impact of Infectious Diseases

Publications

Featured Publications

Primary osteomyelitis caused by hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae.: Prokesch BC, TeKippe M, Kim J, Raj P, TeKippe EM, Greenberg DE Lancet Infect Dis 2016 Jul
A 60-year-old man with necrotic skin lesions after heart transplantation.: Prokesch BC, Cavuoti D, Le JB, Greenberg DE Am. J. Transplant. 2014 Nov 14 11 2664-6
EBV-driven HIV-associated diffuse large B-cell lymphoma causing profound lactic acidosis.: Prokesch BC, Shiloh MU Blood 2014 Aug 124 6 842
Nail gun attempted suicide and traumatic ventricular perforations.: Prokesch BC, Mangino JE QJM 2014 Jul 107 7 589
Thromboangiitis obliterans involving the temporal artery.: Prokesch B, Law K, Conn DL Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 2011 Jun 63 6 918-20

Honors & Awards

Alpha Omega Alpha
Medical Honor Society (2014)
Fellowship Antimicrobial Stewardship Award
UT Southwestern (2014)
Fellow's Excellence in Teaching Award
Ohio State University (2013)
Phi Beta Kappa
National Honor Society (2004)
Pi Sigma Alpha
National Political Science Honor Society (2004)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

American Association for the Advancement of Science (2015)
Infectious Diseases Society of America (2013)
American College of Physicians (2009)