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Paul Southern Jr, M.D.

Paul Southern Jr, M.D.

Professor Emeritus

School
Medical School
Department
Pathology
  • Biography

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    My fields of interest include clinical microbiology-related epidemiology, the evaluation of new diagnostic methods in clinical microbiology, the evaluation of new antimicrobial agents in vitro, general and tropical infectious diseases, especially Chagas’ disease, neurocysticercosis, as well as traveler’s health.

  • Education
    Undergraduate
    Abilene Christian University (1953), Accounting
    Medical School
    Univ of Tx Southwestern Med Ct (1959), Law
    Medical School
    London School of Hygiene & Tro (1993), Medicine
  • Research Interest
    • Antimicrobial resistance
    • Diagnostic methods in clinical microbiology
    • Epidemiology of Chagas Disease in Belize
    • Neurocysticercosis in North America
  • Publications

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    Renal cortex ion composition and Na-K-ATPase activity in gentamicin nephrotoxicity.
    Cronin RE, Nix KL, Ferguson ER, Southern PM, Henrich WL Am. J. Physiol. 1982 May 242 5 F477-83
    The in vitro activity of mecillinam alone and in combination with other beta lactam antibiotics
    Many, W.J., Ruderman, A.E., Southern, P.M., and Luby, J.P Current Therapeutic Research 1982 31 475-484
    Epidemiology and antimicrobial susceptibility of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a large metropolitan general hospital
    Southern, P.M., Southern, S.S., Williams, S.K., and Phillips, I Current chemotherapy and immunotherapy : proceedings of the 12th International Congress of Chemotherapy, Florence, Italy, 19-24 July 1981 1982 115-116
  • Honors & Awards
    • Secretary-Treasurer, ACCTMTH (Clinical section of American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene)
      National tropical diseases professional organization (2011)
    • Kuwait University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Microbiology
      Visiting Professor (2009-2009)
    • Kuwait University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Microbiology
      Visiting Professor (1982)
    • President and charter member
      Southwestern Association of Clinical Microbiology (1982)
    • Kuwait University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Microbiology
      Visiting Professor (1981-1981)
    • President and charter member
      Texas Infectious Diseases Society (1980)
    • Visiting Professor
      St. Thomas’s Hospital and Medical School, London (1980)
    • President and cofounder
      Texas Society for Clinical Microbiology (1973)
    • Alpha Omega Alpha
      Honor Medical Society (1959)
  • Professional Associations/Affiliations
    • American Society for Clinical Pathology (1977)
    • American Society for Microbiology (1967)
    • American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (1995)
    • Anaerobe Society of the Americas (2005)
    • College of American Pathologists (1980)
    • Infectious Diseases Society of America (1974)
    • International Society of Travel Medicine (2005)
    • Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (1993)
    • Southwestern Association of Clinical Microbiology (1975)
    • Texas Infectious Diseases Society (1980)