Patrick McCreesh, M.D. - Faculty Profile

Biography

Patrick McCreesh, M.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center and a member of its Division of Hematology & Oncology. His clinical interests include inpatient medicine and management of complications of malignancies. Inpatient oncology service provides an opportunity to help relieve the suffering of patients living through what can be a very difficult disease to treat and live with.

Originally from California, Dr. McCreesh holds a bachelor's degree in microbiology from California Polytechnic University San Luis Obispo. He earned his medical degree from Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He completed internal medicine residency training at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas.

Dr. McCreesh joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2024.

Dr. McCreesh's research interest is inpatient medicine. HIs investigations have resulted in publications in peer-reviewed journals. Additionally, he has presented his findings at conferences. He chose inpatient oncology service because enjoys inpatient medicine and being with patients to help relieve their suffering through what can be very difficult diseases to treat and live with.

Dr. McCreesh's interests outside of medicine include reading, cooking, and spending time with his family.

Education

Other Post Graduate Training: University of California San Francisco (2015)
Undergraduate School: University of California San Francisco (2015)
Medical School: Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine (2021)
Residency: Baylor University Medical Center (2024), Internal Medicine

Research Interest

Inpatient medicine

Publications

Community acceptance of reactive focal mass drug administration and reactive focal vector control using indoor residual spraying, a mixed‐methods study in Zambezi region, Namibia: Roberts KW, Smith Gueye C, Baltzell K, Ntuku H, McCreesh P, Maglior A, Whittemore B, Uusiku P, Mumbengegwi D, Kleinschmidt I, Gosling R, Hsiang MS Malaria journal 2021 Dec 20
Going vertical: triage flags improve extraction times for priority patients: Cheng AW, McCreesh P, Moffatt S, Maziarz R, Vos D, Mastenbrook J JACEP Open 2020 Dec 1 1185-1193
Effectiveness of reactive focal mass drug administration and reactive focal vector control to reduce malaria transmission in the low malaria-endemic setting of Namibia: a cluster-randomised controlled, open-label, two-by-two factorial design trial: Hsiang MS, Ntuku H, Roberts KW, Dufour MS, Whittemore B, Tambo M, McCreesh P, Medzihradsky OF, Prach LM, Siloka G, Siame N, Gueye CS, Schrubbe L, Wu L, Scott V, Tessema S, Greenhouse B, Erlank E, Koekemoer LL, Sturrock HJ, Mwilima A, Katokele S, Uusiku P, Bennett A, Smith JL, Kleinschmidt I, Mumbengegwi D, Gosling R The Lancet 2020 Apr 395 1361-1373
Subpatent malaria in a low transmission African setting: A cross-sectional study using rapid diagnostic testing (RDT) and loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) from Zambezi region, Namibia: McCreesh P, Mumbengegwi D, Roberts K, Tambo M, Smith J, Whittemore B, Kelly G, Moe C, Murphy M, Chisenga M, Greenhouse B, Ntuku H, Kleinschmidt I, Sturrock H, Uusiku P, Gosling R, Bennett A, Hsiang MS Malaria journal 2018 Dec 17
Study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled factorial design trial to assess the effectiveness and feasibility of reactive focal mass drug administration and vector control to reduce malaria transmission in the low endemic setting of Namibia: Medzihradsky OF, Kleinschmidt I, Mumbengegwi D, Roberts KW, McCreesh P, Dufour MS, Uusiku P, Katokele S, Bennett A, Smith J, Sturrock H, Prach LM, Ntuku H, Tambo M, Didier B, Greenhouse B, Gani Z, Aerts A, Gosling R, Hsiang MS BMJ Open 2018 Jan 8

Honors & Awards

Alpha Omega Alpha
(2021)
Gold Humanism Honor Society
(2021)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

American College of Physicians