James Cutrell, M.D.

James "Brad" Cutrell, M.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center and a member of the Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine. He is the Director of the Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program and Co-Director of the annual Updates in Internal Medicine course.

Dr. Cutrell earned his medical degree, completed internal medicine residency training and a year as Chief Resident, and completed advanced training through a fellowship in infectious diseases at UT Southwestern Medical Center.

Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in infectious diseases, Dr. Cutrell joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2013.

As a COVID-19 treatment and vaccines expert, Dr. Cutrell is advancing COVID-19 research, education, and patient care. His article "Pharmacologic Treatments for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): A Review" in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) is one of the most cited articles about COVID-19. He is quoted frequently in national and regional media outlets, including The Washington Post, MSNBC, and Bloomberg News, for his knowledge of COVID-19 treatments and vaccines.

He serves on UT Southwestern’s COVID-19 Recovery of Operations Committee, Committee for Deployment of COVID-19 Antibody Testing, COVID-19 Vaccine Science Review Committee, and other Medical Center groups and task forces.

Dr. Cutrell is currently leading the antibiotic stewardship program at UT Southwestern Hospital and Clinics in addition to providing clinical care in the UTSW Infectious Disease faculty clinics and ID consult service. He has a strong interest in graduate medical education and teaches medical students, residents, and fellows in infectious diseases. In addition, he directs the adult fellowship program for infectious diseases. He specializes in the care of COVID-19 patients, outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy, cardiovascular and orthopaedic infections, antimicrobial stewardship, and medical education.

Outside of UT Southwestern, he serves as president of the Texas Infectious Diseases Society and as a member of several national committees, including the Infectious Diseases Society of America’s Medical Education Community of Practice Executive Committee and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America’s Journal Club Subcommittee, for which he is Vice Chair.

Personal Note

During his free time, Dr. Cutrell enjoys reading, traveling, and spending time with his family.

Medical School

UT Southwestern Medical School (2007)

Residency

UT Southwestern Medical Center (2010), Internal Medicine

Fellowship

UT Southwestern Medical Center (2013), Infectious Diseases

• Antibiotic stewardship
• Clinical outcomes in musculoskeletal and diabetic foot infections
• Innovations in graduate medical education
• Management and prevention of COVID-19
• Prevention of surgical site infections

Featured Publications

Pharmacologic Treatments for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): A Review.

Sanders JM, Monogue ML, Jodlowski TZ, Cutrell JB, JAMA 2020 Apr

"The Art of War" in the Era of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).

Maxwell DN, Perl TM, Cutrell JB, Clin. Infect. Dis. 2020 Mar

The Struggling Infectious Diseases Fellow: Remediation Challenges and Opportunities.

Melia MT, Paez A, Reid G, Chirch LM, Luther VP, Blackburn BG, Perez F, Abdoler E, Kaul DR, Rehm S, Harik N, Barsoumian A, Person AK, Yun H, Beckham JD, Boruchoff S, Cariello PF, Cutrell JB, Graber CJ, Lee DH, Maziarz E, Paras ML, Razonable RR, Ressner R, Chen A, Chow B, Escota G, Herc E, Johnson A, Maves RC, Nnedu O, Clauss H, Kulkarni P, Pottinger PS, Serpa JA, Bhowmick T, Bittner M, Wooten D, Casanas B, Shnekendorf R, Blumberg EA, Open Forum Infect Dis 2020 Mar 7 3 ofaa058

#WhyID: Crowdsourcing the Top Reasons to Choose Infectious Diseases in the Age of Twitter.

Cutrell JB, Open Forum Infect Dis 2019 Oct 6 10 ofz403

An Outbreak of Brucellosis: An Adult and Pediatric Case Series.

Hassouneh L, Quadri S, Reto PP, Chaisavaneeyakorn S, Cutrell JB, Wetzel DM, Nijhawan AE, Open Forum Infect Dis 2019 Oct 6 10 ofz384

Statin use and medically attended acute respiratory illness among influenza vaccine recipients.

Cutrell JB, Drechsler H, Bedimo R, Alvarez CA, Mansi IA, Vaccine 2019 Sep

Disseminated histoplasmosis presenting as multiple oral ulcers.

Hendren N, Yek C, Mull J, Cutrell JB BMJ Case Rep 2017 Jul 2017

Current use of statins reduces risk of HIV rebound on suppressive HAART.

Drechsler H, Ayers C, Cutrell J, Maalouf N, Tebas P, Bedimo R, PLoS One 2017 12 3 e0172175

Risk factors for deep sternal wound infection after cardiac surgery: Influence of red blood cell transfusions and chronic infection.

Cutrell JB, Barros N, McBroom M, Luby J, Minhajuddin A, Ring WS, Greilich PE Am J Infect Control 2016 May

Mechanisms of bone disease in HIV and hepatitis C virus: impact of bone turnover, tenofovir exposure, sex steroids and severity of liver disease.

Bedimo R, Cutrell J, Zhang S, Drechsler H, Gao A, Brown G, Farukhi I, Castanon R, Tebas P, Maalouf NN AIDS 2015 Nov

• Texas Super Doctors Rising Star
  Voted as Rising Star in Infectious Diseases (2021)
• D Magazine Top Doctor
  Voted as one of top doctors in Infectious Diseases for DFW area (2020)
• VA North Texas Healthcare System Top Doctors
  Voted one of top 5 doctors as voted on by peer physicians (2019)
• VA North Texas Healthcare System Top Doctors
  Voted one of top 5 doctors as voted on by peer physicians (2018)
• Chief Medicine Resident
  Selected to serve as Chief Resident for Internal Medicine Residency Program 2010-11 (2010)
• Resident Teaching Award
  Award for outstanding teaching as voted by UTSW medical students (2010)
• Resident Teaching Award
  Award for outstanding teaching as voted by UTSW medical students (2008)
• Ho Din Award
  Award for top graduating student of UT Southwestern (2007)

• American College of Physicians (2010)
• Dallas County Medical Society (2010)
• HIV Medical Association (2012)
• Infectious Diseases Society of America (2012)
• Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (2018)
• Texas ID Society (2015)
• Texas Medical Association (2010)