James Luby, M.D.
Professor

James P. Luby, M.D., is a Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center and a member of its Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine. He specializes in general infectious diseases, clinical virology, atypical mycobacterial infections, hospital-acquired infections, histoplasmosis, and HIV.

Dr. Luby earned his medical degree at Northwestern University. He completed a residency in internal medicine at Northwestern University and Parkland Memorial Hospital and received advanced training in infectious diseases through a fellowship at UT Southwestern.

Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine, Dr. Luby was an officer in the Epidemic Intelligence Service of the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, stationed at the CDC, from 1964 through 1966. He joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 1967.

Dr. Luby’s research interests focus on clinical virology, herpes viruses, arboviral infections (St. Louis encephalitis and West Nile virus), and the epidemiology of infectious diseases, particularly hospital-acquired infections.

He is the author of many research articles, case reports, reviews, and editorials, and serves as an ad hoc reviewer for a range of academic journals. He is a member of the Dallas County Medical Society, the Texas Infectious Diseases Society, and the Texas Medical Association and a Fellow of the American College of Physicians (FACP) and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (FIDSA).

In 2016, UT Southwestern established a Professorship in Infectious Disease named for Dr. Luby.

 

Medical School

Northwestern University Medical School (1961)

Internship

Parkland Health & Hospital System (1962), Rotating

Residency

Northwestern University Medical School (1964), Internal Medicine

Residency

Parkland Health & Hospital System (1967), Chief Resident Internal Medicine

Fellowship

UT Southwestern Medical Center (1969), Infectious Diseases

• Clinical Virology
• Epidemiology in Infectious Diseases
• Healthcare Associated Infections

Featured Publications

Isolation and Propagation of a Human Enteric Coronavirus

Resta S, Luby JP, Rosenfeld CR, Siegel JD Science 1985 229 978-981

A longitudinal study of varicella zoster virus infections in renal transplant recipients

Luby JP, Ramirez-Ronda C, Vergne-Marini P, Rinner S, Hull A Journal of Infectious Diseases 1977 135 659-663

Sensitivities of Neurotropic Arboviruses to Human Interferon

Luby JP J. Infect. Dis. 1975 132 361-367

Clinical and laboratory features of epidemic St. Louis encephalitis

Southern PM, Smith JW, Luby JP, Barnett JA, Sanford JP Annals of Internal Medicine 1969 71 681-698

The epidemiology of St. Louis encephalitis in Houston, Texas 1964

Luby JP, Miller GM, Gardner P, Pigford CA, Henderson BE, Eddins D American Journal of Epidemiology 1967 86 584-597

The 2012 West Nile encephalitis epidemic in Dallas, Texas.

Chung WM, Buseman CM, Joyner SN, Hughes SM, Fomby TB, Luby JP, Haley RW JAMA 2013 Jul 310 3 297-307

Aerosolization of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus during an epidemic in a burn intensive care unit

Dansby W, Purdue G, Hunt J, Arnold B, Phillips D, Moody B, Kemp D, Byrd L, Walter P, Luby J Journal of Burn Care & Research 2008 29 331-337

Recurrent exposure to Histoplasma capsulatum in modern air-conditioned buildings.

Luby JP, Southern PM, Haley CE, Vahle KL, Munford RS, Haley RW Clin. Infect. Dis. 2005 Jul 41 2 170-6

Recurrent exposure to Histoplasma Capsulatum in Modern Air-Conditioned Buildings

Luby JL, Southern PM, Haley CE, Vahle KL, Munford RS, Haley RW Clinical Infectious Diseases 2005 41 170-176

Fatal Type 3 Adenoviral Pneumonia In Immunocompetent Adult Identical Twins

Barker JH, Luby JP, Dalley AS, Bartek WM, Burns DK, Erdman DD Clinical Infectious Diseases 2003 37

• Best Doctors in America
  Best Doctors in America 2003-2004, 2005-2006, 2007-2008 (2008)
• Graduation Marshall
  Medical School classes 1988, 1989, 1996, 2000, 2001 (2001)
• President
  Texas Infectious Diseases Society 1992-1993 (1993)
• Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
  "For outstanding work in microbiology and its application to infectious diseases in man." (1992)
• Outstanding Teacher Award
  Parkland Memorial Hospital Medical Housestaff (1981)

• American Association for the Advancement of Science (Fellow)
• American College of Physicians (Fellow)
• American Society for Virology
• Pan American Group for Rapid Viral Diagnosis (Councillor 1991-1993)
• Texas Infectious Diseases Society (President 1992-93)