James Luby, M.D.
Professor

My research interests have been centered in Clinical Virology and the epidemiology of infectious diseases, particularly viral infections. Specifically, I am or have been interested in St. Louis encephalitis, the chemotherapy of viral infections and the occurrence and clinical manifestations of herpesviruses in renal transplant recipients. We have isolated a human enteric coronavirus (HEC)from the stool of an infant with necrotizing enterocolitis. This virus is in the process of being prepared as a virus stock and will eventually be submitted to the AYCC. Its role in the pathogenesis of human illness needs to be determined.

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

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 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

St. Louis encephalitis and the Substantia Nigra: MR Imaging Evaluation

Cerna F., Mehrad B., Luby JP, Burns D., and Fleckenstein JL American Journal of Neuroradiology 1999 20 1281-1283

• 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)