Education
Medical School
University of North Carolina School of Medicine (1983)
Residency
McGill University Faculty of Medicine (1987), Internal Medicine
Fellowship
University of Iowa Medical Center (1992), Infectious Diseases

Research Interest
  • antimicrobial resistance
  • C. difficile
  • healthcare associated infections
  • infection prevention and control
  • resistant gram negative infections
  • S. aureus infections
  • surgical site infections

Publications

Featured Publications LegendFeatured Publications

The Respiratory Protection Effectiveness Clinical Trial (ResPECT): a cluster-randomized comparison of respirator and medical mask effectiveness against respiratory infections in healthcare personnel.
Radonovich LJ, Bessesen MT, Cummings DA, Eagan A, Gaydos C, Gibert C, Gorse GJ, Nyquist AC, Reich NG, Rodrigues-Barradas M, Savor-Price C, Shaffer RE, Simberkoff MS, Perl TM BMC Infect. Dis. 2016 Jun 16 243
Triggering interventions for influenza: the ALERT algorithm.
Reich NG, Cummings DA, Lauer SA, Zorn M, Robinson C, Nyquist AC, Price CS, Simberkoff M, Radonovich LJ, Perl TM Clin. Infect. Dis. 2015 Feb 60 4 499-504
Combating the spread of carbapenemases in Enterobacteriaceae: a battle that infection prevention should not lose.
Savard P, Perl TM Clin. Microbiol. Infect. 2014 Sep 20 9 854-61
A compendium of strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections in acute care hospitals: 2014 updates.
Yokoe DS, Anderson DJ, Berenholtz SM, Calfee DP, Dubberke ER, Ellingson KD, Gerding DN, Haas JP, Kaye KS, Klompas M, Lo E, Marschall J, Mermel LA, Nicolle LE, Salgado CD, Bryant K, Classen D, Crist K, Deloney VM, Fishman NO, Foster N, Goldmann DA, Humphreys E, Jernigan JA, Padberg J, Perl TM, Podgorny K, Septimus EJ, VanAmringe M, Weaver T, Weinstein RA, Wise R, Maragakis LL Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2014 Aug 35 8 967-77
Hospital outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus.
Assiri A, McGeer A, Perl TM, Price CS, Al Rabeeah AA, Cummings DA, Alabdullatif ZN, Assad M, Almulhim A, Makhdoom H, Madani H, Alhakeem R, Al-Tawfiq JA, Cotten M, Watson SJ, Kellam P, Zumla AI, Memish ZA N. Engl. J. Med. 2013 Aug 369 5 407-16
To Test or Not to Test: COVID-19 Prevention Strategies to Keep Large Gatherings Safe.
Estelle CD, Perl TM, Ann Intern Med 2021 Jul
Take-home kits to detect respiratory viruses among healthcare personnel: Lessons learned from a cluster randomized clinical trial.
Los J, Gaydos CA, Gibert CL, Gorse GJ, Lykken J, Nyquist AC, Price CS, Radonovich LJ, Rattigan S, Reich N, Rodriguez-Barradas M, Simberkoff M, Bessesen M, Brown A, Cummings DAT, Perl TM, Am J Infect Control 2021 07 49 7 893-899
Déjà Vu: Coronaviruses and Transmission in Health Care Settings.
Kang M, Perl TM, Ann Intern Med 2021 06 174 6 864-865
Expanding mandatory healthcare personnel immunization beyond influenza: Impact of a broad immunization program with enhanced accountability.
Talbot TR, Schimmel R, Swift MD, Rolando LA, Johnson RT, Muscato J, Sternberg P, Dubree M, McGown PW, Yarbrough MI, Hickson GB, Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2021 May 42 5 513-518
A Silver Lining? Fewer non-SARS-CoV-2 Respiratory Viruses during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Most ZM, Holcomb M, Jamieson AR, Perl TM, J Infect Dis 2021 Apr

Professional Associations/Affiliations
  • Professor and Chief of Infectious Diseases, UT Southwestern (2016)
  • Assistant Professor to Professor, Johns Hopkins University (1996-2016)
  • Assistant Professor, University of Iowa (1991-1995)
  • Fellow–Infectious Diseases and Clinical Epidemiology, University of Iowa (1988-1991)