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
Does use of Electronic Alerts for Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS) to Identify Patients with Sepsis Improve Mortality?
Seetharaman S, Wilson C, Landrum M, Qasba S, Katz M, Ladikos N, Harris JE, Galiatsatos P, Yousem DM, Knight AM, Pearse DB, Blanding R, Bennett R, Galai N, Perl TM, Sood G Am. J. Med. 2019 Mar
National Costs Associated With Methicillin-Susceptible and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Hospitalizations in the United States, 2010-2014.
Klein EY, Jiang W, Mojica N, Tseng KK, McNeill R, Cosgrove SE, Perl TM Clin. Infect. Dis. 2019 Jan 68 1 22-28
Nasal Carriage among Industrial Hog Operation Workers and Household Contacts, USA.
Nadimpalli ML, Stewart JR, Pierce E, Pisanic N, Love DC, Hall D, Larsen J, Carroll KC, Tekle T, Perl TM, Heaney CD Environ. Health Perspect. 2018 12 126 12 127005
Infections: A Snapshot of Processes and Outcomes in the Real World.
Townsend J, Keller S, Tibuakuu M, Thakker S, Webster B, Siegel M, Psoter KJ, Mansour O, Perl TM Open Forum Infect Dis 2018 Nov 5 11 ofy274
A polymicrobial fungal outbreak in a regional burn center after Hurricane Sandy.
Sood G, Vaidya D, Dam L, Grubb LM, Zenilman J, Krout K, Khouri-Stevens Z, Bennett R, Blanding R, Riedel S, Milner S, Price LA, Perl TM Am J Infect Control 2018 Sep 46 9 1047-1050

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)