George McCracken, M.D. Professor Emeritus School Medical School Department Pediatrics Biography Download Curriculum Vitae Dr. George McCracken, Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics, joined the faculty at UT Southwestern in 1968 after completing a two-year fellowship with John Sever at the National Institutes of Health. He served as Director of the Division of Pediatric Infectious Disease from 1976 until 2009. In 1982, The Pediatric Infectious Diseases Journal was founded by Dr. McCracken and Dr. John Nelson, and Dr. McCracken continues to serve as Chief Editor. From 1981 through 2007, Drs. McCracken and Nelson also organized and led the National Pediatric Infectious Disease Seminar, a post-graduate education course that rotated annually to several cities throughout the United States and attracted more than 500 registrants. Dr. McCracken's publication record now exceeds 490 peer-reviewed articles and book sections, among which are the representative ones listed below. Education Undergraduate Williams College (1958) Medical School Weill Cornell Med Colls and Gr (1962), Medicine Research Interest Clinical Pharmacology of Antimicrobials Meningitis (pathogenesis, treatment) Respiratory Infections (pathogenesis, link to asthma) Vaccine Development Publications Featured Publications The Effect of 13-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine on the Serotype Distribution and Antibiotic Resistance Profiles in Children With Invasive Pneumococcal Disease. Gaviria-Agudelo CL, Jordan-Villegas A, Garcia C, McCracken GH J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc 2016 Feb Executive summary: the management of community-acquired pneumonia in infants and children older than 3 months of age: clinical practice guidelines by the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society and the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Bradley JS, Byington CL, Shah SS, Alverson B, Carter ER, Harrison C, Kaplan SL, Mace SE, McCracken GH, Moore MR, St Peter SD, Stockwell JA, Swanson JT, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society and the Infectious Diseases Society of America null Clin. Infect. Dis. 2011 Oct 53 7 617-30 The management of community-acquired pneumonia in infants and children older than 3 months of age: clinical practice guidelines by the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society and the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Bradley JS, Byington CL, Shah SS, Alverson B, Carter ER, Harrison C, Kaplan SL, Mace SE, McCracken GH, Moore MR, St Peter SD, Stockwell JA, Swanson JT, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society and the Infectious Diseases Society of America null Clin. Infect. Dis. 2011 Oct 53 7 e25-76 Pharmacokinetics of oseltamivir according to trimester of pregnancy. Greer LG, Leff RD, Rogers VL, Roberts SW, McCracken GH, Wendel GD, Sheffield JS Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol. 2011 Jun 204 6 Suppl 1 S89-93 Pharmacokinetics of oseltamivir in breast milk and maternal plasma. Greer LG, Leff RD, Rogers VL, Roberts SW, McCracken GH, Wendel GD, Sheffield JS Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol. 2011 Jun 204 6 524.e1-4 Viral coinfections in children with invasive pneumococcal disease. Techasaensiri B, Techasaensiri C, Mejías A, McCracken GH, Ramilo O Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J. 2010 Jun 29 6 519-23 Epidemiology and evolution of invasive pneumococcal disease caused by multidrug resistant serotypes of 19A in the 8 years after implementation of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine immunization in Dallas, Texas. Techasaensiri C, Messina AF, Katz K, Ahmad N, Huang R, McCracken GH Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J. 2010 Apr 29 4 294-300 The pediatric infectious disease journal(r) newsletter: march 2009. Nelson JD, McCracken GH Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J. 2009 Mar 28 3 A5-6 Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of linezolid in children with cystic fibrosis. Santos RP, Prestidge CB, Brown ME, Urbancyzk B, Murphey DK, Salvatore CM, Jafri HS, McCracken GH, Ahmad N, Sanchez PJ, Siegel JD Pediatr. Pulmonol. 2009 Feb 44 2 148-54 The antibiotic pipeline in pediatrics. McCracken GH Adv. Exp. Med. Biol. 2009 634 147-51 Results 1-10 of 41 1 2 3 4 5 Next Last Books Featured Books Quinolones in Pediatrics. In Hooper D, Rubinstein E, eds. Quinolone Antimicrobial Agents. 3rd ed. McCracken GH, Ghaffar F. (2003). Washington, DC: ASM Press; 343-354. Acute Bacterial Meningitis beyond the Neonatal Period. In Long, SS, Pickering LK, Prober CG, eds. Principles and Practices of Pediatric Infectious Diseases. 4th ed. Garcia CG, McCracken GH. (2012). Elsevier Saunders; 272-278. Antibacterial Therapeutic Agents. In Cherry JD, Harrison GJ, Kaplan SL, Steinbach WJ, Hotez PJ, eds. Feigin and Cherry's Textbook of Pediatric Infectious Diseases. 7th ed. Garcia C, McCracken GH. (2013). Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders; 3182-3241. Honors & Awards Texas Super DoctorTexas Monthly Magazine (2015) Honorary Membership, European Society for Paediatric Infectious DiseaseAwarded for Outstanding Leadership in pediatric infectious diseases worldwide (2012) Maxwell Finland LectureHonorary Lecture, Infectious Disease Society of America (2012) Special Recognition Certificate for EducationAmerican Academy of Pediatrics (2011) Honorary Doctorate of Medicine, University of Athens, Athens, Greece, (2008) Kellogg Awardfrom Williams College for a Distinguished Career in Pediatric MEdicine (2008) Cornell University Medical College Distinguished Alumnus AwardFor a Distinguished Career in Pediatric Infectious Diseases (2006) The Maxwell Finland Awardfor Scientific Achievements from the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (2004) Mentor Award for a Distinguished Lifetime Record of Mentorship in Infectious Diseasesfrom the Infectious Disease Society of America (2003) Distinguished Physician Award for LIfetime Achievements in Research and Training in Pediatric Infectious Diseasesfrom the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (2001) Professional Associations/Affiliations American Academy of Pediatrics (1977) American Society for Microbiology (1970) European Pediatric Infectious Disease Society; Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society Infectious Diseases Society of America (1979) Research Rounds, Chairman/Director (1995-2008) Society for Pediatric Research (1972) The National Pediatric Infectious Disease Seminar, Co-Director (1981-2008) The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, Chief Editor (1982)
