Biography

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My fields of interest include clinical microbiology-related epidemiology, the evaluation of new diagnostic methods in clinical microbiology, the evaluation of new antimicrobial agents in vitro, general and tropical infectious diseases, especially Chagas’ disease, neurocysticercosis, as well as traveler’s health.

Education

Undergraduate
Abilene Christian University (1953), Accounting
Medical School
Univ of Tx Southwestern Med Ct (1959), Law
Medical School
London School of Hygiene & Tro (1993), Medicine

Research Interest

  • Antimicrobial resistance
  • Diagnostic methods in clinical microbiology
  • Epidemiology of Chagas Disease in Belize
  • Neurocysticercosis in North America

Publications

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Renal cortex ion composition and Na-K-ATPase activity in gentamicin nephrotoxicity.
Cronin RE, Nix KL, Ferguson ER, Southern PM, Henrich WL Am. J. Physiol. 1982 May 242 5 F477-83
The in vitro activity of mecillinam alone and in combination with other beta lactam antibiotics
Many, W.J., Ruderman, A.E., Southern, P.M., and Luby, J.P Current Therapeutic Research 1982 31 475-484
Epidemiology and antimicrobial susceptibility of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a large metropolitan general hospital
Southern, P.M., Southern, S.S., Williams, S.K., and Phillips, I Current chemotherapy and immunotherapy : proceedings of the 12th International Congress of Chemotherapy, Florence, Italy, 19-24 July 1981 1982 115-116

Honors & Awards

  • Secretary-Treasurer, ACCTMTH (Clinical section of American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene)
    National tropical diseases professional organization (2011)
  • Kuwait University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Microbiology
    Visiting Professor (2009-2009)
  • Kuwait University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Microbiology
    Visiting Professor (1982)
  • President and charter member
    Southwestern Association of Clinical Microbiology (1982)
  • Kuwait University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Microbiology
    Visiting Professor (1981-1981)
  • President and charter member
    Texas Infectious Diseases Society (1980)
  • Visiting Professor
    St. Thomas’s Hospital and Medical School, London (1980)
  • President and cofounder
    Texas Society for Clinical Microbiology (1973)
  • Alpha Omega Alpha
    Honor Medical Society (1959)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

  • American Society for Clinical Pathology (1977)
  • American Society for Microbiology (1967)
  • American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (1995)
  • Anaerobe Society of the Americas (2005)
  • College of American Pathologists (1980)
  • Infectious Diseases Society of America (1974)
  • International Society of Travel Medicine (2005)
  • Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (1993)
  • Southwestern Association of Clinical Microbiology (1975)
  • Texas Infectious Diseases Society (1980)