Richard Lueking, M.D.

Richard Lueking, M.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center and a member of its Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine. He serves as Medical Director of Antimicrobial Stewardship at Clements University Hospital.

Dr. Lueking holds a bachelor's degree in biology from Texas A&M University, where he also earned his medical degree. He completed internal medicine residency training at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), followed by fellowship training in infectious diseases at UT Southwestern.

Prior to joining the faculty in 2026, Dr. Lueking served on the faculty at MUSC, where he was also Co-Medical Director of the System Antimicrobial Stewardship Program.

Dr. Lueking’s clinical interests include infectious diseases, antimicrobial stewardship, HIV and sexually transmitted infections, transplant infectious diseases, and global antimicrobial resistance initiatives.

He focuses his research on clinical infectious diseases with an emphasis on antimicrobial stewardship, treatment optimization, and outcomes in complex infections. His work highlights the use and evaluation of antimicrobial agents as well as prescribing practices and stewardship interventions across health systems, including telehealth-based programs and culture collection strategies. He has a sustained interest in HIV/AIDS and related complications, including studies of treatment-experienced patients and opportunistic infections, alongside clinical research on emerging and resistant pathogens. His scholarship also includes investigations of coinfections, transplant-related infections, and rare or complex infectious disease presentations. In parallel, his global health work examines community-based treatment approaches for neglected tropical diseases such as Buruli ulcer and broader antimicrobial resistance challenges. Collectively, his research integrates clinical epidemiology, stewardship implementation, and real-world outcomes to improve the management of infectious diseases across diverse patient populations and care settings.

Dr. Lueking is an active member of several professional organizations, including the American College of Physicians, the American Medical Association, the Infectious Diseases Society of America, and the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society.