Andrew Koh, MD

Assistant Professor
Pediatrics, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, Microbiology
Graduate Program: Molecular Microbiology

Contact Information

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390

andrew.koh@utsouthwestern.edu

To make an appointment, call 214-730-KIDS (5437).

Biography

Dr. Andrew Y. Koh received his bachelor’s degree in Biology from Harvard College. He was then awarded a Rhodes Scholarship and studied English Literature at Pembroke College, Oxford University. Dr. Koh obtained his MD degree from Harvard Medical School. He completed internship, residency, and chief residency at Children’s Hospital, Boston. He then completed a dual fellowship in hematology/oncology and infectious diseases at Children’s Hospital, Boston, and Dana Farber Cancer Institute. After serving as an attending physician on both the hematopoeitic stem cell transplantation service and immuncompromised infectious diseases service for five years, Dr. Koh left Harvard to become Director of Pediatric Hematopoeitic Stem Cell Transplantation at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.

Education

FellowshipChildren's Hospital Boston - Infectious Disease (2004)
FellowshipChildren's Hospital Boston - Hematology/Oncology (2004)
ResidencyChildren's Hospital of Boston - Pediatric Program (2000)
ResidencyChildren's Hospital of Boston - Pediatric Program (1999)
Medical SchoolHarvard Medical School (1996)

Research Interests

Candida albicans pathogenesis
Host pathogen interactions
Pseudomonas aeruginosa pathogenesis

Publications

Featured
Mucosal damage and neutropenia are required for Candida albicans dissemination.

Koh AY, Kohler JR, Coggshall KT, Van Rooijen N, Pier GB. , PLoS Pathogens , February 2008; (4(2)):e35

Featured
A murine model of gastrointestinal colonization and dissemination during neutropenia for studying virulence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Koh AY, Priebe GP, Pier GB. , Infection and Immunity , 2005; (73(4)):2262-2272

Mucosal damage and neutropenia are required for Candida albicans dissemination

Koh AY, Kohler JR, Coggshall KT, Van Rooijen N, Pier GB , PLoS Pathogens , Spring 2008; (4(2)):e35

Analysis of Acquisition of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Gastrointestinal Mucosal Colonization and Horizontal Transmission in a Murine Model.

Kamei A*, Koh AY*, Gadjeva M, Priebe GP, Lory S, Pier GB (* Both authors contributed equally to this work) , Journal of Infectious Diseases , January 2010; (201 (1)):71-80

Utility of in vivo transcription profiling for identifying Pseudomonas aeruginosa genes needed for gastrointestinal colonization and dissemination.

Koh AY, Mikkelsen PJ, Smith RS, Coggshall KT, Kamei A, Givskov M, Lory S, Pier GB , PLoS ONE , December 2010; (5(12)):e15131

Inescapable need for Neutrophils as Mediators of Cellular Innate Immunity to Acute Pseudomonas aeruginosa Pneumonia

Koh AY, Priebe GP, Ray C, Van Rooijen N, Pier GB , Infection and Immunity , December 2009; (77(12)):5300-5310

A murine model of gastrointestinal colonization and dissemination during neutropenia for studying virulence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Koh AY, Priebe GP, Pier GB , Infection and Immunity , 2005; (73(4)):2262-2272

Honors/Awards

Eleanor and Miles Shore Scholar

(2006)

Glaser Pediatric Research Network Fellowship Award

(2000)

Rhodes Scholarship

(1988)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation

American Society for Microbiology

American Society of Hematology