Paul Southern, MD

Professor
Pathology, Internal Medicine
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Contact Information

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

Office Phone: 214-648-3587
Office Fax: 214-648-8037

paul.southern@utsouthwestern.edu

To make an appointment, call 214-645-8300.

Biography

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, and tropical infectious diseases, especially Chagas’ disease, neurocysticercosis, as well as traveler’s health.

Education

Medical SchoolLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Med (1993)
FellowshipUT Southwestern Medical Center, Infectious Disease (1969)
FellowshipUT Southwestern Medical Center, Infectious Disease (1963)
ResidencyUT Southwestern Medical Center, Internal Medicine (1962)
InternshipParkland Memorial Hospital, Medicine (1960)
Medical SchoolUT Southwestern Medical Center (1959)

Research Interests

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

Publications

Featured
Prevalence of antibody to Trypanosoma cruzi in the human population of the Toledo District of Belize.

Southern PM, , Am J Trop Med Hgy , 2004; (2004 (3rd revision))

Featured
Does examination of urinary sediment identify individuals with Gulf War Syndrome?

Southern PM, et al , Am J Med Sci , 1998; (315):225-229

Featured
Relapsing fever: a clinical and microbiological review.

Southern PM and Sanford JP , Medicine , 1969; (48):129-149

Featured
Gram-negative bacillary necrotizing pneumonia: a bacteriologic and histopathologic correlation.

Mays BB, et al. , J Infect Dis , 1969; (120):687-697

Neurocysticercosis: Neglected but not Forgotten

Coyle CM, Mahanty S, Zunt JR, Wallin MT, White Jr AC, O'Neal S, Serpa JA, Southern PM, Wilkins P, McCarthy A, Higgs ES, Nash TE, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2012;

Prevalence of antibody to Trypanosoma cruzi in Hispanic surnamed patients at Parkland Health and Hospital System

Arena R, Matthews CE, Kim AY, Lenz TE, Southern PM, BMC Research Notes, 2011; 4:132-137

Archeology meets clinical microbiology: Microbial content of soils from Italy and Belize

Southern PM, Lab Medicine, 2008; 39:601-2

Cutaneous ulceration caused by Balamuthia mandrillaris leading to fatal amebic encephalitis.

Pritzker A, et al. , J Amer Acad Dermatol , 2004; (2004;50:538-44)

Case Report: Ophthalmomyiasis externa in Dallas County, Texas

Sigauke, E, et al , Am J Trop Med Hyg , 2003; (68):46-47

Toxoplasma infection: making the best use of laboratory tests.

Willis M., et al. , Infections in Medicine , 2002; (19):522-532

Honors/Awards

Secretary-Treasurer, ACCTMTH (Clinical section of American Society of Tropical Medicne and Hygiene)

National tropical diseases professional organization (2011)

Kuwait University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Microbiology

Visiting Professor (1982)

President and charter member

Southwestern Association of Clinical Microbiology (1982)

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 of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

National professional society (1995)

Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

International professional society (1993)

College of American Pathologists

National professional society (1980)

Texas Infectious Diseases Society

State professional society (1980)

American Society for Clinical Pathology

National professional society (1977)

Southwestern Association of Clinical Microbiology

Regional professional society (1975)

Infectious Diseases Society of America

National professional society (1974)

American Society for Microbiology

National professional society (1967)