Adnan Alatoom, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor
Pathology

Contact Information

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

Office Phone: 214-648-2100

adnan.alatoom@utsouthwestern.edu

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

Education

ResidencyMayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Pathology (2011)
ResidencyUniversity of Texas Southwestern, Pathology (2010)
Graduate SchoolTexas Tech University Health Sciences Center at Lubbock, Medical Microbiology (2007)
ResidencyJordan University Hospital, Pathology (2002)
InternshipPrincess Basma Teaching Hospital, Medicine (2001)
Medical SchoolJordan University of Science and Technology (2000)

Research Interests

Microbiology, Clinical and Molecular

Publications

Featured
VceR negatively regulates the vceCAB MDR efflux operon and positively regulates its own synthesis in Vibrio cholerae 569B.

Alatoom AA, Aburto R, Hamood AN, Colmer-Hamood JA, Canadian Journal of Microbiology, ; 53 (2007):888-999

Featured
Identification of Non-diphtheriae Corynebacterium Using MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry

Adnan A. Alatoom, Charles J. Cazanave, Scott A. Cunningham, Sherry M. Ihde, and Robin Pate, Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2011; (doi:10.1128/JCM.05889-11.)

Featured
Comparison of direct colony method versus extraction method for identification of Gram-positive cocci by use of Bruker Biotyper matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry

Alatoom, A. A., S. A. Cunningham, S. M. Ihde, J. Mandrekar, R. Patel, Journal of Clinical Microbiology , 2011; 49:2868-2873

Featured
Q Fever Over 75 Years: What Have We Achieved?

Adnan Alatoom, Rhea Sumpter, Jr, Jessica N. Ricaldi, Rita M. Gander., American Society of Clinical Pathology Check Sample, 2010; MB10 (7)

Featured
Fatal Cerebral Hemorrhage in a Patient with CD19-positive IgM-producing Aggressive Plasma Cell Myeloma, Hyperviscosity Syndrome and Cryoglobulinemia

Alatoom A, Elsabrouty R, Willis J, Boils C, Sarode R, Hashim I, Wang HY, , 2009; 5 (2):498-507

Featured
An Overview of Arboviruses and Bunyaviruses.

Alatoom A, Payne D, Lab Medicine, 2009; 40:237-240

Featured
Fasciola Hepatica Infection in the United States

Alatoom A, Cavuoti D, Southern P, Gander R, Lab Medicine, 2008; 39:425-428

Featured
Fascioliasis in Pregnancy

Alatoom A, Sheffield J, Gander R, Shaw J, Cavuoti D, Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2008; 112:483-485

Professional Associations/Affiliations

American Society of Clinical Pathology (ASCP)

Member (2010-2011)

College of American Pathologists (CAP)

Member (2008-2011)

American Society of Microbiology (ASM)

Member (2001-2011)