Media Contacts

Contacting the University News Bureau staff

Members of the news media interested in speaking to experts in any of the fields listed below should call UT Southwestern's University News Bureau at 214-648-3404 and ask for the contact person whose name is listed beside the subject; or click on their name to send an email. You may call 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Mike Berman, News Bureau Director
Phone: 214-648-3404
michael.berman@utsouthwestern.edu

Russell Rian, Public Relations Manager
Phone: 214-648-3404
russell.rian@utsouthwestern.edu

• AIDS: Deborah Wormser
• Allergies and asthma: Debbie Bolles
• ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease):  Jeff Carlton
• Alzheimer's disease:  Jeff Carlton
• Arthritis: Robin Russell
• Autism: Russell Rian
• Back pain: Russell Rian
• Balance disorders: Robin Russell
• Bariatrics: Debbie Bolles
• Burns/Critical Care: Russell Rian
• Cancer: Alex Lyda
• Cardiology: Robin Russell
• Cholesterol: Robin Russell

• Depression: Russell Rian
• Dermatology: Robin Russell
• Diabetes: Debbie Bolles
• Digestive diseases: Debbie Bolles
• Down syndrome: Debbie Bolles

• Ear, nose and throat disorders: Robin Russell
• Endocrinology: Debbie Bolles
• Epilepsy: Jeff Carlton
• Emergency medicine: Russell Rian
• Erectile dysfunction: Robin Russell

• Family and community medicine: Debbie Bolles
• Fertility: Robin Russell
• Flu: Deborah Wormser

• Gastroenterology: Debbie Bolles
• Genetics: Deborah Wormser
• Geriatrics/gerontology: Debbie Bolles
• Gulf War syndrome: Russell Rian

• Headache: Jeff Carlton
• Hearing: Robin Russell
• Heart disease: Robin Russell
• Hepatitis: Debbie Bolles
• Hematology-oncology:  Jeff Carlton
• Hormone replacement therapy: Debbie Bolles
• Hypertension (high blood pressure): Robin Russell

• Imaging MRI/CT: Jeff Carlton
• Immunology: Deborah Wormser
• Incontinence: Robin Russell
• Infectious disease (colds, flu, etc.): Deborah Wormser
• Infertility: Robin Russell
• Integrative biology: Deborah Wormser
• Internal medicine: Debbie Bolles

• Kidney — surgery, dialysis: Debbie Bolles
• Kidney stones: Robin Russell

• Liver diseases: Debbie Bolles
• Lung disease: Robin Russell
• Lupus: Robin Russell

• Medical ethics: Russell Rian
• Mental health: Russell Rian
• Migraines: Jeff Carlton
• Molecular biology/genetics: Deborah Wormser
• Muscular Dystrophy: Deborah Wormser

• Neurology/neurosurgery: Jeff Carlton
• Nutrition: Debbie Bolles

• OB/GYN: Robin Russell 
• Obesity: Debbie Bolles
• Ophthalmology: Robin Russell 
• Oral surgery: Robin Russell
• Orthopaedics: Russell Rian
• Osteoporosis: Robin Russell
• Otolaryngology: Robin Russell

• Pain management: Russell Rian
• Parkinson's disease: Jeff Carlton
• Pathology: Deborah Wormser
• Pediatrics: Debbie Bolles
• Plastic surgery: Robin Russell
• PMS: Robin Russell
• Primary care: Debbie Bolles
• Prostate: Robin Russell
• Psychiatry/Psychology: Russell Rian

• Radiation oncology: Jeff Carlton
• Radiology:  Jeff Carlton
• Rehabilitation: Jeff Carlton
• Rheumatology: Robin Russell

• Skin cancer: Robin Russell
• Sickle cell disease: Debbie Bolles
• Simmons Cancer Center: Alex Lyda
• Sleep disorders: Robin Russell
• Spine care: Russell Rian
• Sports medicine: Russell Rian
• Stroke: Jeff Carlton
• Surgery: Russell Rian

• Tissue bank (Transplant Services Center): Debbie Bolles
• Toxicology: Russell Rian
• Transplants: Debbie Bolles

• Voice Care Center: Robin Russell

• Weight Loss: Debbie Bolles

• Ulcers: Debbie Bolles
• Urology: Robin Russell