Michael Evan Sebert, MD $$

Infectious Disease Specialist

Associate Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center

Languages Spoken:
English
UT Southwestern Pediatric Group

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Education and Training

Medical School
Stanford University School of Medicine (1995)
Residency
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (1998), Pediatrics
Fellowship
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (2002), Pediatric Infectious Diseases
  • Research Interests

    • Bacterial pathogenesis
    • Genomic epidemiology
    • Hospital epidemiology
    • Microbial evolution
    • Pathogen transmission
    • Streptococcus pneumoniae
  • Publications

    Publications

    • Low Utility of the Pediatric Isolator Blood Culture System for the Detection of Fungemia in Children: A Ten Year Review. Campigotto A, Richardson SE, Sebert M, McElvania TeKippe E, Chakravarty A, Doern CD J. Clin. Microbiol. 2016 Jun
    • Competence in Streptococcus pneumoniae is a response to an increasing mutational burden. Gagne AL, Stevens KE, Cassone M, Pujari A, Abiola OE, Chang DJ, Sebert ME PLoS ONE 2013 8 8 e72613
    • The HtrA protease from Streptococcus pneumoniae digests both denatured proteins and the competence-stimulating peptide. Cassone M, Gagne AL, Spruce LA, Seeholzer SH, Sebert ME J. Biol. Chem. 2012 Nov 287 46 38449-59
    • Frequent beneficial mutations during single-colony serial transfer of Streptococcus pneumoniae. Stevens KE, Sebert ME PLoS Genet. 2011 Aug 7 8 e1002232
    • Competence in Streptococcus pneumoniae is regulated by the rate of ribosomal decoding errors. Stevens KE, Chang D, Zwack EE, Sebert ME MBio 2011 2 5

    Books

    • Gastroenteritis. In Bergelson JM, Shah SS, Zaoutis TE, eds. Pediatric Infectious Diseases: The Requisites in Pediatrics. Sebert M. (2008). Philadelphia: Mosby Elsevier; 157-168.
  • Professional Activities

    • American Academy of Pediatrics (2005)
    • American Society for Microbiology (2000-2014)
    • Infectious Disease Society of America (2003)
    • Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (2014)
    • Society for Pediatric Research (2009)
  • Awards and Honors

    • D Magazine Best Pediatric Specialist (2020)
    • DFW Hospital Council Physician of the Year Nominee (2015), Children's Medical Center
    • Dean's Award for Research, Stanford University School of Medicine (1995)

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