Michael Evan Sebert, MD $$

Infectious Disease Specialist

Associate Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center

Languages Spoken:
English

Locations

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
Board Certification
American Board of Pediatrics/Infectious Disease
  • 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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