David J. Tweardy, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Chief, Section of Infectious Diseases
Chief, ad interim, Section of Immunology Allergy and Rheumatology
Education
A.B., Princeton University, 1974
M.D., Harvard Medical School, 1978
Postgraduate Training
Resident in Medicine, Case Western Reserve University Hospitals of Cleveland 1979-1980
Fellow in Infectious Diseases, Case Western Reserve University Hospitals of Cleveland 1980-1982
Chief Resident in Medicine, Case Western Reserve University Hospitals of Cleveland 1982-1983
Research Associate in Infectious Diseases, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland 1983-1984
Associate Scientist, The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia (Molecular Hematology, Giovanni Rovera, M.D., Laboratory Director), 1984-1986
Board Certification
Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases
Specialty
Infectious Diseases
Research & Clinical Interests
Dr. Tweardy's clinical research interests include the impact of trauma and shock on host susceptibility to hospital-acquired infections. His basic research interests include signal transduction events activated in cells and tissues by cytokines, focusing on signal tranducer and activator of transcription (STAT) 3.
Publications
Dr. Tweardy has over one hundred publications, in both basic science and clinical research.
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Contact Information
One Baylor Plaza
BCM 286, Room N1319
Houston, TX 77030
Phone: 713-798-8918
Fax: 713-798-8948
E-mail: dtweardy@bcm.edu