Email

yuriko.fukuta@bcm.edu

Positions

Assistant Professor

Medicine-Infectious Disease
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

Infectious Diseases Physician

Wheeling Hospital
Wheeling, WV
Leading antimicrobial stewardship program

Addresses

Baylor College of Medicine Medical Center - McNair Campus (Clinic)

7200 Cambridge Street
8th Floor, Suite 8B
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 798-2900

Education

MD from Yokohama City University

03/2003 - Yokohoma, Japan

Residency at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

07/2010 - Shadyside

Internal Medicine

Fellowship at University of Pittsburgh

06/2012 - Pittsburgh

Infectious Diseases

PhD from Yokohama City University

02/2017 - Yokohama, Japan

Residency at Teine Keijinkai Hospital

03/2006 - Sapporo, Japan

Residency at Teine Keijinkai Hospital

03/2006 - Sapporo, Japan

Chief Resident

Fellowship at Teine Keijinkai Hospital

03/2007 - Sapporo, Japan

Nephrology

Certifications

American Board of Internal Medicine

American Board of Infectious Diseases

Professional Statement

My mission is to provide the best Infectious Diseases care for all patients regardless socioeconomic status.

Videos

Selected Publications

• Fukuta Y, Muder RR, Agha ME, Clarke LG, Wagener MM, Hensler AM, Doi Y "Risk factors for acquisition of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii among cancer patients.." Am J Infect Control. 2013 December ; 41 (12): 1249-52. Pubmed PMID: 23870296
• Fukuta Y, Yildiz-Aktas IZ, William Pasculle A, Veldkamp PJ. "Legionella micdadei prosthetic valve endocarditis complicated by brain abscess: case report and review of the literature.." Scand J Infect Dis. 2012 June ; 44 (6): 414-8. Pubmed PMID: 22235842
• Fukuta Y, Clarke LG, Shields RK, Wagener MM, Pasculle AW, Doi Y. "Lack of seasonality in the occurrence of multidrug-resistant Acinectobacter baumannii complex.." Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2012 October 10; 33 (10): 1051-2. Pubmed PMID: 22961027
• Fukuta Y, Muder RR "Infections in psychiatric facilities, with an emphasis on outbreaks.." Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol.. 2013 January ; 34 (1): 80-8. Pubmed PMID: 23221197

Projects

Improving HIV related health maintenance among HIV patients at McNair Campus

Baylor College of Medicine (01/2020 - 06/2020)

McNair campus

Funding

Risk factors for acquisition and outcomes of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infection in cancer units

$10,000.00 (01/01/2010 - 12/31/2011)

Grant funding from University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Shadyside

Languages

Japanese