Faculty Biography
The Department of Pediatrics at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston is dedicated to improving the health and welfare of all infants, children, and adolescents.
Thomas G. Cleary, M.D.
Education:
St. Louis University, B.S., 1967
Washington University Medical School, M.D., 1971
1971-1973 – Internship/Residency, St. Louis Children's Hospital; St. Louis, MO
1973-1974 - Nephrology Fellowship, St. Louis Children's Hospital; St. Louis, MO
1977-1979 - Infectious Disease Fellowship, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Clinical and Research Interests:
- Pathophysiology and immunology of bacterial enteropathogens [Shigella, EPEC, STEC, EAEC, EIEC, Salmonella]
- Human milk protective mechanisms [sIgA, lactoferrin, oligosaccharides, etc]
Representative recent peer reviewed publications and chapters:
- Cleary, TG. Human Milk Protective Mechanisms. Adv Exp Med Biol. 554:145-154, 2004.
- Ochoa TJ, Noguera-Obenza M, Cleary TG. Lactoferrin blocks the initial host cell attachment mechanism of Enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC). Adv Exp Med Biol. 554: 463-466, 2004.
- Ochoa T, Cleary TG. Lactoferrin disruption of bacterial type III secretion systems. Biometals. 17: 257-260, 2004.
- Heresi GP, Butler IJ, Cleary TG, Mazur LJ, Murphy JR. Poliomyelitis-like syndrome in a child with West Nile virus infection. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 23(8):788-9, 2004.
- Ochoa, TJ, Salazar-Lindo, E, Cleary TG. Management of children with infection associated persistent diarrhea. Seminars in Pediatric Infectious Diseases. 15(4):229-236, 2004.
- Cleary TG. Salmonella Species. In Textbook of Pediatric Infectious Diseases. Feigin RD, Cherry JD, Demmler GJ, Kaplan SL (eds). WB Saunders, Philadelphia. 661469-1486, 2004.
- Cleary TG. Shigella Species. In Textbook of Pediatric Infectious Diseases. Feigin RD, Cherry JD, Demmler GJ, Kaplan SL (eds). WB Saunders, Philadelphia. Pp. 1459-1468, 2004.
- Heresi G, Murphy J, Cleary TG. Campylobacter jejuni. In Textbook of Pediatric Infectious Diseases. Feigin RD, Cherry JD, Demmler GJ, Kaplan SL (eds). WB Saunders, Philadelphia. Pp. 1612-1621, 2004.
- Cleary, TG. The role of shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli in hemorrhagic colitis and hemolytic uremic syndrome. Seminars in Pediatric Infectious Diseases. 15(4):260-65, 2004.
- O'Ryan M, Nataro JP, Cleary TG. Microorganisms responsible for neonatal diarrhea. In Infectious Diseases of the Fetus and Newborn Infant. Remington JS, Klein JO, Baker CJ, eds. Philadelphia: WB Saunders, 6th edition. Pp.603-663, 2005.
- Nolasco LH, Turner NA, Bernardo A, Tao Z, Cleary TG, Dong J, and Moake J. Hemolytic uremic syndrome-associated shiga toxins promote endothelial cell secretion and impair adamts-13 cleavage of unusually large von Villebrand factor multimers. Blood. 2005 Dec 15;106(13):4199-209
- Theresa J. Ochoa, Eric L. Brown, Chase E. Guion, Jane Z. Chen, Robert J. McMahon and Thomas G. Cleary. Effect of lactoferrin on Enteroaggregative E. coli (EAEC). Biochem. Cell Biol. 2006 Jun;84(3):369-76
Location & Contact
6431 Fannin Street
MSB 3.020
Houston, Texas 77030
713-500-5757 (Voice)
Other Locations
Other locations of the Department of Pediatrics include the following:
Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital
Faculty Biography
- Thomas G. Cleary, M.D.
Professor and Division Head - Department of Pediatrics
Division of Infectious Diseases - University of Texas-Houston Medical School
6431 Fannin Street
Houston, Texas 77030 - phone: (713) 500-5714
fax: (713) 500-5688
e-mail: Thomas.G.Cleary@ uth.tmc.edu - Executive Assistant:
Susan Kirby | 713.500.5715
