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Jan Patterson, M.D., M.S.

Professor of Medicine

Associate Dean, Quality & Lifelong Learning

Director, Center for Patient Safety and Health Policy

Dr. Patterson graduated from UT Medical School at Houston, trained in internal medicine Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and in infectious diseases Yale University School of Medicine.  She completed a Masters in Health Care Management at the Harvard School of Public Health.  Dr. Patterson has more than 30 years of experience in the field of infection prevention, healthcare epidemiology, and quality improvement and has numerous publications in these areas.  She is a Past President of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, and has served on the Board of Directors for the Infectious Diseases Society of America.  Currently, Dr. Patterson is completing a fellowship in in the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine. She has been a consultant to the South Texas Regional Advisory Council for infectious diseases emergency preparedness since 2001. Dr. Patterson worked in Toronto during the 2003 SARS I pandemic there, and was involved in leading University Health System efforts during the 2009 H1N1 pandemic. She is a part of the COVID-19 Response team at UT Health San Antonio, providing consultation and leadership regarding testing, policy, PPE, and patient care issues.

 

  • Professional Background

    Education

    • 2010 - MS - Health Care Management - Harvard School of Public Health
    • 1988 - Postdoctoral Fellowship - Medicine/Infectious Diseases - Yale University School of Medicine
    • 1985 - Residency - Medicine - Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    • 1983 - Internship - Medicine - Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    • 1982 - MD - Medicine - The University of Texas Medical School
    • 1978 - BA - Biology & Chemistry (Summa Cum Laude) - Hardin-Simmons University

    Appointments

    • 3/2010 - Associate Dean for Quality & Lifelong Learning - University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
    • 9/2008 - Adjunct Professor - University of Texas at Houston School of Public HealthHouston
    • 1/1999 - Professor of Medicine and Pathology with tenure, Division of Infectious Diseases, Director Epidemiology Laboratory - The University of Texas Health Science Center, Medicine, San Antonio
    • 1/1999 - Medical Director, Anti-Infective Team - University Health System
    • 1/1993 - Attending Physician in Medicine; Consultant in Infectious Diseases - South Texas Veterans Health Care System

  • Instruction & Training

    • 2/2008 - Present, Ph.D. Dissertations Directed, UTHSCSA School of Nursing
    • 7/2004 - Present, ID Didactic Lecture series, University Health System
    • 7/2004 - Present, EPH Topics in Infectious Diseases
    • 3/2000 - Present, Individual Instruction, UTHSCSA

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