Jeffrey Tarrand
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Division of Pathology-Lab Medicine Div
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Chief, Section of Clinical Microbiology and Virology, Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 1981 | University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA, MD |
| 1977 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, VA, USA, MS, Microbiology |
| 1975 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, VA, USA, BS, Biology |
Postgraduate Training
| 2006-2011 | Clinical Safety and Effectiveness, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX |
| 2004-2011 | Faculty Leadership Academy, Cohort V, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX |
| 1997-null | Executive Development Program “Executive Excellence,”, Rice University, Houston, TX |
| 1989-null | Course in Infection control and Hospital Epidemiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY |
| 1988-null | Post Graduate Fellowship in Clinical Microbiology, Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, MO |
| 1987-null | Post Graduate Research Fellowship in Immunology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO |
| 1986-null | Post Graduate Fellowship in Basic Microbiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA |
| 1985-null | Post Graduate Fellowship in Clinical Microbiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA |
| 1984-null | Post Graduate Residency in Pathology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA |
Board Certifications
| 1990 | American Board of Pathology, Clinical Pathology |
| 1982 | National Board of Medical Examiners, Part III |
| 1981 | National Board of Medical Examiners, Part II |
| 1980 | National Board of Medical Examiners, Part I |
Experience & Service
Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities
Medical Director of “Program in Medical Technology,”, Department of Allied Health Program, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 1995 - Present
Other Appointments/Responsibilities
CAP Inspector, Medical Center Hospital, San Antonio, TX, 1989 - Present
Institutional Committee Activities
Ad Hoc Subcommittee Leader, Vancomycin Resistant Organisms, 1995 - Present
Member, Clinical Research Committee, 1995 - 1998
Member, Institutional Review Board, 1995 - 2007
Ad Hoc Subcommittee Leader, Subcommittee on Universal Precautions, 1989 - Present
Ad Hoc Subcommittee Leader, Subcommittee on Universal Precautions, 1988 - Present
Ad Hoc Subcommittee Leader, Aspergillosis Subcommittee, 1988 - Present
Ad Hoc Subcommittee Leader, Working Group, Reuse of Protective Eyewear, 1988 - Present
Ad Hoc Subcommittee Leader, Policy Review Subcommittee, 1988 - Present
Ad Hoc Subcommittee Leader, Working Group, Review of Blood Drawing/Central Lines, 1988 - Present
Member, Infection Control committee, 1988 - Present
Chairman, Policy Review Subcommittee, 1988 - Present
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Le A, Farmakiotis D, Tarrand JJ, Kontoyiannis DP. Initial Treatment of Cancer Patients with Fluconazole-Susceptible Dose-Dependent Candida glabrata Fungemia: Better Outcome with an Echinocandin or Polyene Compared to an Azole?. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 61(8), 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28584138.
- Fuentes-Mattei E, Giza DE, Shimizu M, Ivan C, Manning JT, Tudor S, Ciccone M, Kargin OA, Zhang X, Mur P, do Amaral NS, Chen M, Tarrand JJ, Lupu F, Ferrajoli A, Keating MJ, Vasilescu C, Yeung SJ, Calin GA. Plasma Viral miRNAs Indicate a High Prevalence of Occult Viral Infections. EBioMedicine 20:182-192, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28465156.
- DiPippo AJ, Tverdek FP, Tarrand JJ, Munita JM, Tran TT, Arias CA, Shelburne SA, Aitken SL. Daptomycin non-susceptible Enterococcus faecium in leukemia patients: Role of prior daptomycin exposure. J Infect 74(3):243-247, 2017. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27845153.
- Chaftari P, Chaftari AM, Adachi J, Hachem R, Raad S, Natividad E, Oliver N, Ellickalputhenpura B, Jiang Y, Tarrand J, Raad I. Improvement in the diagnosis of catheter-related bloodstream infections in a tertiary cancer center. Am J Infect Control 45(3):e34-e39, 2017. PMID: 28254252.
- Heo ST, Tatara AM, Jiménez-Ortigosa C, Jiang Y, Lewis RE, Tarrand J, Tverdek F, Albert ND, Verweij PE, Meis JF, Mikos AG, Perlin DS, Kontoyiannis DP. Changes in in vitro susceptibility patterns of Aspergillus to triazoles and correlation with aspergillosis outcome in a tertiary care cancer center (1999-2015). Clin Infect Dis. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28379304.
- Abudayyeh A, Hamdi A, Abdelrahim M, Lin H, Page VD, Rondon G, Andersson BS, Afrough A, Martinez CS, Tarrand JJ, Kontoyiannis DP, Marin D, Gaber AO, Oran B, Chemaly RF, Ahmed S, Abudayyeh I, Olson A, Jones R, Popat U, Champlin RE, Shpall EJ, Rezvani K. Poor immune reconstitution is associated with symptomatic BK polyomavirus viruria in allogeneic stem cell transplant recipients. Transpl Infect Dis. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27862740.
- Aitken SL, Tarrand JJ, Deshpande LM, Tverdek FP, Jones AL, Shelburne SA, Prince RA, Bhatti MM, Rolston KV, Jones RN, Castanheira M, Chemaly RF. High Rates of Nonsusceptibility to Ceftazidime-avibactam and Identification of New Delhi Metallo-β-lactamase Production in Enterobacteriaceae Bloodstream Infections at a Major Cancer Center. Clin Infect Dis 63(7):954-8, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27313265.
- Stempel JM, Farmakiotis D, Tarrand JJ, Kontoyiannis DP. Time-to-reporting of blood culture positivity and central venous catheter-associated Candida glabrata fungemia in cancer patients. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 85(3):391-3, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27133559.
- Somogyi-Ganss E, Chambers MS, Lewin JS, Tarrand JJ, Hutcheson KA. Biofilm on the tracheoesophageal voice prosthesis: considerations for oral decontamination. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27400694.
- Abudayyeh A, Hamdi A, Lin H, Abdelrahim M, Rondon G, Andersson BS, Afrough A, Martinez CS, Tarrand JJ, Kontoyiannis DP, Marin D, Osama Gaber A, Salahudeen A, Oran B, Chemaly RF, Olson A, Jones R, Popat U, Champlin RE, Shpall EJ, Winkelmayer WC, Rezvani K. Symptomatic BK Virus Infection Is Associated with Kidney Function Decline and Poor Overall Survival in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Recipients. Am J Transplant. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26608093.
- Jung DS, Farmakiotis D, Jiang Y, Tarrand JJ, Kontoyiannis DP. Uncommon Candida Species Fungemia among Cancer Patients, Houston, Texas, USA. Emerg Infect Dis 21(11), 2015. PMID: 26488845.
- Ferrajoli A, Ivan C, Ciccone M, Shimizu M, Kita Y, Ohtsuka M, D'Abundo L, Qiang J, Lerner S, Nouraee N, Rabe KG, Rassenti LZ, Van Roosbroeck K, Manning JT, Yuan Y, Zhang X, Shanafelt TD, Wierda WG, Sabbioni S, Tarrand JJ, Estrov Z, Radovich M, Liang H, Negrini M, Kipps TJ, Kay NE, Keating M, Calin GA. Epstein-Barr Virus MicroRNAs are Expressed in Patients with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia and Correlate with Overall Survival. EBioMedicine 2(6):572-582, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26288818.
- Han XY, Ihegword A, Evans SE, Zhang J, Li L, Cao H', Tarrand JJ, El-Kweifi O. Microbiological and Clinical Studies of Legionellosis in 33 Patients with Cancer. J Clin Microbiol. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25926494.
- Nesher L, Rolston KV, Shah DP, Tarrand JJ, Mulanovich V, Ariza-Heredia EJ, Chemaly RF. Fecal colonization and infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa in recipients of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Transpl Infect Dis 17(1):33-8, 2015. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25546740.
- Farmakiotis D, Kyvernitakis A, Tarrand JJ, Kontoyiannis DP. Early initiation of appropriate treatment is associated with increased survival in cancer patients with Candida glabrata fungaemia: a potential benefit from infectious disease consultation. Clin Microbiol Infect 21(1):79-86, 2015. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25636931.
- Li L, Tarrand JJ, Han XY. Four Cases of Catheter-related Infection by Methylobacterium radiotolerans: Microbiologic and Clinical Features. J Clin Microbiol. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25631797.
- Shelburne SA, Ajami NJ, Chibucos MC, Beird HC, Tarrand J, Galloway-Peña J, Albert N, Chemaly RF, Ghantoji SS, Marsh L, Pemmaraju N, Andreeff M, Shpall EJ, Wargo JA, Rezvani K, Alousi A, Bruno VM, Futreal PA, Petrosino JF, Kontoyiannis DP. Implementation of a Pan-Genomic Approach to Investigate Holobiont-Infecting Microbe Interaction: A Case Report of a Leukemic Patient with Invasive Mucormycosis. PLoS One 10(11):e0139851, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26556047.
- Rolston KV, Nesher L, Tarrand JJ. Current Microbiology of Surgical Site Infections in Patients with Cancer: A Retrospective Review. Infect Dis Ther 3(2):245-56, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25403432.
- Farmakiotis D, Tarrand JJ, Kontoyiannis DP. Drug-resistant Candida glabrata infection in cancer patients. Emerg Infect Dis 20(11):1833-40, 2014. PMID: 25340258.
- Wang HL, Seo YH, LaSala PR, Tarrand JJ, Han XY. Nocardiosis in 132 patients with cancer: microbiological and clinical analyses. Am J Clin Pathol 142(4):513-23, 2014. PMID: 25239419.
- Chemaly RF, Dantes R, Shah DP, Shah PK, Pascoe N, Ariza-Heredia E, Perego C, Nguyen DB, Nguyen K, Modarai F, Moulton-Meissner H, Noble-Wang J, Tarrand JJ, LiPuma JJ, Guh AY, MacCannell T, Raad I, Mulanovich V. Cluster and Sporadic Cases of Herbaspirillum spp. Infections in Patients with Cancer. Clin Infect Dis. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25216687.
- Shelburne SA, Lasky RE, Sahasrabhojane P, Tarrand JJ, Rolston KV. Development and Validation of a Clinical Model to Predict the Presence of β-lactam Resistance in Viridans Group Streptococci Causing Bacteremia in Neutropenic Cancer Patients. Clin Infect Dis 59(2):223-30, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24755857.
- Galloway-Peña J, Sahasrabhojane P, Tarrand J, Han XY, Shelburne SA. GyrB Polymorphisms Accurately Assign Invasive Viridans Group Streptococcal Species. J Clin Microbiol. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24899021.
- Farmakiotis D, Tarrand JJ, Kontoyiannis DP. The efficacy and tolerability of monotherapy with micafungin for candidemia and deep-seated candidiasis in adults with cancer. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24637687.
- Sahasrabhojane P, Galloway-Peña J, Velazquez L, Saldaña M, Horstmann N, Tarrand J, Shelburne SA. Species-level assessment of the molecular basis of fluoroquinolone resistance among viridans group streptococci causing bacteraemia in cancer patients. Int J Antimicrob Agents. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24721231.
- Anzalone CL, Cohen PR, Tarrand JJ, Diwan AH, Prieto VG. Nocardia yamanashiensis in an immunocompromised patient presenting as an indurated nodule on the dorsal hand. Tumori 99(4):156e-8e, 2013. PMID: 24326852.
- Lewis RE, Cahyame-Zuniga L, Leventakos K, Chamilos G, Ben-Ami R, Tamboli P, Tarrand J, Bodey GP, Luna M, Kontoyiannis DP. Epidemiology and sites of involvement of invasive fungal infections in patients with haematological malignancies: a 20-year autopsy study. Mycoses. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23551865.
- Shah DP, Ghantoji SS, Shah JN, El Taoum KK, Jiang Y, Popat U, Hosing C, Rondon G, Tarrand JJ, Champlin RE, Chemaly RF. Impact of aerosolized ribavirin on mortality in 280 allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients with respiratory syncytial virus infections. J Antimicrob Chemother. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23572228.
- Yilmaz M, Chemaly RF, Han XY, Thall PF, Fox PS, Tarrand JJ, De Lima MJ, Hosing CM, Popat UR, Shpall E, Champlin RE, Qazilbash MH. Adenoviral infections in adult allogeneic hematopoietic SCT recipients: a single center experience. Bone Marrow Transplant. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23503529.
- Rolston KV, Kapadia M, Tarrand J, Coyle E, Prince RA. Spectrum of Gram-positive bacteraemia and in vitro activities of daptomycin, linezolid and vancomycin against organisms isolated from cancer patients. Int J Antimicrob Agents. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23481658.
- McGrath DM, Barbu EM, Driessen WH, Lasco TM, Tarrand JJ, Okhuysen PC, Kontoyiannis DP, Sidman RL, Pasqualini R, Arap W. Mechanism of action and initial evaluation of a membrane active all-D-enantiomer antimicrobial peptidomimetic. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23345420.
- Roy F. Chemaly, Santosh S. Hanmod, Dhanesh B. Rathod, Shashank S. Ghantoji, Ying Jiang, Arpan Doshi, Karen Vigil, Javier A. Adachi, Andrew K. Khoury, David Hewett, Jeffery Tarrand, Chitra Hosing, Richard Champlin. The Charecteristics and Outcomes of Parainfluenza Virus Infections in 200 Patients with Luekemia or Recipients of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation. Blood.
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CV information above last modified June 20, 2023