C. Buddy Creech, MD, MPH

C. Buddy Creech, MD, MPH

Edie Carell Johnson Chair in Pediatrics
Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Director
Vanderbilt Vaccine Research Program
Delivery Address
Medical Center North
1161 21st Avenue South
Room / Suite
D-7219
Nashville
Tennessee
37232-2581
Phone
(615) 322-2250

Specialty
Infectious Diseases, Pediatric
M.D.
University of Tennessee, College of Medicine, Memphis, TN, 1999
M.P.H.
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, 2006
Residencies
Pediatric Residency-Vanderbilt Children's Hospital, Nashville, TN
Chief Resident-Vanderbilt Children's Hospital, Nashville, TN
Fellowship
Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship-Vanderbilt Children's Hospital, Nashville, TN

Clinical Interests

Vaccines, Influenza, Pertussis, S. aureus, Bacterial infections, Osteomyelitis

Research Information

Dr. Creech is currently leading studies to determine the optimal duration of therapy for children with pneumonia; to define the immune response to influenza vaccination using a systems vaccinology approach; to define the immune response to S. aureus infections in children and adults; and to compare whole-cell pertussis and acellular pertussis vaccines in children, using ribosome profiling as a transcriptomics tool.

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