C. Buddy Creech, MD, MPH
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.