Paul E. Byers, MD

Paul E. Byers, MD

Associate Professor

Department:
SPH-Dept Preventive Medicine

Email:
pbyers@umc.edu

Work Phone:
(601) 815-8988

Education

University of Mississippi School of Medicine, MD, Medicine1992
Millsaps College, BS, Biology1985
Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, No degree, Masters of Public Health Program, Epidemiology

Current Positions

Associate Professor, School of Population Health12/2023 - Present
The University of Mississippi Medical Center
Jackson, Mississippi 39216

Publications

Journal Article

Petras JK, Elrod MG, Ty MC, Dawson P, O'Laughlin K, Gee JE, Hanson J, Boutwell C, Ainsworth G, Beesley CA, Saile E, Tiller R, Gulvik CA, Ware D, Sokol T, Balsamo G, Taylor K, Salzer JS, Bower WA, Weiner ZP, Negrón ME, Hoffmaster AR, Byers P, Locally Acquired Melioidosis Linked to Environment - Mississippi, 2020-2023. The New England journal of medicine, 2023 Dec 21;389(25):2355-23622023
Bradbury RS, Martin L, Malloch L, Martin M, Williams JM, Patterson K, Sanders C, Singh G, Arguello I, Rodriguez E, Byers P, Haynie L, Qvarnstrom Y, Hobbs CV, Surveillance for Soil-Transmitted Helminths in High-Risk County, Mississippi, USA. Emerging infectious diseases, 2023 Dec;29(12):2533-25372023
Dobbs T, Staneva M, Byers P, Surviving The Surge: Nonurgent Elective Procedures, Intensive Care, And Mississippi's COVID-19 Waves. Health affairs (Project Hope), 2023 Mar;42(3):416-4232023
Hendricks K, Martines RB, Bielamowicz H, Boyer AE, Long S, Byers P, Stoddard RA, Taylor K, Kolton CB, Gallegos-Candela M, Roberts C, DeLeon-Carnes M, Salzer J, Dawson P, Brown D, Templeton-LeBouf L, Maves RC, Gulvik C, Lonsway D, Barr JR, Bower WA, Hoffmaster A, Welder's Anthrax: A Tale of 2 Cases. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2022 Oct 17;75(Suppl 3):S354-S3632022
Dawson P, Salzer JS, Schrodt CA, Feldmann K, Kolton CB, Gee JE, Marston CK, Gulvik CA, Elrod MG, Villarma A, Traxler RM, Negrón ME, Hendricks KA, Moulton-Meissner H, Rose LJ, Byers P, Taylor K, Ware D, Balsamo GA, Sokol T, Barrett B, Payne E, Zaheer S, Jung GO, Long S, Quijano R, LeBouf L, O'Sullivan B, Swaney E, Antonini JM, de Perio MA, Weiner Z, Bower WA, Hoffmaster AR, Epidemiologic Investigation of Two Welder's Anthrax Cases Caused by Bacillus Cereus Group Bacteria: Occupational Link Established by Environmental Detection. Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland), 2022 Jul 23;11(8)2022
Hobbs CV, Kim SS, Vemula P, Inagaki K, Harrison VA, Malloch L, Martin LM, Singh G, Agana U, Williams JM, Patterson K, Kittle T, Byers P, Palmer A, Santos RP, Dhanrajani A, Stephenson M, Hung L, Hankins P, Thornburg N, Drobeniuc J, Flannery B, CDC COVID-19 Response Team, Active Surveillance With Seroprevalence-based Infection Rates Indicates Racial Disparities With Pediatric SARS-CoV-2 Requiring Hospitalization in Mississippi, March 2020-February 2021. The Pediatric infectious disease journal, 2022 Sep 1;41(9):736-7412022
Kasehagen L, Byers P, Taylor K, Kittle T, Roberts C, Collier C, Rust B, Ricaldi JN, Green J, Zapata LB, Beauregard J, Dobbs T, COVID-19-Associated Deaths After SARS-CoV-2 Infection During Pregnancy - Mississippi, March 1, 2020-October 6, 2021. MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 2021 Nov 26;70(47):1646-16482021
Dawson P, Schrodt CA, Feldmann K, Traxler RM, Gee JE, Kolton CB, Marston CK, Gulvik CA, Antonini JM, Negrón ME, McQuiston JR, Hendricks K, Weiner Z, Balsamo GA, Sokol T, Byers P, Taylor K, Zaheer S, Long S, O'Sullivan B, de Perio MA, Hoffmaster AR, Salzer JS, Bower WA, Notes from the Field: Fatal Anthrax Pneumonia in Welders and Other Metalworkers Caused by Bacillus cereus Group Bacteria Containing Anthrax Toxin Genes - U.S. Gulf Coast States, 1994-2020. MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 2021 Oct 15;70(41):1453-14542021
McCormick DW, Richardson LC, Young PR, Viens LJ, Gould CV, Kimball A, Pindyck T, Rosenblum HG, Siegel DA, Vu QM, Komatsu K, Venkat H, Openshaw JJ, Kawasaki B, Siniscalchi AJ, Gumke M, Leapley A, Tobin-D'Angelo M, Kauerauf J, Reid H, White K, Ahmed FS, Richardson G, Hand J, Kirkey K, Larson L, Byers P, Garcia A, Ojo M, Zamcheck A, Lash MK, Lee EH, Reilly KH, Wilson E, de Fijter S, Naqvi OH, Harduar-Morano L, Burch AK, Lewis A, Kolsin J, Pont SJ, Barbeau B, Bixler D, Reagan-Steiner S, Koumans EH, Pediatric Mortality Investigation Team, Deaths in Children and Adolescents Associated With COVID-19 and MIS-C in the United States. Pediatrics, 2021 Nov;148(5)2021
Bradbury RS, Lane M, Arguello I, Handali S, Cooley G, Pilotte N, Williams JM, Jameson S, Montgomery SP, Hellmann K, Tharp M, Haynie L, Galloway R, Brackin B, Kirmse B, Stempak L, Byers P, Williams S, Faruque F, Hobbs CV, Parasitic Disease Surveillance, Mississippi, USA. Emerging infectious diseases, 2021 Aug;27(8):2201-22042021
Hobbs CV, Drobeniuc J, Kittle T, Williams J, Byers P, Satheshkumar PS, Inagaki K, Stephenson M, Kim SS, Patel MM, Flannery B, CDC COVID-19 Response Team, Estimated SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence Among Persons Aged <18 Years - Mississippi, May-September 2020. MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 2021 Mar 5;70(9):312-3152021
Hobbs CV, Martin LM, Kim SS, Kirmse BM, Haynie L, McGraw S, Byers P, Taylor KG, Patel MM, Flannery B, CDC COVID-19 Response Team, Factors Associated with Positive SARS-CoV-2 Test Results in Outpatient Health Facilities and Emergency Departments Among Children and Adolescents Aged <18 Years - Mississippi, September-November 2020. MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 2020 Dec 18;69(50):1925-19292020
Moore JT, Ricaldi JN, Rose CE, Fuld J, Parise M, Kang GJ, Driscoll AK, Norris T, Wilson N, Rainisch G, Valverde E, Beresovsky V, Agnew Brune C, Oussayef NL, Rose DA, Adams LE, Awel S, Villanueva J, Meaney-Delman D, Honein MA, COVID-19 State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Response Team, Disparities in Incidence of COVID-19 Among Underrepresented Racial/Ethnic Groups in Counties Identified as Hotspots During June 5-18, 2020 - 22 States, February-June 2020. MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 2020 Aug 21;69(33):1122-11262020
Reagan-Steiner S, Gary J, Matkovic E, Ritter JM, Shieh WJ, Martines RB, Werner AK, Lynfield R, Holzbauer S, Bullock H, Denison AM, Bhatnagar J, Bollweg BC, Patel M, Evans ME, King BA, Rose DA, Baldwin GT, Jones CM, Krishnasamy V, Briss PA, Weissman DN, Meaney-Delman D, Zaki SR, Lung Injury Response Pathology Working Group, Pathological findings in suspected cases of e-cigarette, or vaping, product use-associated lung injury (EVALI): a case series. The Lancet. Respiratory medicine, 2020 Dec;8(12):1219-12322020
Bradbury RS, Arguello I, Lane M, Cooley G, Handali S, Dimitrova SD, Nascimento FS, Jameson S, Hellmann K, Tharp M, Byers P, Montgomery SP, Haynie L, Kirmse B, Pilotte N, Williams SA, Hobbs CV, Parasitic Infection Surveillance in Mississippi Delta Children. The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2020 Sep;103(3):1150-11532020
Werner AK, Koumans EH, Chatham-Stephens K, Salvatore PP, Armatas C, Byers P, Clark CR, Ghinai I, Holzbauer SM, Navarette KA, Danielson ML, Ellington S, Moritz ED, Petersen EE, Kiernan EA, Baldwin GT, Briss P, Jones CM, King BA, Krishnasamy V, Rose DA, Reagan-Steiner S, Lung Injury Response Mortality Working Group, Hospitalizations and Deaths Associated with EVALI. The New England journal of medicine, 2020 Apr 23;382(17):1589-15982020
Riley LT, Johnson KL, Stewart J, Byers P, Syphilis and HIV Co-infection in Mississippi: Implications for Control and Prevention. AIDS and behavior, 2020 Apr;24(4):1064-10682020
Kasper AM, Ridpath AD, Gerona RR, Cox R, Galli R, Kyle PB, Parker C, Arnold JK, Chatham-Stephens K, Morrison MA, Olayinka O, Preacely N, Kieszak SM, Martin C, Schier JG, Wolkin A, Byers P, Dobbs T, Severe illness associated with reported use of synthetic cannabinoids: a public health investigation (Mississippi, 2015). Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.), 2019 Jan;57(1):10-182019
Bennett C, Straily A, Haselow D, Weinstein S, Taffner R, Yaglom H, Komatsu K, Venkat H, Brown C, Byers P, Dunn J, Moncayo A, Mayes BC, Montgomery SP, Chagas Disease Surveillance Activities - Seven States, 2017. MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 2018 Jul 6;67(26):738-7412018
Reagan-Steiner S, Simeone R, Simon E, Bhatnagar J, Oduyebo T, Free R, Denison AM, Rabeneck DB, Ellington S, Petersen E, Gary J, Hale G, Keating MK, Martines RB, Muehlenbachs A, Ritter J, Lee E, Davidson A, Conners E, Scotland S, Sandhu K, Bingham A, Kassens E, Smith L, St George K, Ahmad N, Tanner M, Beavers S, Miers B, VanMaldeghem K, Khan S, Rabe I, Gould C, Meaney-Delman D, Honein MA, Shieh WJ, Jamieson DJ, Fischer M, Zaki SR, U.S. Zika Pregnancy Registry Collaboration, Zika Virus Response Epidemiology and Surveillance Task Force Pathology Team, Evaluation of Placental and Fetal Tissue Specimens for Zika Virus Infection - 50 States and District of Columbia, January-December, 2016. MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 2017 Jun 23;66(24):636-6432017
Reynolds MR, Jones AM, Petersen EE, Lee EH, Rice ME, Bingham A, Ellington SR, Evert N, Reagan-Steiner S, Oduyebo T, Brown CM, Martin S, Ahmad N, Bhatnagar J, Macdonald J, Gould C, Fine AD, Polen KD, Lake-Burger H, Hillard CL, Hall N, Yazdy MM, Slaughter K, Sommer JN, Adamski A, Raycraft M, Fleck-Derderian S, Gupta J, Newsome K, Baez-Santiago M, Slavinski S, White JL, Moore CA, Shapiro-Mendoza CK, Petersen L, Boyle C, Jamieson DJ, Meaney-Delman D, Honein MA, U.S. Zika Pregnancy Registry Collaboration, Vital Signs: Update on Zika Virus-Associated Birth Defects and Evaluation of All U.S. Infants with Congenital Zika Virus Exposure - U.S. Zika Pregnancy Registry, 2016. MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 2017 Apr 7;66(13):366-3732017
McCrickard L, Marlow M, Self JL, Watkins LF, Chatham-Stephens K, Anderson J, Hand S, Taylor K, Hanson J, Patrick K, Luquez C, Dykes J, Kalb SR, Hoyt K, Barr JR, Crawford T, Chambers A, Douthit B, Cox R, Craig M, Spurzem J, Doherty J, Allswede M, Byers P, Dobbs T, Notes from the Field: Botulism Outbreak from Drinking Prison-Made Illicit Alcohol in a Federal Correctional Facility - Mississippi, June 2016. MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 2017 Jan 6;65(52):1491-14922017
Farnon EC, Kokko KE, Budge PJ, Mbaeyi C, Lutterloh EC, Qvarnstrom Y, da Silva AJ, Shieh WJ, Roy SL, Paddock CD, Sriram R, Zaki SR, Visvesvara GS, Kuehnert MJ, Balamuthia Transplant Investigation Teams, Weiss J, Komatsu K, Manch R, Ramos A, Echeverria L, Moore A, Zakowski P, Kittleson M, Kobashigawa J, Yoder J, Beach M, Mahle W, Kanter K, Geraghty PJ, Navarro E, Hahn C, Fujita S, Stinson J, Trachtenberg J, Byers P, Cheung M, Jie T, Kaplan B, Gruessner R, Bracamonte E, Viscusi C, Gonzalez-Peralta R, Lawrence R, Fratkin J, Butt F, Transmission of Balamuthia mandrillaris by Organ Transplantation. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2016 Oct 1;63(7):878-8882016
Okomo-Adhiambo M, Fry AM, Su S, Nguyen HT, Elal AA, Negron E, Hand J, Garten RJ, Barnes J, Xiyan X, Villanueva JM, Gubareva LV, 2013–14 US Influenza Antiviral Working Group, Oseltamivir-resistant influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 viruses, United States, 2013-14. Emerging infectious diseases, 2015 Jan;21(1):136-412015
Dobbs TE, Guh AY, Oakes P, Vince MJ, Forbi JC, Jensen B, Moulton-Meissner H, Byers P, Outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella pneumoniae bloodstream infections at an outpatient chemotherapy center. American journal of infection control, 2014 Jul;42(7):731-42014
Muzny CA, King H, Byers P, Currier M, Nolan R, Mena L, Vulvar vaccinia infection after sexual contact with a smallpox vaccinee. The American journal of the medical sciences, 2009 Apr;337(4):289-912009
Marlow M, Edwards L, McCrickard L, Francois Watkins LK, Anderson J, Hand S, Taylor K, Dykes J, Byers P, Chatham-Stephens K, Mild Botulism From Illicitly Brewed Alcohol in a Large Prison Outbreak in Mississippi. Frontiers in public health, 2021;9:716615

Presentations

State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Brief COVID-19 Update, MISSISSIPPI HEALTH AMBASSADORS INITIATIVE (MHAI), Virtual12/2024
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Congenital Syphilis, Project ECHO, Statewide Virtual03/2024

Honors, Awards, and Recognition

Resolution, Honor and Recognition of Service, Mississippi State Medical Association2023
Resolution in Recognition of and Appreciation for Distinguished Service, Mississippi State Board of Health2023

Committee Service

Journal of the Mississippi State Medical Association Editorial Board, Publication Committee, Member2023 - Present
Mississippi State Medical Association MHAX Advisory Board, Member2023 - Present
Mississippi State Department of Health Institutional Review Board, Member2023 - Present
Mississippi Physicians Health Committee, Member2017 - Present

Teaching Experience

DHA-770, SHRP, Course, Course Director, Introduction to EpidemiologySpring 2023-2024