Caitlin Helm, M.D.

Internal Medicine - Hospital Medicine - University Hospitals
Hospital Medicine

Biography

Caitlin Helm, M.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center. She specializes in hospital medicine.

Dr. Helm earned her medical degree at the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor. She completed an internal medicine residency at UT Southwestern.

She joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2023.

Dr. Helm’s clinical interests include pulmonary and critical care medicine and medical education. She has delivered numerous presentations and published multiple peer-reviewed articles in her areas of expertise.

Personal Note

When she is not at work, Dr. Helm enjoys traveling, watching college football, spending time with her family, and reading. She has a working proficiency in Spanish.

Education & Training

Residency - UT Southwestern Medical Center (2020-2023), Internal Medicine
Medical School - University of Michigan Medical School (2016-2020)

Honors & Awards

Housestaff Officer of Excellence 2022, UT Southwestern
Gold Humanism Honor Society 2022, UT Southwestern

Books & Publications

Publications
- Incidental Spontaneous Pneumothorax in a Patient with Recently Diagnosed Tuberculosis
  Liaw, V., Muquith, M., Helm, C., Sutaria, J. Brown Hospital Medicine 2023 2 2
- Severe MPox Infections in People with Uncontrolled HIV
  Govind, A., Lazarte, SM., Kitchell, E., Chow, JY., Estelle, CD., Fixsen, E., Helm, C., Jain, MK., Mehta, R., Perl, TM., Sutaria, JM., Thomas, C., Dominguez, AR., Utay, NS. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2023 10 76
- Utility of Galactomannan and 1,3-Beta-D-Glucan Assays in the Diagnosis of Invasive Aspergillosis
  Helm, C., Bacharouch, A., Blackwood, R.A. Journal of Infectious Diseases and Diagnosis 2019 2 4
- Management of Acute Osteomyelitis – A Ten-Year Experience
  Helm, C., Huschart, E., Kaul, R., Bhumbra, S., Blackwood, R.A., Mukundan, D. Infectious Disease Reports 2016 3 8
- PANDAS: Experience at a Tertiary Referral Center
  Helm, C., Blackwood, R.A Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements 2015 5

Research

Duration of MRSA nares utility in the ICU

Clinical Focus

Hospital Medicine