Michael Fanning, M.P.A.S., PA-C

Biography

Michael Fanning, M.P.A.S., PA-C, is a Physician Assistant (PA) in the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He is also the Lead Advanced Practice Provider for Internal Medicine Subspecialties including Infectious Disease, Rheumatology, and Benign Hematology. Mr. Fanning's clinical focus is general infectious diseases (ID) seeing inpatient ID consults at Clements University Hospital and outpatients in the West Campus Building 3 Internal Medicine Subspecialty clinic. His primary clinical interests include musculoskeletal infectious disease, outpatient intravenous antibiotic therapy, complex or recurrent urinary tract infections, HIV and STI management including PrEP.

Mr. Fanning started his medical career in the U.S. Army National Guard as a medic. He was deployed twice to Iraq and was awarded a Bronze Star Medal on his first deployment. He later went on to earn a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology with a Minor in Chemistry at the University of Texas at Arlington in 2012. He then earned his Master of Physician Assistant Studies at the UT Southwestern School of Health Professions in 2015. Mr. Fanning is certified by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants since 2015. He started his PA career at UT Southwestern working with the Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, in 2016. He transitioned to the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery in 2020 to learn more about the surgical side of medicine with a focus on hip fractures, geriatric trauma, foot and ankle fractures, and musculoskeletal infections. He returned to the Division of Infectious Diseases in November 2022 as the Lead Advanced Practice Provider for Internal Medicine Subspecialties in November 2022.

Mr. Fanning is very interested in medical education. He has been a guest lecturer at the UT Southwestern Medical School and UT Southwestern Physician Assistant Program. He has served as a clinical preceptor for UT Southwestern Physician Assistant program students. In his free time Mr. Fanning enjoys spending time with family and friends, traveling, cooking, the outdoors, fishing, and hunting.