- Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (2014)
- Society for Pediatric Research (2009)
- American Academy of Pediatrics (2005), Fellow
- Infectious Disease Society of America (2003)
- American Society for Microbiology (2000-2014)
Michael Sebert, M.D.
- Pediatrics - Infectious Disease
Biography
Michael Sebert, M.D., is a graduate of Duke University and the Stanford University School of Medicine. He completed his internship and residency in pediatrics as well as his fellowship in pediatric infectious diseases at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. He presently serves as the Medical Director for Infection Prevention and Control at Children's Health Dallas.
Dr. Sebert's clinical interests include infection prevention and healthcare-associated infections. He focuses his research on microbial evolution, pathogen transmission and hospital epidemiology.
Education & Training
- Fellowship - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (1999-2002), Pediatric Infectious Diseases
- Medical School - Stanford University School of Medicine (1990-1995)
- Residency - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (1995-1998), Pediatrics
Professional Associations & Affiliations
Honors & Awards
- D Magazine Best Doctor 2022-2025
- D Magazine Best Pediatric Specialist 2020-2021
- DFW Hospital Council Physician of the Year Nominee 2015, Children's Medical Center
- Dean's Award for Research, Stanford University School of Medicine 1995
Books & Publications
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Books
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Gastroenteritis in Bergelson JM, Shah SS, Zaoutis TE, eds. Pediatric Infectious Diseases: The Requisites in Pediatrics.
Sebert M. (2008), Philadelphia: Mosby Elsevier; 157-168.
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Gastroenteritis in Bergelson JM, Shah SS, Zaoutis TE, eds. Pediatric Infectious Diseases: The Requisites in Pediatrics.
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Publications
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Potential for misclassification of community-acquired respiratory virus infections as healthcare-associated respiratory virus infections at a pediatric healthcare system
Most ZM, Perl TM, Sebert M Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 2026 -
Multiyear environmental surveillance in a pediatric teaching hospital: association between airborne mold spores and invasive mold infections
Phillips B, Most ZM, Connors B, Jackson P, Sebert ME Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 2025 Nov 46 1119-1126 -
Respiratory virus infections in symptomatic and asymptomatic children upon hospital admission: new insights
Most ZM, Perl TM, Sebert M Antimicrobial Stewardship and Healthcare Epidemiology 2024 Oct 4 -
Discontinuation of Contact Precautions for Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Pediatric Healthcare System
Most ZM, Phillips B, Sebert ME Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society 2024 Feb 13 123-128 -
Healthcare-associated respiratory viral infections after discontinuing universal masking
Most ZM, Phillips B, Sebert ME Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 2024 Feb 45 247-249 -
Retrospective Observational Assessment of the Impact of Cefepime Prophylaxis in Neutropenic Pediatric Patients with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia
Almatrafi MA, Dassner AM, Aquino V, Slone T, Sebert M Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society 2023 Aug 12 471-476 -
Contrasting definitions and incidence of healthcare-associated respiratory viral infections in a pediatric hospital
Most ZM, Jackson P, Sebert M, Perl TM Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 2023 Jan 44 55-61 -
Transfusion-Transmitted Malaria: Two Pediatric Cases from the United States and Their Relevance in an Increasingly Globalized World
Stubbs LA, Price M, Noland D, Fuchs J, Filkins L, McElvania E, Luu HS, Sebert M, Waters A, Hsiang MS Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society 2021 Dec 10 1092-1095 -
Community Airborne Mold Spore Counts and Invasive Fungal Disease Risk Among Pediatric Hematological Malignancy and Stem Cell Transplant Patients
Almatrafi MA, Aquino VM, Slone T, Huang R, Sebert M Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2021 Nov 8 -
Harnessing the electronic health record and computerized provider order entry data for resource management during the COVID-19 pandemic: Development of a decision tree
Luu HS, Filkins LM, Park JY, Rakheja D, Tweed J, Menzies C, Wang VJ, Mittal V, Lehmann CU, Sebert ME JMIR Medical Informatics 2021 Oct 9 -
Risk factors for wound infections after deformity correction surgery in neuromuscular scoliosis
Janjua MB, Toll B, Ghandi S, Sebert ME, Swift DM, Pahys JM, Samdani AF, Hwang SW Pediatric Neurosurgery 2019 Mar 54 108-115 -
Low utility of pediatric isolator blood culture system for detection of fungemia in children: A 10-year review
Campigotto A, Richardson SE, Sebert M, TeKippe EM, Chakravarty A, Doern CD Journal of clinical microbiology 2016 Sep 54 2284-2287 -
Competence in Streptococcus pneumoniae Is a Response to an Increasing Mutational Burden
Gagne AL, Stevens KE, Cassone M, Pujari A, Abiola OE, Chang DJ, Sebert ME PloS one 2013 Aug 8 -
The HtrA protease from Streptococcus pneumoniae digests both denatured proteins and the competence-stimulating peptide
Cassone M, Gagne AL, Spruce LA, Seeholzer SH, Sebert ME Journal of Biological Chemistry 2012 Nov 287 38449-38459 -
Frequent beneficial mutations during single-colony serial transfer of streptococcus pneumoniae
Stevens KE, Sebert ME PLoS genetics 2011 Aug 7 -
Competence in streptococcus pneumoniae is regulated by the rate of ribosomal decoding errors
Stevens KE, Chang D, Zwack EE, Sebert ME mBio 2011 2 -
Bacteriocin activity of Streptococcus pneumoniae is controlled by the serine protease HtrA via posttranscriptional regulation
Dawid S, Sebert ME, Weiser JN Journal of bacteriology 2009 Mar 191 1509-1518 -
The Streptococcus pneumoniae competence regulatory system influences respiratory tract colonization
Kowalko JE, Sebert ME Infection and immunity 2008 Jul 76 3131-3140 -
Gastroenteritis
Sebert M 2008 Jan 157-168 -
Pneumococcal HtrA protease mediates inhibition of competence by the CiaRH two-component signaling system
Sebert ME, Patel KP, Plotnick M, Weiser JN Journal of bacteriology 2005 Jun 187 3969-3979 -
Severe influenza B myocarditis and myositis
Tabbutt S, Leonard M, Godinez RI, Sebert M, Cullen J, Spray TL, Friedman D Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2004 5 403-406 -
An outbreak of Serratia marcescens bacteremia after general anesthesia
Sebert ME, Manning ML, McGowan KL, Alpern ER, Bell LM Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 2002 Dec 23 733-739 -
Microarray-based identification of htrA, a Streptococcus pneumoniae gene that is regulated by the CiaRH two-component system and contributes to nasopharyngeal colonization
Sebert ME, Palmer LM, Rosenberg M, Weiser JN Infection and immunity 2002 70 4059-4067
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Potential for misclassification of community-acquired respiratory virus infections as healthcare-associated respiratory virus infections at a pediatric healthcare system
Research
- Streptococcus pneumoniae
- Pathogen transmission
- Microbial evolution
- Genomic epidemiology
- Bacterial pathogenesis
- Hospital epidemiology
Results: 1 Locations
Children's Medical Center of Dallas
1935 Medical District DriveDallas, Texas 75235 214-730-5437 Directions to Children's Medical Center of Dallas at Children's Medical Center of Dallas, Dallas