James H. Jorgensen, Ph.D., was named the 2007 distinguished alumnus of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston.
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James H. Jorgensen, Ph.D., a faculty member of The
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, was named the 2007
distinguished alumnus of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at The
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. Before his doctoral studies at
UTMB, he received B.A. and M.S. degrees from The University of North Texas.

Dr. Jorgensen is a professor in the departments of pathology, medicine,
microbiology and immunology, and clinical laboratory sciences and is director of
the clinical microbiology laboratories at University Hospital. He received his
doctoral degree from UTMB in 1973 and joined the Health Science Center faculty
that year.

Respected international authority
Dr. Jorgensen is an internationally respected authority on antimicrobial resistance
and susceptibility testing of bacteria. His name is on 198 peer-reviewed
publications and chapters in microbiology textbooks. He is the editor of the eighth
and ninth editions of the “Manual of Clinical Microbiology.”

He is a past chairholder and vice chairholder of the Clinical and Laboratory
Standards Institute, an organization that provides standards and guidelines for all
testing that is performed in clinical laboratories. The institute recently honored Dr.
Jorgensen for his services as chairholder of the Working Group on Susceptibility
Testing of Infrequently Encountered or Fastidious Bacteria.

Dr. Jorgensen also serves on a steering committee that oversees the active
bacterial core surveillance for the emerging infectious diseases program at the U.S.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.

Dr. Jorgensen’s laboratory is the central testing laboratory in North America for
antimicrobial resistance in Streptococcus pneumonia.

“Dr. Jorgensen is an outstanding and effective faculty member of the Department
of Pathology and serves as a role model for our trainees and fellows,” said Robert
L. Reddick, M.D., professor and chair of the Department of Pathology and the
Frank M. Townsend, M.D., Chair. “This is an honor that is well deserved, and we
applaud UTMB for its recognition of Dr. Jorgensen as a distinguished alumnus.”